Deadline: 5 October 2017
The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement is seeking applications for its Innovation Fund Grant that will support school districts, traditional public schools, charter schools and RESAs in planning, implementing, and scaling radically innovative education programs.
Priorities Areas
- Applied Learning with a Focus on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) Education,
- Birth to Age Eight Language and Literacy Development,
- Blended & Personalized Learning, and
- Teacher and Leader Development for High-Need Schools.
Types of Grants & Funding Information
- Innovation Fund Accelerator:The Accelerator’s mission is to build the capacity of schools and districts to develop radically innovative programs that directly target the root causes of challenging and complex education problems. Each school or district that participates in the Accelerator will receive a $10,000 grant.
- Implementation Grant: Implementation grants provide eligible organizations between $200,000 and $700,000 over 2.5 years to pilot innovative programs that meet the following criteria:
- Target the root cause of a challenging and complex problem by utilizing breakthrough, never-before-seen approaches to education;
- Disrupt existing structures and systems;
- Have the potential to permanently transform education;
- Can be objectively evaluated using a comparison group of students, teachers or leaders; and
- Are strongly aligned with one of the Innovation Fund priority areas.
- Scaling Grant: Scaling grants provide eligible organizations between $200,000 and $700,000 over 2.5 years to scale innovative programs that meet the following criteria:
- Have a proven track record of successfully targeting the root cause of a challenging and complex problem by utilizing breakthrough, rarely-before-seen approaches to education;
- Disrupt existing structures and systems;
- Have the potential to permanently transform education;
- Can be objectively evaluated using a comparison group of students, teachers or leaders; and
- Are strongly aligned with one of the Innovation Fund priority areas.
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply for an FY18 Innovation Fund grant, your organization must be a local education agency (LEA)/School District, RESA, traditional public school, or charter school in the state of Georgia.
- Eligible organizations are strongly encouraged, where appropriate, to partner with institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and community-based agencies to strengthen the quality of their proposed program.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their documents via given website.
Eligible Country: Georgia
For more information, please visit Innovation Fund Grant.