Deadline: 9-Sep-22
The Schools Plus is seeking applications for its Smart Giving Grant to support strategic school projects that aim to improve student outcomes.
Australian Schools Plus (Schools Plus) is a national not for profit that aims to close the education gap. Through the Smart Giving program, schools have an opportunity to design and deliver projects that explore innovative, creative and progressive approaches in education. To enable schools to do this, Schools Plus matches schools with donors to provide funding for projects which can bring about transformational change.
What sort of projects can be supported?
- Projects that start in Term 1, 2023, and align with your long-term strategic school plan.
- Innovative projects that trial new designs or strategies that have a sound research base and the potential for significant transformational change.
- The project can extend an existing school initiative that is having a proven impact, or it could replicate projects where existing strategies are being tried in a new location or with a new group.
- All projects must lead to improved learning outcomes for students in schools facing disadvantage.
- In designing your projects, schools should be able to clearly identify the student-focussed intervention, why change is needed, how the project will enable the change to be achieved and the difference the change will make to students and the broader school community.
- Your project submission will be able to identify what evidence or research is available to support the purpose and design of the project, how you will measure the change it creates and how you will share that information with us.
- Projects must be supported by the school leadership team and have an ongoing and sustainable benefit to the school community.
Funding Information
- Schools Plus is seeking submissions for strategic projects ranging in value:
- Up to $30,000 for an individual school project
- Up to $60,000 for projects by a cluster of schools.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your school must have a value 1000 on the Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA). Schools with no (zero) ICSEA value must contact Schools Plus to determine eligibility, except for special needs schools which are eligible.
- Only one project per school or school cluster will be considered under this round.
- Schools involved in a cluster application cannot submit a separate individual application.
- If your school has received funding through Smart Giving (including Smart Giving Invitation), Commonwealth Bank Teaching Awards or Fair Education programs. This includes any cluster schools involved in a project.
- Funding for projects designed to meet your long-term strategic school plan will begin in Term 1, 2023.
For more information, visit https://www.schoolsplus.org.au/for-schools/smart-giving-grant/