Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for Asia Pacific, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for Europe, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for the Americas, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

As the COVID-19 Pandemic wanes and the world returns to in-person settings, public sector organizations struggle to revert to an enterprise orientation that maintains the capability to work-from-anywhere while the demand for digital networks, devices, and applications continues to grow exponentially. Whether you are a state agency, local government, K-12 school district, or institution of higher education, you must secure an ever-expanding network without the needed funding to obtain the essential equipment, software, and personnel necessary to achieve and maintain an adequate security posture.

The good news is that grants are available to help you take the next step in the evolution of cybersecurity architecture. The Federal Government is making historic levels of investment in cybersecurity, including $1 Billion in grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) that will provide states and localities with significant funding over the next several years. This new money can be leveraged alongside remaining stimulus funds and other annual grant programs that address cybersecurity.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Fortinet to learn about the grants landscape for cybersecurity projects. Find the funding you need while discovering best practices and tips to justify cybersecurity purchases within grant applications.

Don’t let funding stop you from implementing a security fabric that seamlessly converges with your network to provide system-wide visibility and control while simplifying your ability to scale your operational footprint as demand dictates. If you are trying to fund any type of cybersecurity initiative, you will not want to miss this event.

The Government of Canada has set a target that all Canadians must have access to high-speed Internet by 2030, regardless of where they live. To reach this target, several approaches have been put in place, and among them, funding. The programs support a wide range of projects from transporting network capacity to cellular expansion projects. During this webinar, we will discuss what grants are available both at the federal and provincial levels.

Join Grants Office on November 21 at 1 p.m. as we go over the opportunities. We will discuss program details, upcoming deadlines, previously awarded projects, and useful tips for securing and funding for your organization.

Data science tools and techniques are critical to many fields and demand for data scientists continues to grow. Schools strive to meet this need through the development of data science modules, courses, and degree programs. At the same time, researchers across many fields also increasingly utilize data science tools to answer critical questions in their fields of interest. Education and research organizations need funding to innovate and meet the needs of their students and researchers.

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we review the funding landscape for data science-rich education and research. We will also discuss ways to justify data science tools as part of a comprehensive project and tips for building a competitive application. If your organization is interested in data science education or facilitating data science-rich research, you won’t want to miss this event!

As part of the cybersecurity awareness month, we are hosting a series of Grantscasts to discuss cybersecurity grant opportunities across the globe. We will examine current trends and the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime and resulting cyber funding in four corners of the globe: U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Join this session to gain further understanding of the government funding opportunities available for infrastructure development, law enforcement, and emergency funding in the U.S. Increase your insight into the types of programs available and the new initiatives the U.S. government is implementing in 2022-23.

If you have been wondering about the availability of cybersecurity funding, you won’t want to miss this session.

The funding landscape for K-12 and higher education covers a variety of topics. Between the Department of Education, Department of Labor, and other federal grant-making agencies, there are an abundance of grant programs for education providers at every level of grant experience to pursue. The following are just a few:

• Early Literacy
• STEM and CTE Instruction
• Student Retention
• Workforce Readiness
• Teacher Professional Development
• Innovative Instructional Practice

With so many grant opportunities out there, it can be difficult to know where to begin. You might wonder which funding opportunities best align with your school's technology needs? Which grants make the most sense to apply to? And how can you best position your institution to compete for desired grant funding?

For answers to these questions and more, join Grants Office, LLC as we discuss the basics of grant-seeking for K-12 and higher education providers. We’ll review funding agency priorities, examples of grant programs within each priority area, and best practices for pursuing these grants.

If you’re looking for a primer (or a refresher) on the education funding landscape, you won’t want to miss this event!

Is your Public Sector agency struggling to go green? The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $550 billion in new spending, with a substantial portion for green infrastructure and sustainability.

Organizations that get a jump on identifying and planning for IIJA sustainability monies are better positioned to get funding. And that's where SHI and Grants Office come in.

Participate in this webcast to learn how to use IIJA funding to get the technology you need to improve your organization’s environmental sustainability. We will cover the best practices for putting together your application proposals to support your green infrastructure projects.

If you are looking for help connecting the dots between new sustainability funding and technology solutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Faced with allocation deadlines, public sector institutions and not-for-profit healthcare organizations are seeking ways to responsibly invest stimulus dollars to better serve communities. While some deadlines extend into 2024, other stimulus funds must be spent over the next few months. However, many agencies are struggling to decide on the right technology investments, while trying to understand all the spending rules and the various deadlines based on the funding source.

To help guide you through this process, the Grants Office has partnered with Logitech to share best practice use cases on maximizing stimulus funds and establishing a grant funding strategy for K-12, higher education, healthcare, and government IT projects.

