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NEA Foundation Learning and Leadership Grants is a professional development program from the NEA Foundation offering up to $5,000 to educators seeking to grow their leadership skills and deepen their instructional practice. Applications are due May 1, 2026. Both individual educators and collaborative groups are eligible, with funding available for attendance at conferences, seminars, and relevant travel experiences.
The grant is designed to support public school educators at all levels who are committed to ongoing learning and who can demonstrate how the experience will benefit their students and school communities. It is an accessible opportunity for teachers and education staff looking for career development funding.
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Learning & Leadership Grants - NEA Foundation Awards for Teaching Excellence Community Schools Initiative Past Programs & Resources Educator Grants & Fellowships Global Learning Fellowship Learning & Leadership Grants Other Grant & Fellowship Opportunities Learning & Leadership Grants Learning & Leadership Grants Educators are the backbone of our public education system, yet all too often, don’t have resources at their disposal to prioritize their professional learning journeys.
Learning and Leadership Grants enable educators to grow their leadership skills and invest in professional development to maximize their impact inside and outside the classroom.
Monday, December 1 - Monday, March 2 Notification: June 1 | Registration Closed Febraury 26 Upcoming Information Sessions January 13 th at 7pm and February 19th at 7pm Learning and Leadership G rants are available to individual educators or groups of educators who are pursuing high-quality professional learning experiences that will enhance their classroom teaching, leadership skills, or professional partnerships.
Individuals to participate in high-quality professional development like summer institutes, conferences, seminars, travel abroad programs, or action research. Groups to fund collegial study, including study groups, action research, lesson plan development, or mentoring experiences for faculty or staff.
Learning and Leadership grants are intended to provide resources for educators hoping to engage in professional learning that can be implemented in their classrooms. We do not fund tuition or board certification. The NEA Foundation recently transitioned to a new grants application system to provide an upgraded experience for our applicants and grantees.
To receive access to an application, follow the steps below ! If you have any questions, please contact GrantsAndPrograms@nea. org Visit the registration link .
If you’re new to our system, select “Create Account” on the right-hand side to start your registration. Respond to the question “What is your purpose for registering? ” by selecting : “I am applying for the Grants to Educators” Application 3) Provide Required Information Fill in details about your workplace.
Enter your NEA membership information, including your NEA membership number. To be eligible, you must be an active NEA member. After you submit your registration, our team will review your information and verify your NEA membership status.
This process may take up to 3 business days. Once approved, you will receive an email with your login information, granting you access to the portal and application forms. If your NEA membership is not active, you will not be granted access to the application portal.
“Through the generous support of the NEA Foundation Learning and Leading Grant, I attended the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) qualifying certification seminar. This inventory helps us understand the impact our work has on student learning and development. ” ANNE M.
HORNAK, Associate Professor & Chair, Central Michigan University, MT. Pleasant, MI Learning & Leadership grants will fund projects up to $5,000 . Grants fund activities for 12 months from the date of the award.
Applicants must be teachers, education support professionals, or specialized instructional support personnel and must be current NEA members. Current NEA Foundation grantees are ineligible for this funding opportunity. A successful proposal will also make an individual ineligible for other NEA Foundation funding opportunities, until the grant is successfully completed and closed out.
* Education support professionals (ESPs) are defined as: paraeducators, school bus drivers or other transportation staff, custodial and maintenance staff food services staff, school nurses, health aides and other health and student services staff clerical staff, security staff, skilled trades staff, and technical services staff.
* Specialized instructional support personnel (SISP) include professionals such as school counselors, psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, library media specialists, speech pathologists and others. Grants are available to current members of the National Education Association who are educators in public schools or public institutions of higher education.
We especially encourage education support professionals* to apply. * Education support professionals are defined as: para-educators, school bus drivers, maintenance and custodial staff, food services staff, school nurses and student services workers, clerical and office assistants, school security officers, and technicians.
Unfortunately, the following groups may not apply as either the lead or partner: Educators who are not members of the National Education Association Employees, members of the board of directors, and immediate family members of the staff and board of the NEA Foundation Employees of the National Education Association How can grant funds be used?
