Mini Grants
Mini-grants are awarded to girl-serving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) focused programs to support collaboration, address gaps and overlaps in service, and share promising practices. Mini-grant projects must relate to either informal learning or evaluation and assessment. Mini-grants are a small amount of seed funding and are not intended to fully fund entire projects. The maximum mini-grant award is $1000.
Numerous organizations provide valuable but uncoordinated activities and support services related to motivating and supporting girls' interest in STEM careers. These mini-grants are designed to build collaboration between existing programs and organizations in order to encourage girls to pursue STEM-related educational programs and careers.
In order to apply for a mini-grant:
- At least two programs from different organizations must collaborate on the mini-grant project.
- Organizations must have attended the TxGCP Kick-off Conference on April 18, 2008 (for summer funding mini-grants only).
- All programs/organizations collaborating on the mini-grant must be registered in the Program Directory.
- The applicant must choose one of her/his programs to be the lead program.
- The project must relate to either informal learning or evaluation and assessment.
- The collaborating programs must be from Texas.
When you have registered a program in the Directory, identified a mini-grant project, chosen one or more collaborating programs from the Program Directory, and know which of your own programs will serve as the lead program, you are ready to apply for a mini-grant.
Application Process
TXGCP will fund two rounds of mini-grants. Summer funding will be provided for projects occurring between June 1, 2008 and August 31, 2008. Fall/Spring funding will be provided for projects occurring between September 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009.- Deadline for Summer Mini-Grant is May 16, 2008 and deadline for fall/spring Mini-Grant is June 27, 2008.
- Recipients of summer funding will be notified by May 23, 2008 and recipients of fall/spring funding will be notified by July 30, 2008.
Important Reminders
- Project must participate in NGCP evaluation requirements.
- Funded projects must agree to participate in TxGCP annual conference.
- Project must serve a majority of girls and demonstrate a “promising practice�. Recipients should be prepared to share the practice through forums, webcasts, on-line resources, etc.
- Please be aware that it takes about a week to complete the application if your organization is not already registered in the in the program directory.
Mini-Grant Applications are currently
OPEN!
Note: Once you log in, you will have access to the TxGCP mini-grant application.
Additional questions? Call the Texas Girls Collaborative Project at 512-471-5650 or email us: TexasGirls@engr.utexas.edu