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Awards and Scholarships  
 
 

Awards and Scholarships offers funding opportunities for

youth, adults and organizations in the youth development field with current deadlines.

 

Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award


The Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award honors youth and adults for their commitment to education, service, community, and service-learning. The awards will be presented at The 18th Annual National Service-Learning Conference.  Deadline: January 2, 2007.  Click here for more information.

Tech Savvy Award


National Center for Family Literacy Verizon Tech Savvy Awards recognizes exemplary programs that demystify technology for parents and enable them to better guide their children in the use of new media. Maximum Award: $25,000. Deadline: January 12, 2007.  Click here for more information.

Service-Learning Leader Award


The Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award honors exemplary leaders who have inspired the service-learning field, positively impacted the lives of young people, and motivated others to take up the banner of service.  Deadline: January 22, 2007.  Click here for more information.

Grants for Problem Solving in Communities


The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation invites teams of up to four middle school youth and a coach to identify a community issue and use the scientific process to solve it. Teams of finalists earn a trip to Walt Disney World and the opportunity to compete for a $25,000 U.S. savings bond to be used to implement the idea in their community. Deadline: February 12, 2007. Click here for more information.

International Collaboration and Cross-Cultural Learning


ThinkQuest International 2007 promotes collaboration and cross-cultural learning by encouraging students to team with peers in other regions to develop Web sites on educational topics.  Students and teachers from around the world are eligible.  Deadline: April 16, 2007.  Click here for more information.

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

NYDIC was developed with support from DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Lilly Endowment Inc. through a partnership with the Indiana Youth Institute and other generous funding.