This timely and informative session will provide you with the latest deadline information and rules so you can spend your stimulus funding with confidence. Most importantly, discover how you can take advantage of the Logitech Grants Support Program to access grant experts and develop a grant-seeking plan for your immediate and long-term needs.

The federal government enacted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in November 2021, creating the first federal grant program exclusively aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity. That program, the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, will provide $200 million across the country in federal fiscal year 2022 for state, local, and tribal cybersecurity projects. Institutions of public education and public health may also be eligible in partnership with their state or local government.

This webcast will offer advice to governments interested in applying to the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. We will cover the basics of this new program, provide the latest updates, and explain how you can best prepare to apply. Additionally, we will go over how K-12 school districts and public colleges and universities can play a role in these cybersecurity projects.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Rubrik to help you use funding from the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to get the technology you need to secure your government’s data. If you are looking for help connecting the dots between new grant funding and cybersecurity solutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Private and corporate foundations award millions of dollars in grants each year in the United States. These programs support projects across a variety of needs for school districts, institutes of higher education, and government agencies. Organizations have an opportunity to use these funds to innovate and improve their programming.

Join Grants Office, HP, and AMD as we review the funding landscape and grant maker priorities for foundation funding. We’ll also discuss ways to justify technology needs within proposed projects and grant-seeking best practices when pursuing funding from foundation grant makers. If you’re looking for a primer (or a refresher) on foundation grant-seeking, you won’t want to miss this event!

While issues of digital equity and access are not new, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated disparities throughout the United States. There are digital access grant opportunities available for school districts, institutes of higher education, and government agencies to help bridge the digital divide. These grants can support device lending programs, help address learning loss (particularly for low-income students), and improve connectivity at community anchor institutions.

Join Grants Office, HP, and Microsoft as we review the funding landscape and solutions for connectivity projects. We’ll cover new programs from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, how to utilize remaining stimulus funds, and other federal grants available for education and government applicants. If your digital access project needs funding, you won’t want to miss this event! 

With the announcement of the new federal budget earlier this month, it’s time to dive into details on the new grants, as well as some old favorites, that are available to your organization in 2022. Learn about these funding opportunities whether you’re in the public or private sector. There are plenty of programs worth learning about, so don’t miss out!

Join Stephanie Cesar and Joseph Phelan, Grants Development Consultant from Grants Office, as we offer insight into where Canada’s government has placed funding priorities in 2022. Along the way, we’ll provide program details, projected deadlines, and useful tips for securing these funds for your organization in the coming months.

Each year the federal government distributes approximately $500 billion in grant funding through 26 grant-making agencies. Further, many of these grant funds can be leveraged by public sector organizations to purchase technologies that will enable their mission-driven efforts. Interested in learning more about what to expect for these technology-friendly monies on the horizon?

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we review the federal funding landscape and current funding trends in 2022. Discover the top federal agencies offering grants for K-12, higher education, and government entities, and what types of projects these funders will prioritize for support. We’ll even provide tips for sorting through the grant funding landscape to determine the best-fit grant for your needs.

As a special thank you, after the event, you’ll receive our exclusive whitepaper covering this year’s funding trends and how you can make the most of available grant opportunities to support your next technology-rich project.

With the government set to announce the federal budget in April, now is the time to start preparing for the new batch of grant opportunities that are soon-to-be released. Join Stephanie and Joseph, Grants Development Consultants from Canada, as they share tips and advice for grantseeking in 2022 and beyond. During this session, they will outline the concrete action steps you can take today to put your best foot forward on future funding.

This informative session is applicable to all grant seekers, regardless of grant experience, organization type, or project readiness. Join us to make sure you are ‘grant ready’ in time for the 2022 budget release. 

The American Rescue Plan Act includes over $162.4 billion dollars in support of Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 as they continue to navigate the Coronavirus Pandemic, but did you know that schools can also collaborate with their state or local government to access monies from the $350 billion available for the Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund?

With the new Omicron variant and infection rates – once again – on the rise, in order to facilitate rapid and effective response or mitigation efforts, effortless communication and collaboration are pivotal. Public districts, colleges, and universities need now, more than ever, a means to manage their mass-correspondence and share records with collaborating public health agencies and the broader public while maintaining student privacy.

Join Grants Office and special guests from GovQA as we review the latest developments in record management software solutions for K-12 and Higher Education Institutions and outline how these can be funded with available ARPA stimulus monies. We’ll even provide some best practice tips for putting together your stimulus funding proposal in support of your next records project. If you’re looking to justify using stimulus funding for records request management and communications software, you won’t want to miss this event!

