The Education Enrichment Foundation encourages applications from all grade levels, subject areas, and funding levels. Inexpensive proposals are just as worthy as high-cost requests. Short projects can meet the criteria as well as long-term projects. Be aware that the Foundation does not issue grants for resources that should normally be available through the school district and its tax-supported budget (e.g., text books, digital cameras). Please check with your school or district to see if the materials and/or equipment you need for your ideas might already be available.

* Please read the following criteria and procedures for grant applications before proceeding to the application form.

Application Criteria


Judges evaluate all proposals based on the following five criteria:

1. Innovative (maximum points: 20)

Is the project creative and innovative? Will it stimulate and motivate students? Does it show an imaginative approach to learning?

2. Beneficial (maximum points: 30)

Will students gain valuable knowledge from the activity? Will students be able to demonstrate new skills as a result? Does the proposal expose them to new experiences? Do the proposed activities require higher order cognitive skills (e.g., translation, evaluation, synthesis)?

3. Doable (maximum points: 25)

Is the project practical in terms of its time span and budget? Can it be executed safely and effectively in the available facilities?

4. Cost-effective (maximum points: 5)

Does the proposal use resources to maximum value? Can any of the resources be reused?

5. Appropriate/Measurable (maximum points: 20)

Does the proposal address the State curriculum standards? Does the proposal include meaningful methods for measuring the effectiveness of the activity? Will the proposed activity improve test scores?

Judges may deduct up to 10 points for proposals that are poorly written or incomplete.

Procedures For Application

All applications must be postmarked on Monday, August 29, 2005. Any applications received after that postmark will be returned, unread.

Have your principal or supervisor sign the cover page of the application to indicate his or her approval for your grant request. The amount requested on the cover page, the information sheets, and the detailed budget must all be the same.

Please provide complete contact information (e.g., the email address you check most often, home telephone, home mailing address with zip). EEF corresponds with grant recipients throughout the school year. On all proposals, indicate one person as the project manager with whom we should correspond. Be sure to use adequate postage if you send your proposal via the U.S. Postal Service. You must send one (1) cover sheet and three (3) information sheet/attachments sets.

You may make as many copies of the Great Idea Grant Application Form as you need. Do not send any extra materials, such as video tapes or samples, with your application. These will be discarded before the application is reviewed. Be as specific as possible in your project proposal, but keep the proposal short and to the point. In general, the project summary, description, links to State Standards, and detailed budget should require no more than 3-6 pages total.

EEF assigns a project ID number to each application. Be sure to write the Project Title on each page of the application at the top and number pages at the bottom. Do not put your name or the name of your school on pages other than the first page of the application.

Call the Education Enrichment Foundation office at 864-942-0674 if you have questions or need further information.

* Note: you may want to print this page to refer to when filling out the application and verifying that your information is correct.

The Great Idea Grant application is in Microsoft Word format.
Please click the link below to download the file.

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