Itemized budget 6. Letter from principal stating support and willingness to accept grant monies on behalf of the grant writer. Applicants must be current VATE members. Winning applicants must share their projects at the VATE conference or in the Virginia English Bulletin, or The Needle's Eye within two years of receiving their grant. A final report summarizing the grant project and receipts for all grant expenditures must be submitted upon completion of the grant project.
Applicants can only receive one grant per year and a maximum of two grants in a five year period.
Grants will not be awarded for projects that are receiving money from other sources, and all grants must be the original work of the applicant. The deadline for submitting grants is September 30, 2001. Grants will be judged at the annual fall conference and awarded at the conference banquet. Grant monies will be mailed to the grant writer's principal. Grants must be implemented the school year that they are awarded, and their results must be shared the following school year.