Major Project Grant Application
More than $5000

Name(s):
Date:
School Name:
School Address:
Phone:
Email:
Amount requested:
Number of
students impacted:
Are you a public school teacher in the state of Utah?

Have you received a grant before?
If so:

Instructions: Please read qualifications and guidelines before filling out form.
Fill out form completely.
INCOMPLETE FORMS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR REVIEW.

Purpose:
The Major Project Grant is a one-time grant intended for substantial funding of specific, innovative, classroom-level endeavors. This includes multi-class projects that impact individual classroom instruction. Items purchased with grant money belong to the school.

Qualifications:
Applicant must be a teacher or administrator within a school in Grand Count,y within the state of Utah, grades K-12. Items purchased with grant money belong to the school. All recipients agree to submit an Accountability Form within 90 days of receipt of awarded funds or as directed by the Foundation Board.

Guidelines:

  • Priority will be given to grants which cover core curriculum materials that will be used by and for the students.
  • Project must meet a need and justify the amount of funding requested.
  • Project must directly involve and benefit students.
  • Audio/visual equipment will only be funded if the teacher/school has exhausted its media center budget.
  • Judging of projects will be based upon criteria outlined on this form.

Deadline & Notification:
The deadline for Major Project Grants is the last day of each quarter.  . Teachers will be notified of acceptance or denial within 45 days of the end of the quarter. For example, all applications received by June 30, will be notified by August 15.

Please submit an application package using the following format.  You must respond to ALL of the following items.  Incomplete package will not be considered for review.
1. Project Title
2. Describe the purpose of the project:
3. How does this project encourage and showcase educational best practices?
4. What aspects of the project would be most interesting to parents, students, educators, and the general public?
5. Provide specific examples of quantifiable benefits resulting from the project.

6.  Describe how this project meets the Major Project Grant purpose, qualifications, and guidelines:

7. Total Budget for project: (Be specific. List items to be purchased and approximate cost. List titles of books, videos, manipulatives, etc.)  In addition, list any in-kind support for your project, e.g. projected volunteer involvement, donated supplies or services, collaboration with other community groups:

8. If your request is granted, how do you plan to maintain the item(s) requested?

9. What is your school’s current inventory of the materials applied for?

10. What other resources have you looked into for funding this project?
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