Academic Content Area

Grant Title	Funding Amount	Due Date	Summary
Actuarial Foundation	$30,000	Open	For schools and groups to develop a viable mentoring program involving actuaries in the teaching of mathematics .
Advancing Student Achievement	Varies	Ongoing	The foundation wants to develop a network of mathematics mentors in the public and private school systems through innovative math enhancement programs for students.
Aerospace Education Foundation Educator	Varies	Open	This program is designed to promote aerospace education activities. The program encourages development of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum. The program also encourages establishing an active relationship between the school and the local Air Force Association organization.
American Association of Physics Teachers High School Physics Teacher	$500	Ongoing	Will reward a proposal designed to result in better physics teaching practice, student understanding and interest and increased class enrollment.
American Honda Foundation	Varies	Open	Grants support a wide arrange of students, included gifted programs, youth-led projects, and academic or curriculum development that emphasizes innovative educational methods and techniques.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics	$200	Open	To encourage excellence in educating students about math, science, technology, and engineering.
Ayn Rand's Books	Classroom Material	Ongoing	Ayn Rand Institute is providing classroom sets of Ayn Rand's novels, along with teacher's guides and lesson plans, to high schools in the US.
Connecting Mathematics to Other Subject Areas	$3,000	Ongoing	Will be awarded to NCTM members currently teaching mathematics in grades
Donald Perryman Fund for the Social Studies	$1,000	9/1/09 12/1/09 2/1/10 6/1/10	To support the furtherance of Social Studies
Hands-On Math, Science & Technology	$1,000	Open	To assist educators in presenting mathematics, science, and technology principles to students (K-12) in an exciting, hands-on manner to develop our future aeronautics and aerospace engineers, scientists, pilots, and space explorers.
History Channel Save Our History Grant Program	$10,000	Open	Inspires youth to become the preservationists in their communities.
James Irvine Foundation	$50,000	Open	The foundation is particularly interested in high school dropout prevention and recovery, supporting community organizations that aid low-income youth.
National Science Foundation	Awards Vary	Various	Science and education
National Council for the Social Studies	$2,500	4/1/10	Recognizes exceptional classroom social studies teachers for grades K-6, 5-8, and 7-12 who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary school settings, and at least half-time in middle or junior high and high school settings.
Outdoor Classroom Grant Program	Varies	Varies	To create an outdoor classroom grant program to provide schools with additional resources to improve their science curriculum.
Partners in Arts Education Program	Varies	Open	To support exemplary partnerships between community schools of the arts and public schools to provide sequential, skill-based arts instruction to K-12 students.
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science	$10,000	Open	Teachers 7-12 with 5 years experience teaching Math or Science.
Robert H. Michel	$2,500-$5,000	Rolling	To teachers of social studies, history, government, or political science who develop creative ways to teach their students about Congress.
Save Our History Grant Program	$10,000	Open	To fund hands-on, experiential educational projects that teach students about their local history and actively engage them in its preservation.
Student Achievement Grants	$5,000	Open	The proposed work should engage students in critical thinking and problem solving that deepen their knowledge of standards-based subject matter.
Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development	Varies	Open	Awards support projects that improve humanities education.
Toshiba America Foundation	Varies	Open	Invests in projects designed by classroom teachers to improve science and mathematics education.
Toyota Tapestry Grants for Teachers	$2500 - $10,000	January 19 Annually	Toyota TAPESTRY grants will be awarded in three categories: Environmental Science Education; Physical Science Applications; Literacy and Science Education. Open to K-12 teachers of science residing in the United States.
Toys For Tots	Free Materials	Open	Offers the Toys for Tots Literacy Program to give the nation's least fortunate children direct access to books and other resources.
Using Music to Teach Math (K-2)	$3,000	Open	The purpose of this grant is to incorporate music into the elementary school classroom to help young students learn mathematics.
Unsung Heroes	$25,000	4/30/10	Recognizes innovative and progressive thinking in education through monetary awards.
Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest	Varies	3/15/10	Encourages legible handwriting by testing the printing (or "manuscript") acumen of first and second graders and the cursive abilities of students in grades 2 through 8.