Other Grants

Toyota TAPESTRY Grants

Awards for K-12 Science Teachers
Toyota TAPESTRY Grants, funded by Toyota Motor Sales and administered by the National Science Teachers Association, recognizes outstanding educators who are making a difference by demonstrating excellence and creativity in science teaching. The program offers grants to K-12 science teachers for innovative projects that enhance science education in schools across the United States. The grant categories are Physical Science, Environmental Education, and Integrating Literacy and Science. Fifty large grants of up to $10,000 each and 20-32 mini-grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded. Applications must be submitted by January 28, 2008. Visit the website for online application guidelines.

Environmental Challenge Education Program

Submission Deadlines for each Challenge are:
Challenge #2 (Water) - November 5, 2007
Challenge #3 (Air) - December 5, 2007
Challenge #4 (Climate) - January 7, 2008 Deadline has passed for Challenge #1 The Lexus Environmental Challenge program is designed to educate and empower middle and high school students across the United States to take action to improve the environment in their communities. Middle and high school teams comprised of five to ten students and one teacher advisor are invited to participate in one or more of the challenges. Winning teams will each receive a total of $3,000 in scholarships and grants and will be invited to participate in the Final Challenge, where fourteen finalists and two grand-prize-winning teams will be selected. Each of the 14 finalists will receive a total of $50,000 in grants and scholarships, and the two grand-prize-winning teams will each receive $75,000, to be shared by the students, teacher advisor, and school.
http://www.lexus.com/about/corporate/community.html

President's Environmental Youth Award

Deadline Reminder Regional Deadline: October 31, 2007
This EPA-sponsored award program recognizes young people across America for projects which demonstrate their commitment to the environment. K-12 students, sponsored by an adult, submit evidence of a completed project as defined in the application to their local EPA regional office.
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/peya/index.html

Student Field Trip Grant Program

Deadline: November 1, 2007
The Target Field Trip Grant program will award grants to schools across the United States for field trips in the spring of 2008 such as museum, environmental, or science projects; artistic and cultural experiences; and civics or community service projects. Up to 1,600 grants of up to $1,000 each will be awarded in February 2008.
http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-00253