Education Foundation of Gulf County, Inc.


Q: Who is eligible to apply for this grant?

A: Teachers and other educators in the Gulf County District Schools may apply for this grant.  Individuals or groups of educators may submit proposals to improve learning for students at the classroom or school level.

Q: What are the priorities of the Teaching and Learning Grant Program?

A: The Foundation wishes to encourage innovative projects that impact teaching and learning. The proposal should be written so that the benefit to students is clear.

Q: What Activities are permitted?  

A: The Teaching and Learning Grants will support partial or total funding for the following types of proposals: 

  • Development and implementation of innovative learning activities or programs
  • Implementation of strategies that have a proven record of improving student achievement
  • Expansion of an existing program to impact more students
  • Funding educational projects that are not funded by any other means
  • Purchase of materials, equipment, or supplies to enhance an existing program.  Any equipment purchased through grant funds will be the property of the Gulf Co. School System.  Be sure to mark all equipment purchased with grant funds with a permanent marker notating that the equipment is the property of the Gulf County School system.  Any Equipment purchased with grant funds should be inventoried at the school specified in the grant following the Gulf County School System guidelines.
  • To provide quest speakers on educational subjects-Credentials of the speakers need to be included.

Q: Are there any important deadlines?

A: See the below dates applicable to the current school year.

Proposal and Funding Period Deadline: Submit Application by September 15th
Award Date: September 30th
Grant Funding Period: Current School year
Evaluation Report Due to Board: May 15th

Q: Who will judge the proposals?

A: Board members of the Education Foundation of Gulf County, Inc. will evaluate the grant application.  Applicants should keep in mind that readers are, for the most part, not education professionals.  Therefore, it is important to keep technical terms and acronyms to a minimum.  Judging will be blind.  The judges will not know who submitted the application.

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