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are quickly becoming popular tools in the education sector for their ability to provide students with immersive, integrative "real-world" experiences. Immersive learning opportunities have been shown to increase student engagement, improve retention of content, and even encourage multisensory learning. While many K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are interested in utilizing AR/VR technologies, funding can be a barrier to implementation. Fortunately, there are many federal funders interested in supporting innovative approaches to education and workforce development.

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we explore the funding landscape and cutting-edge solutions available for your next immersive learning initiative. Whether you’re just starting to think about incorporating AR/VR into your instruction, or are actively engaged in AR/VR research, you don’t want to miss this event!

The American Rescue Plan’s $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds offers a huge opportunity for states and local governments to invest in public service delivery, to increase government transparency, and to make governments operate more efficiently. One way these flexible stimulus funds can be used is to improve how governments process and respond to public records requests.

Join Grants Office and special guests from GovQA and the National Association of Counties (NACo) to help you leverage ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to purchase public records management software for your organization. In this webcast, we will cover the broad basics of these funds, their eligible expenses, and discuss some of the sample use cases aligned with the Treasury Department guidelines. Additionally, we will cover the best practices for putting together your stimulus proposal to support your public records project.

If you’re looking for help connecting the dots between stimulus funding and implementing public records management software, you won’t want to miss this event!

Esports has a compounded annual growth rate of over 15% and will soon surpass half a billion audience members. With this level of popularity, colleges and universities are building their own esports programs. There are currently more than 180 varsity esports programs and many more club teams and curricular programs. However, the high-performance equipment needed to start esports programs can be expensive, resulting in many schools being unable to find sufficient funding.

Join HP, AMD, and Grants Office as we explore where the funding is (and isn’t) for esports. We examine some of the biggest challenges to finding external funding for collegiate esports initiatives and offer guidance on potential solutions. We’ll also cover how to position your project for success.

If your institution is interested in starting or growing an esports program, you won’t want to miss this session!

Are you a professor, teaching assistant, lab manager or instructor finding it difficult to fund purchases for your postsecondary engineering or science lab? We know budgets are tight, and your organization’s traditional revenue streams may not be enough to help you accomplish everything you’d like in the year ahead, whether it is starting a new initiative or even updating old equipment. If you’re willing to play the long-game though, consider grant-seeking as a means to bring your organization some additional funds! Moreover, there are several steps your organization can take well before a target grant has even be identified to make sure that you’ll be able to hit the ground running once your desired grant opens for application.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Keysight Technologies and TestEquity as we discuss the function of grant funding, what characteristics grant-ready organizations possess, and common proposal elements that you can prepare ahead of time.

If you’re new to grant seeking – or even curious about what it might take for your organization to consider applying for grant funding – you won’t want to miss this fast-paced and informative session!

As a sense of normalcy starts to return to many areas of the country, many public sector agencies are still struggling to rebound. Financial constraints stemming from the pandemic continue to put many important government and education services in peril. The true impact is not measured by lost revenue and other financial indicators, but by the residents and students that continue to suffer and ultimately bear the burden of the pandemic.

Fortunately, funding has started to flow from the American Rescue Plan. While these dollars can be used for COVID response efforts, Congress specifically built-in provisions with an eye towards the future. Much of the funding is aimed at helping government agencies overcome budget shortfalls and ensure students can return to schools while retaining the flexibility offered by remote and hybrid learning environments. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from SHI as we explore the various funding sources available and ensure you are armed with the funding tools and strategies necessary to implement your technology-enabled projects. Whether you are with a state or local government, healthcare organization, K-12 school, or institution of higher education, this session will help you make the most of the stimulus funding being made available to your organization.

Each year over $1 billion in grant funding is distributed by federal, state and foundation grantmakers. In addition to this annual money, the federal government has made over $6 trillion in stimulus funds available over the past 16 months. However, simply knowing that the money exists does not bring you any closer funding your community broadband initiative, securing your hybrid learning environment, advancing your smart transportation project, or accommodating providers and patients through telehealth devices.

Join experts from Grants Office and Insight Public Sector to learn more about the latest technology you will need in a post-Pandemic world, specific grants that will pay for it and how Insight is teaming with Grants Office to make sure you have grant specialists available to you for your grantseeking efforts. This session has something for everyone - we urge you to attend whether you are an institution of higher education, K-12 school, state or local agency, healthcare provider or tribal entity.

Over the past year, K-12 districts and charter schools across the country have had to ramp up their digital instruction practice in response to the coronavirus pandemic. With this transition to remote and hybrid learning, many K-12 education providers are also struggling to manage the surge of student and teacher devices as well as the myriad of education-facilitating software applications now utilized to ensure continuity of student learning.

