Collaborative Grants

Collaborative Grants is sponsored by Brookline Foundation. The Brookline Foundation provides collaborative grants encouraging cooperative efforts across disciplines, grade levels, and schools, making them suitable for cross-disciplinary STEM initiatives that could include data science and AI literacy for educators.

Apply for Collaborative Grants – Brookline Education Foundation Apply for Collaborative Grants Apply for Collaborative Grants Kness 2026-09-01T12:30:51-04:00 Applications for FY28 Collaborative Grants will open on November 30. FY28 Collaborative grant instructions and materials will be available below. The deadline for completing your application is March 1, 2027.

If your grant will exceed $8,000, you are required to submit a Concept Paper by January 31, 2027. Please plan to attend our Information Sessions and/or Grantwriting Workshops in January and February, and reach out to jennie@brooklineeducation. org or kbarnum@brooklineeducation.

org with any questions. Calls for proposals for both Educator and Collaborative Grants are distributed in December. The BEF, in partnership with the Office of Teaching and Learning, will offer grant writing workshops prior to the filing deadline for teachers who wish to apply.

BEF Educator and Collaborative Grants Committees, which consist of Brookline educators and BEF Board members, determine all funding. Applicants are notified of decisions in mid-April. All work associated with these grants must take place between July 1 of the year the grant is awarded, and June 30 of the following year.

See the Grants Calendar for workshops, deadlines and other important dates. See the FAQ’s page for some answers to questions you may have… but also feel free to reach out to us with questions at any time! Apply for Collaborative Grants BEF Collaborative Grants are designed to promote cooperative efforts across disciplines, across grade levels, and among schools.

This category of grants enables the BEF to bring the core value of Collaborative Relationships to the forefront by promoting opportunities for professional teamwork and cooperative learning throughout Brookline. Collaborative Grants are funded up to $20,000 per grant.

Applicants seeking funding for projects with budgets $8,000 or above are required to submit a Concept Paper to assess how well their proposal fits within the BEF grants program. If the application budget is under $8,000, the concept paper is optional but encouraged as it typically helps with the success of the grant.

Information for applying educators Optional, but recommended for all; due January 31, 2026 Required for budgets of $8,000+ Click Here for Concept Paper form Download, Complete & Upload to the BEF by March 2, 2026 at 5pm Click Here to download application Click Here to Upload Completed Application *please note that you must convert your Google document to a PDF document before uploading it to the form Link to evaluation form once the grant is completed Link to evaluation form: FY26 (school year 2025-26) Link to evaluation form: FY27 (school year 2026-27) Recently awarded collaborative grants Therapeutic Approaches in Art Education BHS Warriors Against Misinformation (WAM): Workshop on Teaching Information Literacy If your grant is funded by the BEF, we ask that you recognize our support by including a short acknowledgment on any printed grant materials or online documentation.

Thank you!