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Find similar grantsSupporting Postsecondary Access in Rural Counties (SPARC) Initiative is sponsored by Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC). SPARC awards funding to K-12 school districts to bridge infrastructure and access gaps in rural counties.
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Workforce and Economic Development Workforce and Economic Development Recognizing the role postsecondary institutions play in driving economic development and preparing Tennesseans for the jobs of today and the future, THEC’s Workforce Development team seeks to promote economic growth and provide a skilled workforce with a specific focus on higher education institutions and postsecondary attainment.
Specific grant programs to support this work are summarized below. Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education GIVE community grants facilitate the alignment of local workforce and education partners through a competitive grant process.
Proposals must identify and address local community/regional skills gaps through one (or a combination) of the following methods: Enhance, expand, and/or acquire equipment to develop an academic program that creates a pathway from secondary to postsecondary, culminates in a postsecondary certificate, diploma, or degree, and fills a critical and demonstrable local workforce need; Develop and implement collaborative, meaningful, and structured work-based learning (WBL) experiences; Provide industry recognized certifications to meet an identified regional workforce need.
Supporting Postsecondary Access in Rural Counties SPARC is a targeted initiative to bridge, if not resolve, three identified obstacles: infrastructure need, geographic access to higher education, and unmet need for additional CTE Dual Enrollment opportunities. This initiative awards funding to K-12 school districts through a non-competitive grant process. Rural Health Care Pathway Programs In 2024, $67.
7 was allocated via the Governor’s budget over five years for grants to expand current health care, behavioral health, and dental health pathway programs through increasing early exposure to health care careers; increasing transition opportunities into health science education and health care careers; and improving health care career advancement programs.
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: K-12 school districts in rural Tennessee counties. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education & Human Resources (IUSE: EHR) Program is sponsored by National Science Foundation (NSF). This program promotes novel, creative, and transformative approaches to generating and using new knowledge about STEM teaching and learning to improve STEM education for undergraduate students. It supports projects that bring recent advances in STEM knowledge into undergraduate education, adapt, improve, and incorporate evidence-based practices, and lay the groundwork for institutional improvement in STEM education. Professional development for instructors to ensure adoption of new and effective pedagogical techniques is a potential topic of interest.
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.