Funding Sources and Grants Specific to Indiana

• High Tech School / TLCF
  Grants for public junior high/middle schools and high schools from the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund
• Library Printed Materials Grant
  Grants for library books and newspapers in Indiana public K-12 schools
• PROJECT 4R's
  Technology funding for elementary reading, writing, and mathematics, and remediation
• Teacher Technology Fellowships 2000
  Teacher Technology Fellowship Program for middle school and high school math teachers for 2000
• Technology Plan Grant Program
  Funding to implement district technology plans
• Telecommunication Grants
  Grants for distance education endeavors in K-12 schools
• Vision Athena
  Go to Vision Athena' home page and click on the "Grants" button. Through grants from the Corporation for Educational Communications, schools, teachers, students, and creative content developers can get what it takes to make distance learning dreams come true.

 General Funding Sources
Finding funding for your program is never easy. It requires a great deal of searching and reading to locate funding sources. Below are some suggestions on where to start your search.

• eSchool News Funding Center
  Provides information on how to find funding for educational technology.
• Foundation Center- RFP Bulletin
  Find the latest information on current Request for Proposals in a wide variety of areas.
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
  More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group to make hundreds of federally supported education resources available at this web site
• FundNet Services Online
  Web site created in 1996 for the purpose of providing Nonprofit Organizations, Colleges and Universities with information on financial resources available on the Internet.
• Grants and Other Funding for Schools
  Site maintained by NASA that offers a wide variety of resources.
• Grant Search - Multi Site Search
  from EE-Link which is a project of the North American Association for Environmental Education
• SchoolGrants
  Site devoted to K-12 grant opportunities
• TechLEARNING Grants and Contests Page
  Resources for educational technology grants for schools
• Universal Service Fund
  Links to information regarding discounts on communications technology and service for K-12 schools
• IUPUI Center on Philanthropy
  The Indiana University Center on Philanthropy seeks to increase the understanding of philanthropy and improve its practice through research, teaching, and public service.
• USDOE Office of Educational Technology
• Yahoo's list of Financial Aid and Grants
• Grants and Other (People's) Money
  This site is maintained by NASA and it concentrates on grants that focus on science, math, engineering, and technology.
• National Science Foundation Grants

 Grant Publications

To find a series of books and newsletters devoted to grants, go to a publishing web site and type in the work "grant" in their search engines.

Example #1) Go to Aspen Publishing and type in "grants" in either the Title search box or the General Word Search box.

Example #2) Go to Amazon.com and type in "grants" in their Search box.

 Grant Writing Assistance

• Online Resources: Grant Writing
  Several good online resources will help grant writers identify appropriate funding opportunities and assist in the writing process. The Fermilab Leadership Institute Integrating Internet, Instruction, and Curriculum (LInC Online Web site) is home to a page entitled "Finding, Writing, and GETTING the Right Grant for YOU!" It contains links to online resources like grant search engines and online grant writing tutorials.
• Grants & Funding For School Technology Conference
  Sponsored by eSchool News, the conferences are a two-day crash course which teaches you how to find funding sources, write the proposals, and offers tips and suggestions on how to create proposals that will be noticed.
• IUPUI Center on Philanthropy
  317-274-7063
• Indiana Youth Institute
  317-634-4222
• Indiana Donors Alliance
  317-630-5200