Fortunately, in March, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act which provides an additional $122 billion in funding to K-12 districts and charter schools to address these and other needs. Whether your district is still looking for information on how to best utilize your forthcoming stimulus monies, highlights of the best teacher and student devices, details on how data analytics can help you effectively manage your software subscription and protect student data, or advice on how to transition to or maintain a digital education plan for the long term – our panel of experts is here to answer your questions!

Join Samsung, Grants Office, Catch On, Google, and K20Connect for an interactive panel discussion on digital equity, exciting developments to the accessibility of digital instruction practice, and review the funding landscape for these initiatives. You won’t want to miss this informative and engaging event!

Education Technology has the power to transform K-12 teaching and learning, but budgets cuts can adversely impact a district’s ability to fully realize their vision of technology-enabled classrooms, particularly when it comes to outfitting these classrooms for hybrid learning. Fortunately, the US Department of Education is host to a number of technology-friendly grant programs across a number of content areas that can be leveraged for your hybrid learning classroom equipment and teacher training needs!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Nureva for a rundown of the best Dept. of Ed grants supporting Ed Tech, tips for making your proposal stand out, and examples of some of the classroom technologies available in support of these initiatives. If you’ve been looking for ways to get technology into classrooms across your district, you won’t want to miss this event!

Taking your organization’s educational services online has enabled you to continue to provide essential services during the pandemic, but it has also no doubt discovered more than a few new issues along the way – one of which is that you’re collaborating more generating mountains of data than you did in the past. And managing that collaboration and data effectively is not only an IT challenge, it’s also a funding challenge.

Join Grants Office, Tech Data, Microsoft and Veeam as we review the grant opportunities that are available over the next few months to support improved collaboration and data management in response to the COVID crisis across education. We’ll also discuss strategies for accessing these funds and discuss how administrators are solving the problem of data management to improve outcomes and compliance.

Le Gouvernement Français a placé les Petites et Moyennes Entreprises et les Entreprises de Taille Intermédiaire au cœur de son Plan de Relance pour faire face à la COVID-19, en déployant des mesures inédites de soutien financier afin d’encourager l'investissement et la modernisation de ses entreprises. Le résultat final se traduit par de nombreuses subventions attrayantes qui peuvent être mobilisées pour les clients de Cisco en 2021 et au-delà. Mais les financements circulent rapidement ! Seuls ceux qui sont prêts à saisir ces opportunités historiques pourront faire avancer leurs projets à vocation technologique grâce à un financement par subvention.

Chers partenaires, joignez-vous aux représentants de Cisco et de Grants Office pour aider vos clients à bénéficier des meilleures opportunités actuellement disponibles dans le large paysage des aides financières en France pour soutenir leurs projets de transformation digitale ! Nous discuterons des programmes de relance adaptés à la technologie, des solutions qui sont en demande et des ressources gratuites de soutien aux subventions que vous pouvez exploiter pour sécuriser vos projets communs avec vos clients et augmenter vos ventes grâce à ces subventions

The COVID pandemic has dramatically increased the demand for technology across the country, and COVID-related stimulus funding has added hundreds of billions of dollars to what was already a robust funding landscape for local government, education, healthcare innovation, and small business development. But funding is flowing quickly, and only those who are ready to respond to these historic opportunities in tech-friendly grant funding will be able to maximize all they are eligible for. 

Join Grants Development Consultants from Grants Office and partner leaders from Ingram Micro and Cisco for a look at the tech-friendly stimulus and annual funding that is available in 2021, solutions that are in-demand, and free grants support resources that you can leverage today to drive more grant-enabled sales with your customers. 

If you’ve been looking for ways to help your customer leverage funding for the technology they need to help them solve the challenges the coronavirus has created in their municipalities, provinces, and institutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Every year, through the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program (21st CCLC), the US Department of Education provides funding to State Education Agencies across the country, which is then regranted to Local Education Agencies. LEAs serving students who attend high-need schools utilize this program’s funding to support the creation and expansion of “community learning centers,” which provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students. Funding can be used to help students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, offer students a wide variety of enrichment activities, provide literacy and other educational services to students’ families, as well as a myriad of other supports.

What if we could teach remote students and physically-present students at the same time and achieve quality learning outcomes for both? We can! With the help of Microsoft Teams Meetings and HP, the Susquehanna Township School District in Pennsylvania designed an All Remote Access solution for its five campuses. Over 200 teachers are using this technology. Martin Schwarz from HP will share the Susquehanna case study, what was required to set-up & train teachers, and the results seen thus far.

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP as we dive into the federal 21st CCLC program requirements, discuss ways technology is being leveraged to support innovative, extended learning time practice, and offer tips on proposal development by taking a look at Pennsylvania’s 21st CCLC application process as an example. If you’re interested in pursuing this grant opportunity in your state, you definitely won’t want to miss out on this informative session!

