For Faculty/Staff
Grant/Fellowship Opportunities
Below you will find links to various descriptions of and applications for grants, fellowships, and awards. For answers to inquiries or for help with applying, please contact Taryn Kutujian, VISTA Coordinator, at 631-632-6812 or at tkutujia@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
State Farm Award for Service-Learning Excellence in Teacher Education
Deadline: December 14, 2009
Do you want to highlight your institution's teacher education program? Does your institution use service-learning as a pedagogy in preparing teachers? Do students from your institution have an opportunity for service-learning experience in student teaching? Then, the State Farm Award for Service-Learning Excellence in Teacher Education is for you! Through this award, we honor teacher education programs that make a significant commitment to improving the quality of teaching and learning in preparing teachers and schools leaders to use service-learning as an instructional strategy. The submission deadline is December 14, 2009. All nomination packages must be complete and received by NSLP by 5:00 pm EST. The award winner will be selected by a panel of teacher educators with experience in service-learning and will be announced on January 28, 2009. Click here for official rules, application, and more information. Have questions or need more information? Contact Partnership Director of Member Engagement Christina Kwon at ckwon@aed.org.
About the National Service-Learning Partnership:
The National Service-Learning Partnership at the Academy for Educational Development is a grassroots network of more than 12,000 members from all 50 states and US territories. The Partnership connects and mobilizes youth, teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, education leaders, community partners, businesspeople, and researchers dedicated to advancing service-learning as a core part of every young person's life and education.
About State Farm:
State Farm insures more cars and homes than any other insurer in the US, is the leading insurer of watercraft and is also a leading insurer in Canada. State Farm's 17,000 agents and 67,000 employees serve over 77 million auto, fire, life and health policies in the United States and Canada, and more than 1.9 million bank accounts. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is the parent of the State Farm family of companies. State Farm is ranked No. 31 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies.
Ernest A. Lynton Award for Faculty Professional Service & Academic Outreach
The Ernest A. Lynton Award recognizes a faculty member who connects his or her expertise and scholarship to community outreach.
Jenifer Altman Foundation
The Jenifer Altman Foundation is a private foundation dedicated to the vision of a socially just and ecologically sustainable future through program interests in environmental health and mind-body health.
Patrina Foundation
The Patrina Foundation promotes educational opportunity and advancement as well as scholarship by and about women. Grants are primarily made to educational and cultural organizations, but the Foundation also funds social services agencies for projects that build the skills and leadership abilities of girls and women.
Robert H. Michel Special Projects Grants
The Dirksen Center supports work to enhance understanding of the U.S. Congress.