Education / Funding for Educators

AAUW Eleanor Roosevelt Teacher Fellowships: Designed to provide professional development opportunities for women public school teachers; improve girls’ learning opportunities, especially in math, science, and technology; and promote equity and long-term change in classrooms, schools, and school systems. A range of program options allows flexible funding opportunities.
http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra/ertf.html

Adams, John and Abigail, Fellowships in Parental Rights and Educational Freedom: Dedicated to the informed study of parental rights and educational freedoms. Participation is offered to a limited number of college seniors (by the fall of the current fellowship year) and graduate students who have an interest in researching these freedoms and who have shown promising scholarship in these or related fields.
http://www.adamsfellowship.org/

AERA Dissertation Grants Program: Research topics may cover a wide range of education-related issues. Priority will be given to research that addresses mathematics and literacy education and the education of poor, urban, or minority students. Additional topics may include cultural and linguistic diversity; alternative forms of educational assessment; school persistence; early childhood education; contextual factors (individual, curricular, and school related) in education; materials (curriculum) development; school reform; and the quality of educational institutions. Preference will be given to research that intersects theory and practice.
http://www.aera.net/grantsprogram/res_training/
diss_grants/DGFly.html

American Academy of Arts & Sciences: Fellowships are open to U.S. residents and permanent citizens whose Ph.D. or equivalent professional training has been completed with the past 10 years. Fellowships will be awarded to individuals who can demonstrate that their work promise will lead to substantial contribution to one of the major areas of the Academy's major program areas: Science, Technology, and Global Security; Social Policy & Education; and Humanities and Culture.
http://www.amacad.org/

Annenberg Foundation: Provides support for projects within its grant-making interests of education, culture, the arts, and community and civic life. It generally limits funding to programs likely to produce beneficent change on a large scale.
http://www.annenbergfoundation.org/

Association for Women in Science (AWIS)

Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute: Opportunity to gain hands-on experience at the federal level in the public policy area of their choice through the General Public Policy Fellowship. All aspects of public policy are considered such as: issues affecting children and families, international affairs, economic development, education, housing, local government, etc. CHCI also aims to develop leaders in the areas of public health administration (Edward Royal Public Health Fellowship), telecommunications policy (Telecommunications Policy Fellowship) and corporate-public interest (Corporate Fellowship).
http://www.chci.org/

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): Alice L. Beeman Research Awards in Communications for Educational Advancement: Annual award to recognize an outstanding thesis or dissertation and an outstanding published scholarship on communications and education.
http://www.case.org/Content/AwardsScholarships/Display.cfm?CONTENTITEMID=3032

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): H.S. Warwick Research Awards in Alumni Relations for Educational Advancement: Encourages research in alumni relations, including such areas as volunteerism, alumni programming, alumni giving, advocacy, student alumni membership, and marketing. Theses, dissertations, and published scholarship must be helpful to educational advancement practitioners in devising strategies and tactics for accomplishing their work in alumni relations.
http://www.case.org/Content/AwardsScholarships/Display.cfm?CONTENTITEMID=3034

Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE): John Grenzebach Awards for Outstanding Research in Philanthropy for Education: Recognizes the work of established researchers and encourage young scholars to continue their work in advancement.
http://www.case.org/Content/AwardsScholarships/Display.cfm?CONTENTITEMID=3033

Echoing Green Foundation: The stipend serves as seed money to start a new public service organization or an independent project. The proposed project can be domestic or international. We do not limit our fields of interest, but support projects in all public service areas including, but not limited to, the environment, arts, education, health, youth service and development, civil and human rights, and community and economic development.
http://www.echoinggreen.org/

Foundation for Child Development: Seeks to support research or policy activities that develop strategies for building public support for children and families; leadership development activities that are linked to the programmatic focus of the foundation, including the identification and strengthening of effective voices on behalf of children and families; efforts to link New York City's higher education institutions, in particular their research, policy analysis, and professional education functions with city-based activities on behalf of children and families.
http://www.fcd-us.org/

Fulbright Scholarships: Give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master’s and doctoral candidates, and young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience. Most grantees plan their own programs. Projects may include university coursework, independent library or field research, classes in a music conservatory or art school, special projects in the social or life sciences, or a combination. Teaching and business opportunities also available.
http://www.iie.org/Template.cfm?section=Fulbright1
fulbright/us/default.htm - types

Gates Millennium Scholars: Established to provide outstanding African American, American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian Pacific Islander Americans, and Hispanic American students with an opportunity to complete an undergraduate college education, in all discipline areas and a graduate education for those students pursuing studies in mathematics, science, engineering, education, or library science. The goal of GMS is to promote academic excellence and to provide an opportunity for thousands of outstanding students with significant financial need to reach their fullest potential.
http://www.gmsp.org/

Gates, Bill and Melinda Foundation: Scholarships for high school, undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and graduate students.
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/topics/Pages/scholarships.aspx

Goldin Foundation for Excellence in Education: Recognizes and rewards those educators who have made outstanding contributions in their classrooms, schools and communities. The Foundation seeks to foster the respect for and appreciation of educators. Teachers, teachers’ aides, and representatives of the community, among others, are eligible for this award.
http://www.goldinfoundation.org/index.html

Kellogg, W.K. Foundation: Supports healthy infant, child, and youth development by mobilizing, strengthening, and aligning systems that affect children’s learning. Goal is to mobilize youth, families, and communities to influence institutions and policies that impact learning and achievement for vulnerable children and youth, and to forge partnerships between education institutions and communities to promote learning, academic performance, and workforce preparation among vulnerable young people.
http://www.wkkf.org/Default.aspx?LanguageID=0

Muskie, Edmund S./Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship: Open to citizens from the following countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan. Provides fellowships to citizens of the countries listed above for graduate level programs in business administration, economics, education, environmental management and policy, international affairs, journalism and mass communications, law, library and information science, public administration, public health, and public policy.
http://www.soros.org/grants/application/grant_apply_step_1_view

National Catholic Educational Association Grants and Scholarships: Fr. Michael J. McGivney Memorial Fund for New Initiatives in Catholic Education: Provides grants to stimulate research and projects that reflect these characteristics: Addresses specific needs or concerns of Catholic education; new initiatives in Catholic education; and national impact.
http://www.ncea.org/finaid/index.asp

Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Award

United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation: Annual fellowship program to increase the number of women, minorities, and people with disabilities participating in math, science, engineering, and technology disciplines of interest to NASA. Fields of study include: Aeronautics/aerospace, astronomy, bioengineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, meteorology, physical sciences, physics, and science education.
http://www.uncfsp.org/

U.S. Department of Education: General website for applying for grants for the purpose of strengthening teaching and learning in colleges, universities, and other postsecondary institutions.
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml