The 2022-2023 grant cycle will Open Soon!
ELIGIBILITY
All Washington County Public Schools (Maryland) educators
GUIDELINES
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant Projects should be innovative, directly impact WCPS students, and should be aligned with the school system’s goals, procedures, and curriculum. Any technology requested to meet the goals of your project must be supported, approved, and purchased through the WCPS Technology Department.
Innovative Grant proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should include one or more of the following: Literacy, financial literacy, college & career readiness, encouragement of student participation in science/math (STEM), interdisciplinary instruction, at-risk students, support for the arts, multicultural education, and/or digital learning.
Agricultural Innovative Grant proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should be based on projects falling into the broad category of agriculture - these grants are NOT limited to ag classrooms. Proposals under this category will include but are not limited to: horticulture, crop & soil science, animal science, farming, bio-systems, entomology, dairy science, environmental science, fisheries and forestry.
RESTRICTIONS
CONSIDERATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
APPLICATION QUESTIONS WILL INCLUDE:
Have you heard about our Financial Literacy Resources page for educators, parents and students? Check it out here!
QUESTIONS?
If you have a question that was not answered above, please contact Education Foundation of WCPS Executive Director, Sheila Evers, execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps.org
ELIGIBILITY
All Washington County Public Schools (Maryland) educators
GUIDELINES
Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant Projects should be innovative, directly impact WCPS students, and should be aligned with the school system’s goals, procedures, and curriculum. Any technology requested to meet the goals of your project must be supported, approved, and purchased through the WCPS Technology Department.
Innovative Grant proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should include one or more of the following: Literacy, financial literacy, college & career readiness, encouragement of student participation in science/math (STEM), interdisciplinary instruction, at-risk students, support for the arts, multicultural education, and/or digital learning.
Agricultural Innovative Grant proposals should reflect specific areas of need and should be based on projects falling into the broad category of agriculture - these grants are NOT limited to ag classrooms. Proposals under this category will include but are not limited to: horticulture, crop & soil science, animal science, farming, bio-systems, entomology, dairy science, environmental science, fisheries and forestry.
- Interdisciplinary or team teaching projects are accepted.
- A detailed project budget is required.
- Grant funding is available up to $1000
- Occasionally major grants with a budget of up to $5000 will be considered. If you have a major project you are considering for proposal it is recommended (but not required) that you email execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps.org to insure your project aligns with the foundation’s goals.
RESTRICTIONS
- Grant funds may not be used for salaries, childcare, snacks and/or refreshments, or county funded textbooks.
- All materials and equipment purchased with grant funds become the property of the school, not the individual teacher or grade level.
- Requests for funding projects costing more than $1,000 will be rejected unless the budget includes details about how the balance will be funded, or the applicant is applying for a $5,000 major grant.
CONSIDERATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
- Each Innovative Grant application must be approved by the applicant’s principal before submitting the grant application. This is the responsibility of the applicant.
- Each grant application received will be evaluated by the Education Foundation of WCPS Innovative Grant Committee on the basis of the project’s creativity, its benefit to students, the efficient use of funds, and the potential to be replicated in other schools.
- Recommendation of awards will be made by the Innovative Grant Committee and awards will be presented to applicant(s) by the end of the 2020-2021 school year.
- Grant funds are awarded to the school for the identified project on behalf of the applicant. If for any reason the project is not implemented by the end of the 2021-2022 school year, the grant funds must be returned to the Education Foundation of WCPS.
- Innovative Grant and Agricultural Innovative Grant recipients are required to submit an After Action Report of the funded project within 60 days of the completion of the project to the Education Foundation of WCPS for their use. Grant recipients will receive a form with submission instructions and details. The required report will include:
- Number of students involved and/or impacted by the project
- Names and positions of all WCPS personnel involved
- Budget reconciliation, including any other sources of funds used to support the project
- A three+ paragraph narrative of how the project impacted students and the outcomes achieved
- A minimum of three (3) social media ready photographs
APPLICATION QUESTIONS WILL INCLUDE:
- Description of Project
- Anticipated Outcomes
- Expected Impacts
- Budget/Cost Per Student
- Timeline
Have you heard about our Financial Literacy Resources page for educators, parents and students? Check it out here!
QUESTIONS?
If you have a question that was not answered above, please contact Education Foundation of WCPS Executive Director, Sheila Evers, execdirector@educationfoundationofwcps.org
