Sentences with phrase «competitive grants»

A: One approach as a starting point for states is to provide seed money to develop some exemplary local [teacher - support] programs through competitive grant programs.

The proposed solar bill would provide a total of $ 250 million in annual funding for competitive grants for the next two years, with more funds available through 2021.

He offered $ 25 million in competitive grants for low - income school districts to either build or expand pre-K programs.

But other housing authorities have received money from the state through competitive grant programs.

She also kept a handful of competitive grant programs alive, including one for magnet schools.

In addition to formula allocations, at times the federal government makes discretionary awards through competitive grant processes.

Competitive grants from the federal government can provide funding to improve state early learning systems and to expand access.

Providing competitive grants to school divisions in fiscal year 2012 to pilot models for awarding performance pay for instructional personnel in hard - to - staff schools.

Supporting civic learning through federal competitive grant opportunities to fund innovation; research; and dissemination of model programs and best practices, especially for low - income schools and disadvantaged students.

For the last 10 years, it has offered competitive grants for districts to revamp their teacher evaluation and compensation systems.

Given the climate, directors are wondering whether their limited money might be better spent funding competitive grant applications, more than 80 % of which are currently denied.

However, he opposes current legislation aimed at improving the state's eligibility for up to $ 700 million in the federal Race to the Top competitive grants.

Overview of the methods and procedures for developing competitive grant proposals.

He also, unexpectedly, made the case for the continuation of the Race to the Top approach of federal incentives for state - level reforms (presumably via competitive grant programs).

This resource provides information for developing and sustaining funding, as well as tips for writing competitive grant proposals.

Other competitive grant programs are structured quite differently, with a narrow focus tied to a distinct federal purpose.

Provide significant resources to support planning and restructuring and leverage competitive grants.

Impact Aid provides formula and competitive grants directly to eligible school districts serving federally connected children on military bases, Indian lands, and subsidized housing.

The author of legislation that would alter how federal agencies manage competitive grants says his bill isn't aimed at research agencies and «would not change» how those agencies do their jobs.

Its signature competitive grant programs require states to ease restrictions on charter schools.

We need to stop competitive grants for school funding, which puts the poorer school districts at a further disadvantage.

It was possible, he said, to have your scientific cake and eat it, with short term research driven by competitive grants fitting into long term broad priorities.

It is seeking to protect and plus - up a few key competitive grant programs.

Structure competitive grants to induce districts and states to shift to transformative school designs that reach more students with excellent teachers and the teams they lead.

We want to acknowledge both the strength of the finalist group, and the weight of reaching this point in a very competitive grant process.

He has received many competitive grant awards and has published extensively in international peer reviewed journals on the nature, causes, prevention and treatment of behavioural and emotional disturbance in children and adolescents.

Yet the «educator in chief» also offered reassurance and rewards, including a chance to win hundreds of millions of dollars in competitive grants.

An afternoon session reviewed projects that the regional council would like to fund in next year's round of competitive grants.

An additional $ 750 million would provide competitive grants to states to implement high - quality preschool programs.

At the same time, the Race to the Top program offered competitive grants that awarded points to states based on their implementation of policies like performance - based evaluations.

Small, rural districts are at an even greater disadvantage with fewer resources to develop competitive grant applications.

For nearly seven decades, federal agencies and many private funders have financed medical research through competitive grants to individual scientists who submit proposals for particular projects.

In the first two years of existence, over $ 200,000 was generated by the fund which has been distributed via competitive grants to spay / neuter shelter pets prior to adoption.

That's why he introduced the School Principal Recruitment and Training Act, a measure that would fund a federal program that offers school districts competitive grants for principal training.

Two equine medicine researchers at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have received highly competitive grants from the Morris Animal Foundation.

In addition to formula - based aid, the Governor proposes $ 50 million in new competitive grants for prekindergarten, after school programs, and other programs.

The main area of contention among House members of both parties is the administration's reliance on competitive grant funding instead of formula funding programs such as Title I of ESEA.

But failure in the highly competitive grants competition produced a constructive counter-reaction here, where the lack of targeted state funding for dropout programs might have made the loss seem doubly discouraging.

Supporting schools by creating competitive grant programs to incentivize schools and districts to adopt non-punitive approaches, such as restorative justice.

Since 1966, the Committee has awarded nearly $ 12 million in competitive grants funded from proceeds of our craft shows to the Smithsonian's 19 museums and galleries, nine research facilities, traveling exhibits and the National Zoo.

Other Federal Grants include competitive grants for other specific purposes.

Don't rely on a specific grant While many communities successfully use competitive grants, such as the Full Service Community Schools or Promise Neighborhoods grants, this funding is often not sustainable.

«The problem with competitive grants for $ 1.5 billion of the bank settlement money is that four of the seven regions will get nothing.

Duncan has $ 4.3 billion in competitive grant money to parcel out to schools that meet his standards for innovation, and California's perverse position on teacher pay and firing isn't likely to make the grade.