List of Grants & Contests

WE are TEACHERS maintains a list of grants, contests, competitions, and sweepstakes to help you get the resources or funding you need for your dream classroom projects. Two random drawings are currently on the list, but other types of grants/competitions will be added as they come available. If you try the educational software HP Classroom Manager, you will be entered in a drawing for prizes such as $1000 cash, $500 HP Gift Cards, and HP Tablets.  The Worth Ave. Group awards three i-Pads each month (until October 31, 2013) to educators selected in random drawings.

TurfMutt is Saving the Planet

Sign up your school today to be eligible for a free environmental program and a $5000 grant to transform your school campus into an eco-friendly green environment. Lucky, the TurfMutt, takes students into a world where they “save” one yard at a time by learning the importance of grass, flowers and trees in every community. The program helps teachers by providing resources such as videos, activities and puzzles for K-5 students. Each school can investigate its own region’s ecosystems by using Lucky’s interactive map. —And don’t forget to sign up for Mutt Mail.

Healthy Weight Teams with Discovery Against Childhood Obesity

The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation together with Discovery Education will re-launch Energy Balance 101 and the second Healthy Playground Makeover Sweepstakes. The hope is to encourage the creation of healthy environments for children through healthy eating and physical activity. The Energy Balance site contains lesson plans, resources and videos for Grades K-2 and 3-5 in addition to family resources. Two Grand Prizes of  $30,000 will be awarded to elementary schools: one will go to a Title 1 school and one will go to another school. There will also be three awards of $5000 for a secondary school.