The challenges faced by school districts and higher education institutions in the 2020-2021 academic school year have created an opportunity to reimagine teaching and learning. Equipping schools with the right technology to support on-going learning, communication, and equitable access to services for all students promotes resiliency, but also requires funding. Fortunately, funding has been allocated to support the nation’s on-going response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Join Grants Office and Logitech in this high-impact, informative session as we unpack:

·        NEW funding available in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act

·        Outline updates on the CARES Act

·        Share best practices transforming remote/hybrid/distance learning

This session will be no longer than 30 minutes and cover important questions such as: 

·        What projects can Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act be used?

·        What projects can CARES Act funding be used?

·        Who in my organization should I involve?

·        What key dates do I need to keep in mind?

·        When do I have to obligate funds?

·        Can I get reimbursed for technology expenses related to COVID?

·        What conferencing and productivity solutions are addressing these challenges?

Free Whitepaper

All registered attendees will receive a copy of the Top 3 Ways to Make the Most of Stimulus Funding: High-Priority Technology Needs in Education, Healthcare and Government whitepaper to learn how investments in video conferencing, communication, and productivity devices can support your program goals and provide long term economic and social benefits.

It looks like the coronavirus is here to stay for the duration of 2021. Despite their best efforts and nearly $30.75 billion in previous funding supports, many education providers are still struggling. Fortunately, a timely holiday gift from Congress has arrived! An additional $900 billion in stimulus funding has been allocated to support the nation’s ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Within the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, nearly $82 billion has been allocated to the US Department of Education to make supplemental awards under the suite of Education Stabilization Funding programs previously established by the CARES Act. Of relevance to K-12 education providers are two programs in particular, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). There are a few changes of which K-12 education providers should be aware. Most notably, a $2.75 billion set aside exclusively for non-public schools!

Join Grants Office, HP, Microsoft, and AMD as we look at the appropriations for K12 education, how they relate to the CARES funding, and provide tips for making the most of what’s available to fund desperately needed technology solutions. With approximately $58.37 billion in future funding on the way, you won’t want to miss out on exciting grant opportunities!

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a fireside chat about the South Carolina funding that is available to support mobility-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how this technology is transforming public sector services. If you’re looking to take advantage of CARES funding to develop or expand a mobility project in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event!

A limited budget for education technology purchases isn’t anything new. Compounding matters though in the global coronavirus pandemic, whose impact on state and local economies is likely to cause significant loss in revenue for districts in the year ahead. That is why we are here to help your school or district accomplish its vision and make sure that a lack of available funding doesn’t get in the way of your education technology needs. Especially with so many districts now looking towards technology as a means to ensure that students and teachers are able to remain connected while engaged in remote/hybrid learning.

Join us to learn more about how HP, Microsoft, and AMD have teamed up with Grants Office to support Virtucom customers in their grant seeking efforts – from funder prospecting to proposal development – we are here for you. As an added bonus, we’ll even offer some tips for education technology grant seeking success and highlight a few of our favorite education technology funding opportunities.

If you’re looking to supplement your district or school’s IT budget with grant funding, you won’t want to miss this event!

The CARES Act funding in Texas has entered an urgent stage, where it needs to be allocated and spent in the next 3-8 weeks. Large buckets of funding remain available across a variety of grant opportunities in the K-12 education, healthcare, public safety, and state and local government sectors. If you’ve considered Chromebooks, tablets, or smartphones for remote learning, telehealth, social distancing, situational awareness, and working from home, CARES funding can potentially fund these projects. However, it can be challenging to figure out what funding opportunities are available, how to access them, and how they can be used to fund your mobility-enabled projects. Beyond the CARES Act, there’s also a variety of other federal, state, and foundation grants that can support a wide range of mobility-friendly initiatives across Texas, particularly in response to the COVID crisis.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a fireside chat about the Texas funding that is available to support mobility-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how this technology is transforming public sector services.

If you’re looking to take advantage of CARES funding to develop or expand a mobility project in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event!

More than $400 billion in coronavirus response funding has been made available to education agencies, healthcare providers, and local governments to compensate for tax revenue shortfalls, transition their agency operations to remote work, and rethink how their range of services can be safely delivered going forward. And the deadline to spend many of these funds is quickly approaching!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Logitech for a look at how technology is supporting a public sector transformation in response to COVID, how the Coronavirus Relief Funding is being shaped around the country, and tips for leveraging this and other stimulus funding to help achieve the goals your agency has set for responding to new demands precipitated by the pandemic. We’ll also introduce the Logitech Grants Support program, and detail how education, healthcare, and local government agencies can get free access to funder research and grants consultation provided by Logitech and powered by Grants Office.

