Academic Grants
Here’s a great place to start!
Check out Grant Guide 2021 by This is a comprehensive grant guide to preparing, writing, and applying for education funding!
Helpful Tool:
The Tech & Learning School Funding Resource Guide
2022 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence – $1.25 Million in Cash Prizes!
https://hftforschoolsprize.org/
MA Career and Technical Education (CTE) Partnership Planning and Implementation Grants
https://www.doe.mass.edu/grants/2022/405/
NH Industry Recognized Credentials Grants
Application: https://www.education.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt326/files/inline-documents/sonh/irc.rfa_.pdf
Grants for STEM/STEAM:
- Ed Gov
- STEM Grants
- National STEM Education Distributed Learning (NSDL)
- Lockheed Martin Grants
- Afterschool Alliance STEM grants
- Battelle
- Alfred P Sloan Foundation
- Power of Discover STEM2
- Bayer USA foundation Grants
- First Energy
- Target Grants
- GetEd Funding
- Grants for PE
- Grants for Teachers
- Lions Club International Grant Foundation
- Davidson Institute
- REC Foundation
- FREY Scientific
- TESOL Grants
- NCTM Grants
- MAA Grants
- UNITED FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
- PETS IN THE CLASSROOM GRANTS
- Barney Family Foundation Grant
- Kars 4 Kids
- The Society for Science & The Public STEM Actions Grants
- IEEE Try Engineering
- Instrumentl
Student Scholarships/Grants
The Buick Achievers Scholarship Program
Up to $25,000 per year for 50 first-time freshmen or existing college students, renewable for up to four years and one additional year for those entering a qualified five-year engineering program! Wow! Learn more
STEM Educational Grants from the PPG Industries Foundation- the PPG Industries Foundation board favors projects that promote academic excellence and prepare the next generation of leaders in business, science, and technology. Support for students of high academic achievement and programs that attract young people to the study of science remain priorities. At the pre-college level, PPG supports programs that impact on quality of teaching and motivate students to realize their potential.
Availability: All States
Average Amount: $1,000.00 – $500,000.00
Total Amount: $5,000,000.00
Address: 1 PPG Pl., Ste. 7E, Pittsburgh, PA United States 15272-0001
E-mail: foundation@ppg.com
Website: PPG Industries Foundation
Eligibility: Public School, Private School, Higher Education, Other
Program Areas: After-School, Early Childhood, General Education, Health/PE, Math, Professional Development, Science/Environmental, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), Technology
Deadline: Ongoing
Student Achievement Grants from the NEA Foundation- the NEA Foundation provides grants to improve the academic achievement of students in U.S. public schools and public higher education institutions in any subject area(s). The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter. The work should also improve students’ habits of inquiry, self-directed learning, and critical reflection.
Availability: All States
Average Amount: $2,000.00 – $5,000.00
Address: 1201 Sixteenth Street NW, Suite 416, Washington, DC 20036-3207
Telephone: 202-822-7839
Email: jgraytock@nea.org
Website: NEA Foundation
Eligibility: Public School, Higher Education
Program Areas: Math, Professional Development, Reading, Science/Environmental, Social Studies, STEM (Science, Technology, Environmental, Math), TAG, Technology
Deadline: Spring and Fall each year; check website for dates.