Educators serving K-12 schools are eligible for the grants, which are awarded in a competitive evaluation process. For 1999-2000, nearly 2,000 applications were reviewed by volunteer judges at 28 screening centers throughout the state. The grants have already underwritten about 1,800 projects benefiting about 500,000 students. They were sponsored by the International Association of Business Communicators, the American Society of Association Executives and a national organization of rural electric co-op communicators. The grant program now offers an online application process using the Bright Ideas web site, which includes instructions for submitting proposals using online or printable application forms.
Educators can prepare a proposal online and automatically submit it via email.
In addition, they may choose to print a hard copy version of the form and submit it through postal mail.