Everyone who registers will receive a PDF copy of Championing and Funding Video Collaboration in Your Community, with tips on leading and funding a technology-enabled community transformation.

If you're looking to better understand what this historic funding is all about and how you can make the most of it – all in a tight time frame – you won't want to miss this event!

HP/Educause XR members, you are invited to participate in a discussion group call on August 26^th at 12:00 Eastern Time. The Grants Office will share highlights of the attached XR Funding Report and how to effectively navigate the grant process. In addition, you will learn how to tap into HP’s – free -- grant support services program to be there for you anytime with expert consulting in grants and technology.

This second annual XR Funding Report includes possible grants and foundations who may be great fits in supporting your university’s XR research, and teaching and learning endeavors. This is a comprehensive list – a full 244 page report!

We encourage anyone to join who is passionate and curious about funding XR projects. This interactive platform has been designed with you in mind. Questions are welcome and feel free to forward & invite others!

More than most, this year has seen changes in how education is delivered, and funders have been working hard to keep up with the size and scope of these new requirements, from relaxing restrictions on how formula funds can be used to creating entirely new competitive technology-friendly grant programs.  

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP for a review of the grants that can help fund education technology needs, strategies for accessing the various types of funding that are available, and highlights of the technologies that are making education in 2020 more effective than ever.

As funding is a real challenge and yet students need laptops to stay connected in remote learning. HP is donating millions of dollars worth of technology to aid education, but together, we can do even more. Join us and learn more about HP Refresh, a program to help communities crowdsource computer donations to schools. You will learn how to organize your community and gather unused computers, safely wipe the data using HP software, and donate them to students in need. 

If you’re rethinking how technology can support your educational service delivery and intent on getting better at accessing outside funding and resources to support your needs, then you won’t want to miss this event!

You did it! You guided your school district through an unprecedented year of change and uncertainty. But the next school year is just around the corner, and there is no time like the present to start planning for a year that is certain to be filled with more ambiguity. Now is the time to develop a contingency plan that leverages new technologies to empower more robust and reliable learning opportunities for students in today’s new, remote environment.

Join Grants Office, HP and Microsoft as we examine grants that will help you fund technology that supports comprehensive educational service delivery and enables innovative learning, like 3D printing, virtual reality and even student health checks managed virtually!

Microsoft has partnered with HP to offer the best prices on Windows10 devices, too! If you’re looking to bring full functionality to your school landscape this year – and get help funding it – you can’t afford to miss this event!

The CARES Act significantly increased the funding available to K-12 schools, and with the increased demand for technology to facilitate instruction and support school leaders, educational institutions have been looking for ways to use this funding to supplement their technology budgets. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp and immixGroup for a look at how these appropriations have changed the landscape of funding for K-12, the technologies that are emerging as essential for the delivery and management of education, and tips for making the most of what’s available to fund technology this year.

If you’re looking to fill gaps in an already stretched technology budget, you won’t want to miss this event!

The CARES Act provides an additional $400 million to the regular annual Help America Vote Act funding to facilitate and secure this year’s election cycle, and the funding has already begun to make its way to local election officials.

State-by-state distribution procedures vary, and the funds can be used for a wide range of election initiatives that include printing and mailing ballots, securing election systems, and disinfecting election facilities, to name just a few examples. 

Telework gets a lot of attention in the CARES Act, for obvious reasons, and Congress has appropriated billions of dollars through more than a dozen programs that can fund telework for employees of state and local governments, hospitals, schools, and institutions of higher education.

Everyone is deploying some form of telework in their agencies, and knowing which programs can fund telework and how to access the funding can make the difference between covering the excess cost of this technology and straining already tight budgets to accommodate this new reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Carahsoft and Palo Alto Networks for a look at how the CARES Act provides for telework operations, approaches for getting telework funded through these programs, and the latest technology that can make your telework initiative more robust and secure. If you’ve been looking for ways to expand and improve the way your teams connect, you won’t want to miss this event!

Congress has passed three bills in the past month, appropriating 2.4 trillion dollars to help states and local communities respond to the coronavirus pandemic and alleviate the severe economic distress that has come with it. Among the unemployment insurance benefits and checks to individuals are billions of dollars in grants for healthcare, education, and public safety. And most of these funds are intended to be distributed quickly.

Join the Grants Office team for an (admittedly wonky) analysis of the grant funding included in all three bills. We'll cover the parameters and amounts of new funding that will be available and discuss how these funds will be distributed across the public sector landscape.

As with the stimulus grants of 2008, preparation now can make the difference in getting the funding you need to meet your community's critical needs!

Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) tools are enabling end-users to make data-informed decisions in real time. One sector that is poised to transform data into actionable insights is academia. AI & ML opens the door for education entities to extract insights from their data silos to drive student performance and realize major breakthroughs in their research portfolios. Whether it is identifying students at-risk of falling out for early intervention, empower content discovery for course design and assessment, or enabling innovative research, the power of AI and ML is only limited by the funding required to procure the technology. The good news is there are many funding opportunities available to acquire AI & ML technology to enable innovative education and groundbreaking research projects.

Join Grants Office, special guests from Penn State, HP and NVIDIA as we explore exciting developments in how Institutions of Higher Education have leveraged AI & ML to enhance education outcomes and research discoveries, and highlight upcoming grant opportunities you may want to pursue. Regardless of what stage your institution is at in terms of acquiring, developing and deploying AI & ML, you won’t want to miss this event!

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

Whether it’s Virtual, Augmented, or Mixed, there is no denying the appeal of Extended Reality solutions for use in research labs, classrooms, or workforce development settings. And while many colleges, universities, or training providers might be interested in establishing a virtual & augmented reality lab, the most common barrier to implementation is usually funding. Fortunately, there are many federal funders interested in supporting innovative approaches to education and workforce development.

Join Grants Office, special guests from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, HP, and NVIDIA, as we explore exciting developments in the world of blended reality for learning, review how Universities have implemented their Blended Reality learning lab environment, and highlight upcoming federal grant opportunities you may want to pursue. Whether you’re already in the process of integrating extended reality into your instruction and research or just curious about the idea, you won’t want to miss this event!

Finding funding for K-12 technology-enabled projects can be a challenge, especially when the technology is supporting a broader district initiative, like a classroom STEM or school-to-work project. But federal, state, and foundation grants are available to support a wide range of educational initiatives across Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, and many of them are technology-friendly. In fact, many of them are already funding a great deal of technology in these areas.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from HP and Arey Jones Educational Solutions for a look at the landscape of funding that is available to support technology-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how technology is transforming teaching and learning.

As a special "thank you," every K-12 representative who registers will receive a specially developed Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, loaded with actionable grants intelligence you can use to get the technology funding your district needs!

Finding funding for K-12 technology-enabled projects can be a challenge, especially when the technology is supporting a broader district initiative, like a classroom STEM or school-to-work project. But federal, state, and foundation grants are available to support a wide range of educational initiatives across the Carolinas, and many of them are technology-friendly. In fact, many of them are already funding a great deal of technology in these areas.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from HP and BridgeTek Solutions for a look at the landscape of funding that is available to support technology-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how technology is transforming teaching and learning.

As a special "thank you," every K-12 representative who registers will receive a specially developed Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, loaded with actionable grants intelligence you can use to get the technology funding your district needs!

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program will provide more than $200million in funding for Firefighting and EMS needs in 2019. This includes provisions for a variety of robust technology solutions that provide data-rich situational awareness and enhanced dispatch capabilities.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a look at how AFG funding can support technology purchases for fire and EMS applications. We’ll also discuss tips and resources available to help make your 2019 AFG application the most competitive, rewarding, and responsive to your community’s needs yet!

The use of mobile devices - including cellphones, in-car computers, radios, and body-worn cameras - has revolutionized the way public safety agencies across the country operate on a day-to-day basis. No longer is crisp, quality communication a luxury limited to large metropolitan details or specialized teams. Today, high-quality mobile devices are available to first responder agencies of all types and sizes across the US.

Despite such wide-spread adoption of mobile-based response efforts, departments struggle to cover the costs of quality technology solutions. Budgets are tight. Staff members are spread thin. When additional funding is available, it is often funneled to overtime salaries, managing backlogs, and replenishing essential supplies. As a result, many first responder agencies struggle to pay for basic mobility programs - let alone fund comprehensive, agency-wide technology initiatives.

Fortunately, there are a wide variety of grant programs available to address funding gaps for public safety technology. Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung and Verizon as we discuss grant funding for police, fire, EMS, and other first responder agencies. Along the way, we’ll take a look at how mobile technology solutions are simplifying the ways public safety organizations communicate and collaborate over the Verizon Network. If you're looking to fund upgrades or expansions to your organization’s mobile operations in 2020, you definitely won't want to miss this event!

The launch and subsequent expansion of FirstNet in support of public safety has not only provided a robust network that first responders rely on for their day-to-day communications and data sharing needs, but it also helped articulate the unique requirements of the public safety community as a specialized group among communications customers. Now that FirstNet is a reality, and along with it, cutting edge devices that promise to expand the capacity and effectiveness of first responders, you may be wondering: how do I pay for it?

