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| Kids to Parks Day Class Contest This contest is open to schools across the country. National Park Trust will award scholarships in the amount of $250, $500, or $1000. Deadline: March 1, 2012. |
| National Center for Family Literacy Grants The grants are intended to help support parent engagement efforts in schools and communities. Deadline: February 6, 2012. |
| NEA Foundation's Challenge to Innovate (C2i) C2i is an invitation to public school teachers and others to identify and solve education's most pressing classroom problems. |
| NEA Friend of Education Award for 2012 This award is given based on leadership, acts, and support of education on a national level. |
| Listen to a Life Contest This contest is an opportunity to develop important skills in interviewing, listening, writing, and technology. |
| National Teachers Hall of Fame Each year five outstanding PreK-12 educators are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Deadline for Nominations: January 3, 2012. |
| Law Day Video Contest Compose a 3- to 4-minute video pertaining to the No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom 2012 theme. Deadline: February 15, 2012. |
| NASA Endeavor Fellowship This program will benefit all educators of STEM content from elementary generalists to AP educators. Deadline: October 31, 2011. |
| National High School Journalism Teacher Award The winning teacher will deliver keynote addresses to scholastic and collegiate journalism educators and wins a trip to the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a laptop computer and other prizes. Deadline: July 6, 2012. |
| Living in a Material World Grants The purpose of these ten $500 grants is to enhance awareness of materials science and the role of materials scientists in society. Deadline: May 25, 2012. |
| NEA Foundation-Nickelodeon Big Help Grants K-8 public school educators could be awarded up to $5,000 in the form of Student Achievement grants for developing and implementing ideas that foster a sense of global awareness in 21st century students. Deadlines: February 1, June 1, and October 15. |
| NEA Urban Grants Each year, NEA awards 25 Urban Grants in the amount of $5,000 each to local affiliates to help in the development of education reform leadership programs for preK-12/graduate school faculty and education support professionals. |
| Music: Fender Music Foundation Awards These awards provide funding and resources for music programs. Deadline: Ongoing. |
| Ezra Jack Keats Minigrants Public school libraries and public libraries that host programs encouraging literacy and creativity in children can apply for an Ezra Jack Keats Minigrant of $500. Deadline: March 15, 2012. |
| NEA Student Organizing and Assistance Resources (SOAR) Grants These grants encourage and support NEA Student program members in their efforts to recruit new members or organize a student chapter. Deadlines: First semester, August 31. Second semester, November 30. |
| NEA HIN: Ryan White HIV Prevention Awards NEA Health Information Network presents this award annually to an NEA member or affiliate who has demonstrated a commitment to implementing or supporting innovative HIV prevention education programs. Deadline: April 23, 2012. |
| NEA Foundation Grants Grants for public school educators to enhance teaching and learning. Deadlines: February 1, June 1, and October 15. |
| Math Mentoring Using Actuaries in the Teaching This grant is awarded to public and private schools that agree to set up a mentoring project that involves actuaries in the teaching of mathematics. |