Grant funds can be used for travel, room, meals, registration fees, materials, etc. for individual grants. For group grants, funds can be used for educator stipends, substitute fees, materials, travel, meals, etc. Grant funds cannot be used to pay indirect costs, grant administration fees, salaries, or lobbying or religious purposes.
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Key questions and narrative sections extracted from the solicitation.
Describe your professional learning activity and how it will enhance classroom teaching, leadership skills, or professional partnerships.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Active NEA member educators — teachers, education support professionals, and specialized instructional support personnel. Individuals or groups. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates Up to $5,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is June 15, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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Student Success Grants is a program from the NEA Foundation that provides grants of $2,500 to $5,000 to individual public school educators to implement innovative, project-based learning experiences that develop students' critical thinking, problem-solving, cultural understanding, and real-world engagement. Grants fund activities for 12 months from the date of the award. Eligible applicants are teachers, education support professionals, and specialized instructional support personnel who are current members of the National Education Association. The application window runs December 1 through March 2, with notifications in June. Applicants must register in the NEA Foundation's grants portal and have their NEA membership verified before accessing the application. Current NEA Foundation grantees are ineligible for concurrent funding.
NEA Learning & Leadership Grants is sponsored by NEA Foundation. This grant supports educators from districts with limited budgets to access professional development opportunities. It underwrites teachers for a variety of professional enrichment experiences, from research projects to attending conferences and seminars, including those focused on STEM. The program funds plans that foster critical thinking and problem-solving.
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Revised Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 27, 2021. Purpose of Program: The NASNTI Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) to enable them to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native Americans and low-income individuals. Institutions may use the grants to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out activities to improve and expand their capacity to serve Native American and low-income students. Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.031X. Funding Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-051022-001. Assistance Listing: 84.031. Funding Instrument: CA,G. Category: ED. Award Amount: Up to $550K per award.
The National Leadership Grants for Libraries Program (NLG-L) supports projects that address critical needs of the library and archives fields and have the potential to advance practice and strengthen library and archival services for the American public. Successful proposals will generate results such as new models, tools, research findings, services, practices, and/or alliances that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend and leverage the benefits of federal investment. Applications to IMLS should both advance knowledge and understanding and ensure that the federal investment made generates benefits to society. Specifically, the goals for this program are to generate projects of far-reaching impact that: • Build the workforce and institutional capacity for managing the national information infrastructure and serving the information and education needs of the public. • Build the capacity of libraries and archives to lead and contribute to efforts that improve community well-being and strengthen civic engagement. • Improve the ability of libraries and archives to provide broad access to and use of information and collections with emphasis on collaboration to avoid duplication and maximize reach. • Strengthen the ability of libraries to provide services to affected communities in the event of an emergency or disaster. • Strengthen the ability of libraries, archives, and museums to work collaboratively for the benefit of the communities they serve. Throughout its work, IMLS places importance on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This may be reflected in an IMLS-funded project in a wide range of ways, including efforts to serve individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; individuals with disabilities; individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills; individuals having difficulty using a library or museum; and underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line. Application Process: The application process for the NLG-L program has two phases; applicants must begin by applying for Phase I. For Phase I, all applicants must submit Preliminary Proposals by the September 20th deadline listed for this Notice of Funding Opportunity. For Phase II, only selected applicants will be invited to submit Full Proposals, and only those Invited Full Proposals will be considered for funding. Invited Full Proposals will be due March 20, 2024. Funding Opportunity Number: NLG-LIBRARIES-FY24. Assistance Listing: 45.312. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR,HU. Award Amount: $50K – $1M per award.
The California Department of Education (CDE) Early Education Division is making approximately .7 million available to expand California State Preschool Program (CSPP) services statewide, appropriated under the 2021 Budget Act. Eligible applicants are local educational agencies (LEAs), including school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and direct-funded charter schools—both current CSPP contractors and new applicants. Funding supports full-day/full-year or part-day/part-year preschool services for income-eligible children beginning in FY 2024–25. Awards are allocated by county based on Local Planning Council priority areas and application scores, with redistribution provisions if county allocations are underutilized.