Programs for PreK-12/Graduate School Faculty & Education Support Professionals in Urban Locals

Deadline: Sunday, September 30, 2012

NEA Urban Grants support local NEA affiliates in the development of education reform leadership programs for preK-12/graduate school faculty and education support professionals.

Each year, twenty-five Urban Grants in the amount of $5,000 each are awarded to NEA local affiliates to help support them with these programs.

Any NEA local affiliate of 500 members or more (listed with the NEA membership office) or the largest local NEA affiliate of any state regardless of the number of members is eligible to apply.

In their program proposals, affiliates must show how they will contribute to providing a great public school for every student by:

• Closing the achievement gaps
• Engaging the ethnic-minority community toward achieving a great public school for every student
• Working in partnership with state affiliates to achieve a minimum of $40,000 starting salary for teachers and living wage for education support professionals
• Growing and developing membership
• Increasing and stabilizing funding for public schools

Grantees must:

• Submit interim reports May 31 and final reports January 31.
• Share what they have learned from their projects at the NCUEA Fall Conference and in local Association-sponsored forums.
• Include the following statement in any publications or media presentations prepared in conjunction with the grant:: This project is supported by the National Education Association through its Urban Grants program.

Proposals are due September 30.

For more information, see the NEA Urban Grants Program.

Download the Urban Grants Brochure.

Download the Urban Grants Application. This application is in a PDF form that can be saved using Adobe Reader 8 or newer.
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NEA Urban Grants is a program of NEA's National Council of Urban Education Associations.