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EdP Small Grants

The Education Partnerships (EdP) team at the Haas Center is awarding grants of up to $1000 to students with education-based community outreach and research proposals that can benefit youth in low-income communities. Mini-Grants are intended to enable Stanford students to develop projects with community youth and families that further the overall EdP mission of achieving educational equity.

 

Overview

EdP Small Grants are intended to enable Stanford students or student groups to develop activities that connect service interests and ideas in education with the overall EdP mission of achieving educational equity. Typically a proposal can be from an individual Stanford students or multiple individuals and/or include collaboration between EdP programs.  It can be in collaboration with any existing or new program that reflects EdP's overall mission.

This RFP is to encourage you to consider forming a project, especially one that would not be possible without this funding, that goes beyond your current work with youth or your peer volunteers. If a project is potentially sustainable over the course of several years beyond this funding phase, you will be asked to include a short description of the long-term impact.

Small Grants are available to support a wide array of activities, including but not limited to projects, lesson plans, workshops, and tools that enrich community youth and families. Applications should clearly describe the nature of the project, who and which programs will be involved, and the timeline and budget of the project. Before turning in the proposal, applicants are encouraged to  contact any EdP Small Grant committee member to discuss their ideas.

Details

A proposal can be from an individual or multiple individuals and can be in collaboration with any existing or new program that reflects EdP’s overall mission.

 $1000, $500, and $100-$250 grants will be awarded depending on the proposal budget

Here are examples of projects others have engaged in:

1.     Organizing a book club for local youth.

2.     Coordinating a workshop with specific materials that we don't already have.

3.     Overseeing some kind of expression project between tutors and youth to be displayed somewhere in the Haas Center.

 

Deadlines for Submission

The deadline for submitting proposals is Sunday, January 31, 2016 by 11:59 pm. Interview requests for finalists will be sent out for the following week, and notifications will be completed by mid-February.

 

Apply for the Minigrant Here!

 

The online submission form must include details about your project proposal as well as a proposed budget for project costs. 

Deliverables

Working groups must meet the following requirements:

  • The event or program must be executed by the end of the Summer Quarter 2016.
  • End-of-year report that explains what activities were conducted, detailing programmatic issues, if any, and highlighting the results and successes of the working group.
  • A financial report that illustrates how anticipated spending compared to actual spending.
  • A self-evaluation form.
  • Mid-project check-in with Grant Committee