1,000+ Opportunities
Find the right grant
Search federal, foundation, and corporate grants with AI — or browse by agency, topic, and state.
This listing may be outdated. Verify details at the official source before applying.
Find similar grantsTeam Grants is sponsored by Richmond Forum. The Richmond Forum offers team grants to create and elevate speech and debate teams in middle and high schools within Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Petersburg, and the City of Richmond.
Get alerted about grants like this
Get emailed when new opportunities from “Richmond Forum” or related funders appear. Free, weekly, unsubscribe anytime.
Or search similar grants →Extracted from the official opportunity page/RFP to help you evaluate fit faster.
Resources for Speech & Debate Coaches Thank you to the dedicated coaches at our partner schools! We know coaching is a labor of love and we are so thankful for you. Grants are designed to create and elevate speech and debate teams in our region’s middle and high schools.
Through sponsorship grants, teams can supplement existing fundraising efforts to participate in more competitions. Grant funding is available to schools in Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Petersburg, and the City of Richmond.
Grant funding is generally awarded for the following: Membership fees to speech and debate leagues/associations Entry fees for competitions Other items with pre-approval Applications for team grants are accepted on a rolling basis based on the availability of funding. To be considered for a grant award, the following items are required: Submit a grant application . Provide a student roster and update as students add/drop.
Completed media release for all participating students and coach(es) to be emailed or shared with sandra(at)richmondforum. org To maintain eligibility to receive grant funding, teams are required to submit an end-of-year report, due in May. With help from our partners, we work to remove any financial obstacles that might prevent coaches from being able to take advantage of these and other resources.
Support can take many different forms, including sponsoring coaches to attend conferences and sponsoring and/or hosting conferences and workshops. We have proudly partnered with the National Speech & Debate Association ( NSDA ) and the Virginia Association of Forensics, Theater, and Debate Coaches ( VAFTDC ) to support professional development and networking opportunities.
“RSFDI and the Forum have opened doors we didn’t even know were available. My team has been given opportunities to grow and challenge themselves every year. Thanks to the initiative my speakers have experienced competitions, travel, events, and comradery that otherwise would simply be impossible.
To see strength and confidence build in a young person is a coach’s dream. ” Jessica Sanchez, Speech Coach, James River High Assistant Director of Student Programs lucretia(at)richmondforum. org Director of Student Programs sandra(at)richmondforum.
org 110 South 15th Street, Suite B, Richmond, VA 23219 With your support, we can make speech & debate programs accessible to all Richmond region students. Your generous contribution will help cover tournament entry fees and travel expenses, train coaches and judges, outfit students with professional clothing, support the organization of local tournaments, and much more.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Middle and high schools in Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, Petersburg, and the City of Richmond, Virginia. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Team Grants is funded by Richmond Forum. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in Virginia. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
The RFI closed June 22. Now the forum is standing up. AI Forge is a jointly governed, university-led venture funding interpretability, control, and adversarial robustness in one-year Project Ventures — here's how the 15 challenges, the CAISI tie, and the nonprofit administrator reshape who gets funded.
Read articleOn June 1, 2026, DARPA and the National Science Foundation announced AI Forge — a jointly governed forum that will fund, guide, and manage university-led research on AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. The RFI on sam.gov closes June 22. The forum itself will be administered by a new nonprofit launching in summer 2026. The structure is what matters: this is not a one-off solicitation, it is a multi-year venue for university-government-industry research that operates outside the normal merit-review timelines of either agency. What university research teams should be doing in the seventeen-day window between the announcement and the RFI deadline — and what the forum model means for federal AI funding through FY 2028.
Read articleOn June 1, 2026, DARPA and the National Science Foundation jointly released the AI Forge initiative — a university-only forum, administered by a nonprofit launching summer 2026, that will fund Project Ventures of roughly $750,000 to $3 million over one-year terms in three thrust areas: AI interpretability, AI control, and adversarial robustness. The RFI on SAM.gov closes June 22 at 5pm ET and is restricted to U.S. universities and military service academies, one authorized submission per institution. Intellectual property is expected to be shared across forum participants, preferably through open-source licensing. This is the most significant joint DARPA-NSF research vehicle in a decade, and it is structured to bypass the frontier-lab model entirely.
Read article