TSE Capacity Building Grants

Terra Science and Education offers Capacity Building Grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for K-12 schools and educational nonprofits. These grants support projects that enhance long-term educational capacity, including technology investments and teaching materials. Applicants should demonstrate innovation, reusability, and a solid plan for implementation. Eligible candidates are teachers or administrators, with one grant awarded per institution. Applications from board members or close relatives of employees are not accepted.

Capacity Building Grants are for projects and materials that build long-term capacity at K-12 schools or educational non-profits. Examples may include investments in technology, laboratory building, or teaching materials. The grants may also include equipment for projects that can be used every year, such as a robotics or engineering club, classroom technology, etc.
Awards may vary in size from $1,000-$5,000 per project.
Criteria
In order to best serve the educational community, we will choose grants on the basis of the following criteria:

• Innovative nature of investmentReusability of investmentNumber of students impactedReasonable plan for timing and cost of implementation

Eligibility

Applicants may include teachers or administrators at a K-12 school or educational nonprofit engaged in work with students in grades K-12. We will accept multiple applications from any given institution, but there will be only one grant awarded per institution.

Ineligibility

Board members, employees or close relatives of employees and board members of Terra Science and Education are not eligible to apply.