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Grant Writing for Middle School Educators Using Computer Technology

Middle school educators can enhance the quality of education in the classroom by obtaining grants for special projects. Grants, which can be used to improve instruction, upgrade equipment, and implement innovative programs, are available from local, state, and federal agencies, nonprofit foundations, and private corporations. Overall, millions of dollars in grants are awarded annually to support educational projects (Brewer, Achilles, and Furhriman 1995). To obtain funding, all that is required is to bring together a person with a creative idea or program (grantee) and a funding agent (grantor). Any middle school educator with an innovative idea can do this by locating funding sources, drafting the idea into a proposal, and submitting it to a funding agency. For example, teachers can go to the National Science Foundation Web site (www.nsf.gov) and examine the "Dear Colleague" calls for proposals. Many of the "calls" are relevant for middle school educators, especially in the information technology field, where we have seen calls for proposals on, for example, career awareness in information technology and how gender relates to career selections. "Dear Colleague" letters are posted frequently, so the site should be checked on a regular basis. In this article, we discuss the grant proposal writing process, successful grant writing strategies, and ways to integrate computers into grant writing.