Industry_grants

Industry Sponsored School Science Grant Websites

The following industry sponsored websites offer Grants to schools for the study of science. WeatherHawk provides the links below as a service to schools, and participates in Grant funded purchases by offering a significant discount to schools, educational institutions, educational foundations, parent-teacher non-profits, or other qualified groups that purchase equipment for schools.

WeatherHawk does not offer guarantee's regarding the award of Grants identified from these links. Grant programs to schools are administered, and Grants are awarded, solely by the respective Grant funding agency or industry non-profit without input or participation by WeatherHawk. Additionally, the agencies, companies and non-profits listed below do not endorse WeatherHawk as a product, nor do they offer more favorable consideration to Grant proposals that include a WeatherHawk.

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION GRANTS

http://www.agilent.com/contributions/education.html

Dow Awards

NOTE: Grants are given to K-12 school districts to support proposed initiatives concentrating on math and science, teacher training, and parental envolvement. Programs which promote systemic education reform in math and science are eligible to apply.

http://www.dow.com/about/corp/social/gen_fund.htm

EXCEL FOUNDATION GRANTS

NOTE: Limited to Coeur d' Alene School District 271

http://www.excelfoundation.org

eSCHOOL NEWS GRANTS

http://www.eschoolnews.com/erc/funding/

FORD FOUNDATION GRANTS

http://www.fordfound.org/

HEWLETT-PACKARD CORPORATION COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS

http://grants.hp.com/us/local/community_grants.html

http://grants.hp.com/us/local/index.html

IBM CORPORATION GRANTS

NOTE: Grant application should include the use of IBM products at some level in the equipment definition. A WeatherHawk requires a Host computer and is network enabled through the supplied software.

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/grantapp.shtml

Motorola Innovation Generation Grants

NOTE: Grants for initiatives that creatively foster a love of science early in life and show a new generation of inventors that careers involving science and math are important, challenging and possible.

http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp-globalObjectId=8153

National Weather Association Sol Hirsch Teacher Grants

NOTE: Grants are given to improve students' education in meteorology. Teachers selected will be able to use the funds to take an accredited course in atmospheric sciences, attend a relevant workshop or conference, or purchase scientific materials or equipmetn for the classroom.

http://www.nwas.org/grants/solhirsch.php

NIKE CORPORATION - JORDAN FUNDAMENTALS GRANT PROGRAM

http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=26&item=jordan

Outdoor Classroom Grant Progam

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=pg&p=AboutLowes/outdoor/index.html

RGK Foundation

NOTE: Grants are given to K-12 particularly for mathematics and science.

http://www.rgkfoundation.org/guidelines.php#programs

Scholastic Lexus Environmental challenge Program

NOTE: Grants are given to grades 6-12 student/teacher teams comprised of 5 to 10 students and one teacher advisor. They will compete to address different environmental elements - land, water, air, and climate. Designed to educate and empower students to take action in the environment.

http://www.scholastic.com/lexus

STATE FARM INSURANCE FOUNDATION GRANTS

http://www.statefarm.com/foundati/foundati.htm

THE CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE

http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-howtouse.htm

TOSHIBA AMERICA FOUNDATION GRANTS

http://www.toshiba.com/taf/

TOYOTA TAPESTRY GRANTS

http://www.nsta.org/programs/tapestry/index.htm

VERIZON FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGY GRANTS

NOTE: Grants are given to K-12 schools and should emphasize the use of technology to connect the community. A WeatherHawk weather station both provides data for all classes in a school, and it posts weather data to the Internet as a public service information extension to the community.

http://foundation.verizon.com/

OTHER GRANT RESOURCES

Local automobile dealers often fund all or part of the cost of a WeatherHawk weather station. They gain community service recognition, possible favorable tax treatment for the Grant, weather information for their own website from the weather station, and the satisfaction that they provided material support to local schools for science education.