National Foundation for the Improvement of Education. Leadership grants underwrite professional development opportunities for teachers, education support personnel, and higher education faculty to prepare them for collegial leadership in teaching and learning. Provides grants primarily to institutions in New England, in fields such as advanced training and institutional development in music and the visual arts, informal and women s education, and rural human services. National Science Foundation s Education and Human Resources Directorate. Supports the development of effective approaches and creative materials for the continuing education of K-12 mathematics and science teachers.
Small grants help scholars from a broad range of academic fields to venture into new domains.
Supports collaborations within and across academic fields. Topics should be relevant to education. Major giving priorities inlcude programs that promote academic excellence in institutions of higher learning, raise literacy levels, attract minority and women students into fields of mathematics, science, and technology, and improvement of the health and well-being of children.