PLTW Gateway - Program Expansion (Ardagh Group) Grant

PLTW Gateway - Program Expansion (Ardagh Group) Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Project Lead The Way Inc
Amount: US $15,000
Last Updated: February 02, 2026

Summary

The PLTW Gateway program expansion, funded by Ardagh Group, aims to enhance educational opportunities for over 500,000 PreK-12 students across various U.S. communities. This initiative will provide essential teacher training for more than 5,000 educators and introduce new program units. By partnering with local schools, Ardagh Group emphasizes the importance of education in fostering vibrant communities and ensuring equitable access to learning resources over the next decade.

Overview

PLTW Gateway Ardagh Group has partnered with PLTW to support education in its local communities where Ardagh employees live and work. This partnership recognizes the critical role education, and access to education, plays in ensuring equal opportunities and in building successful, vibrant communities. It is expected that over the next 10 years, Ardagh sponsored education programs will benefit more than 500,000 PreK-12 students as well as delivering best-in-class teacher training to more than 5,000 teachers across 2,000 schools in Ardagh's U.S. communities. Ardagh is a global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions with 16,000+ employees worldwide, and proud local employer. PLTW Program Status Program Expansion

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Program Requirements:Grantees must use these grant funds to expand their PLTW Gateway program.Example expansion activities include but are not limited to adding an additional PLTW Gateway unit not previously offered, and/or adding additional class periods of an existing PLTW Gateway unit previously offered, and/or training additional teachers in a PLTW Gateway unit for the next academic year. Grantee must complete two years of Grant reporting. School Type: PublicGeographic Area:Schools in the following communities will be notified if they are eligible for the grant opportunity:CA: FairfieldIL: Bryn Mawr, Elk GroveIN: ValparaisoMS: Olive BranchNC: Winston-SalemOH: Fremont, HuronSC: BishopvilleAllowable ExpensesPLTW Participation Fee; Required computers and/or tablets; Program required equipment and supplies;PLTW Core Training and the following related expenses incurred: travel, room, and board; Stipends for use during PLTW Core Training

Ineligibility

Unallowable ExpensesSalaries or Stipends; Benefits; Meals; Infrastructure; Renovations; Indirect Costs; Training Cancellation Fees; Training Substitution Fees; Trainings where there was a no-show; Trainings where a credential was not earned; Salaries; Stipends unrelated to PLTW Core Training; Any other expenses not specified as allowableMedical Detectives is not eligible for this grant.