Greater Capital Region
Teacher Center

Grants Center - Funding for Education

 
GCRTC Grants Center
GCRTC is proud to announce the establishment of the GCRTC Grants Center.  The services of the Grants Center are available to teachers, union presidents, administrators and other educational personnel within our constituency.  The Center offers training courses and support aimed at developing grant-seeking skills across a wide range of experience levels.  Learn about the wide variety of philanthropic paths that individual teachers and organizations can follow with foundations, corporations and government funding.  GCRTC offers a variety of courses in small group or individual settings that teach educators how to efficiently mine the Internet for funding opportunities, as well as how to best take advantage of our electronic and print research tools.

We encourage teachers to seek financial support for special projects that will enhance their teaching capability and enrich the experience for their students. Funding opportunities are available from the Teacher Center and from many other sources including private and public agencies. 
The Foundation Directory Online is a Web subscription database that will help you become an expert on searching for grant funders who are most likely to support your mission. We can help you find new and emerging foundations, target local funding prospects, compile information on the largest national resources on funding trends and other issues affecting philanthropy today. Learn how to maximize your searches to quickly identify potential support e rs or go through annual reports, application guidelines, and three years of grants lists to help you decide which national sources are your best prospects. Beginners and experienced fundseeke rs alike will benefit from Grant Seeking on the Web.

The Teacher Center has often partnered with teachers and districts in seeking funds. Contact us to seek assistance in refining your ideas, finding appropriate granting agencies, and partnering to maximize resources.

 

GCRTC Grants Program

Since its inception, the Teacher Center has met its goal of nurturing teachers' creativity and initiative by offering yearly
competetive grants when Teacher Center State funding allows.  These grants provide Teacher Center funding to enable educators to develop a great idea into an exemplary activity aimed at improving learning and teaching.

The GCRTC Grants Program is open to any educator associated with a private or public district, school or institution affiliated with GCRTC. Grant funding is designated to support teachers seeking unique pro fessional growth opportunities and not to substitute for a school district’s obligation to provide staff development activities. A certain percentage of projects awarded each round will be those addressing an annual established theme. There is no restriction on the number of proposals an applicant may submit. GCRTC must reject applications identical to or closely resembling those funded previously and already housed in the GCRTC
Curriculum and Professional Development Library.
 

The GCRTC Resource Collection is a library for teachers and educators containing over 700 outstanding teacher-created projects on all aspects of education. The Teacher Center will be updating a searchable online catalog guide for these projects and a print version in the near future.  Look to this site for updated information.  
 

INDIVIDUAL TUTORIAL SEARCHES -
Have a special funding need for your classroom/school or district?
Just call our Resource Librarian, Vickie Parker, 479-4083, to make an appointment for one-on-one
grant-seeking assistance.  Come with an idea and turn it into a fundable proposal.  Need help writing and critiquing your proposal? FIND ASSISTANCE HERE!
 

Congratulations to the Summer 2004 GCRTC Grant Winners,   the Summer 2003 Grant Round Winners and the
Winners of the 2002-2003 School Year Grant Round.
Grant Timeline: FALL - First Friday of Nov
SPRING - First Friday of May
 

 
 

A Sampling of Other Funding Sources
Grants and Fellowships Compiled by the office of Congressman Michael McNulty
ED Technology Grant Programs U.S. Dept. of  Education Technology Grants 
Education Grants & Funding From e-SchoolNews Online
21st Century Community Learning Centers  Info on most recent Federal funding allocations
SchoolGrants Grants and Opportunities from schoolgrants.org
The Foundation Center - Finding Funders Allows searches for contact information for private grants
Grant writing tips - write grants for education Useful articles and tips
SchoolGrants: Grants for New England K-12 Schools Grants targeted to our region
Community Resources for Independence Sources for financing assistive technology
Center for Excellence in Nonprofits Management tips and funding sources for nonprofit organizations
ScienceWise Search Agent Opportunities that match your personal/organizational profile
Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology Supports innovative programs for 21st Century schools
Prentke Romich Company Funding Department Helps people with disabilities obtain funds for assistive devices
Grantsmanship in Elementary and Secondary Schools ERIC citations for grantsmanship
Grants, funding and reports From WestEd - the Far West Regional Educational Lab
The Mr.Holland's Opus Foundation Promotes instrumental music education
Grant sites Alphabetical links
Palm Education Pioneer Grant Program Can give handhelds to schools and students
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation One of many philantrophic nonprofit institutions

The Greater Capital Region Teacher Center
1580 Columbia Tpk
Castleton, NY 12033
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518-479-4083 Fax 518-479-7205.
This Webpage was created 02/28/2003, updated 7/23/2004.
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