Sponsor: AIAA Foundation (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) Award: $250 Number of Awards: Not specified (up to two grants per educator per year) Qualification: Teacher submitting proposal must be AIAA member (Educator Associate membership is free and includes other benefits); homeschool clubs of 25 or more students also eligible Application Deadline: Nov. 16 (submission period opens Oct. 1)
Sponsor: Verizon Award: $5,000 plus technology for state-level winners; $15,000 additional cash, plus travel and support, for national winners Number of Awards: 102 state-level winners (one middle school and one high school team from each state, plus DC); nine national winners (four middle school and four high school, plus one "fan favorite" based on public voting) Application Deadline: Nov. 18
Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000 Number of Awards: Not specified Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Feb. 1, 2017 deadline for applications for more than $5,000
Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years) Number of Awards: Not specified (five awarded last year) Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
Sponsor: McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Award: $30,000 maximum ($10,000 over three years) Number of Awards: Not specified (two awarded last year) Application Deadline: April 15, 2017 (submissions open Jan. 15, 2017)
Deadline: Ongoing Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars. Number of Awards: Varies Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."