Join TJ Kennedy, former President of FirstNet and co-founder of the Public Safety Network, and Ashley Schultz, Grants Development Consultant at Grants Office, as we discuss trends and best practices in public safety technology that leverage the FirstNet network and public safety-related grants from a variety of federal agencies. We will also discuss how to effectively justify the inclusion of FirstNet-enabled equipment, network upgrades, consulting fees, and other infrastructure improvements into a grant budget. To conclude, we'll offer some general tips for writing a successful grant proposal to increase the likelihood your next project will stand out from the rest.

If you're looking to make your agency’s equipment FirstNet-ready in 2019, you definitely won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative grantscast!

To flourish, K-12 schools must equip staff and students with the right tools and technologies to empower exceptional teaching and learning experiences. This is easier said than done with today’s funding challenges and EdTech obstacles. This webinar will feature industry experts in district IT management, successful grant writing, and education technologies. Highlights will include:

Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers with Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN

Join Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), to learn how to overcome EdTech hurdles by leveraging EdTech accelerators at your district. Keith will also outline education megatrends which are likely to foster, hinder, or enable innovation at schools around the world.

New technologies for teaching, learning, and assessment with Google, HP, and AMD

Education experts from Google, HP, and AMD will present new technologies for teaching and learning, including the very latest bespoke education-focus devices and new features within the Google for Education ecosystem.

Successful grant writing strategies with Grants Office

As demand for the latest classroom innovations has increased, funding has stagnated, or even decreased. Hear from the experts at The Grants Office for a preview of available tech-friendly K12 grants, so that you can continue to deliver exceptional teaching and learning experiences.

If you are interested in learning more about the resources and tools to further your district’s technology plan, you won’t want to miss this event!

Communities across the country are looking for funding to deal with the growing opioid epidemic. Through the traditional appropriations process and the recent passage of the SUPPORT Act, the federal government is planning significant investments in fighting the crisis over the next decade. But there are so many components to the problem that organizations are often overwhelmed and often times don't know where to start. Funding can be found across the federal landscape regardless of whether you are a healthcare provider delivering prevention and treatment services, a public health agency conducting surveillance of the problem or first responders and public safety personnel dealing with it on the front lines.

Join Grants Office and special guests from the City of New Orleans Health Department as we review upcoming funding sources for opioid-related projects, offer tips to increase your chances of winning, and discuss technology-solutions that can be used by communities to tackle the opioid crisis!

Whether you’re involved in law enforcement, public health, treatment or prevention efforts – you’ll find something useful for you in this face-paced and informative event!

For years, grant funding for K-12 school safety had been largely reactionary - meaning, an incident needed to occur before funds were made available. The tragic loss of life at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in early 2018, and the subsequent March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C., however, acted as a tipping point. With a nation crying out that "enough is enough" both the US Congress and several state's legislatures have taken action to appropriate grant funding for preventative school safety solutions.

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp and Tech Data as we cover state and federal agencies with grant funding specifically for school safety initiatives, including the open School Violence Prevention Program. We'll also review how partnerships with public safety agencies can be leveraged to receive additional state and federal funding, and discuss examples of grant-fundable campus safety technologies.

If your school is in need of technology-enabled safety solutions, especially fixed video surveillance, you won’t want to miss this fast-paced and informative session!

The National Science foundation is one of the largest grant funders for research on effective STEM education in both formal and informal settings. In fact, so many different federal agencies have STEM-related grant programs for K-12 schools, they can be easy to miss. Knowing where to look and how to approach these different funders can help you access the funding you need to make your STEM curriculum and classroom technology vision a reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Connection and HP as we explore the federal funding landscape for K-12 STEM education, discuss the benefits of STEM education researcher-practitioner partnerships, as well as review exciting new technology solutions that can be used for STEM-student success.

If you’re interested in learning more about the resources and tools to further your district’s STEM education practice, you won’t want to miss this event!

For any city or county, successfully implementing a major technology initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools to make it happen. Fortunately, your partners at Insight Public Sector and NetApp and have brought together resources and best practices to help make launching your technology project a whole lot easier.

Join a group of leaders from NetApp, Insight Public Sector, and Grants Office for an end-to-end discussion of best practices for developing, funding, procuring, and deploying your next technology project.

We’ll be discussing:

- Developing a 360-degree project plan for your technology project: how Insight Public Sector works with municipal customers like yours to develop winning project plans

- Funding your project from internal and external sources: how the NetApp Grants Support program can help you identify new sources of funding

- Procuring the technology and services when you need them and at the right price: how OMNIA Partners, Public Sector (subsidiaries US Communities and National IPA) enables you to easily and confidently acquire everything you need at the best overall supplier government pricing

- Deploying your technology initiative with fewer snags: how Insight Public Sector and NetApp cut costs, reduce risks, and bring industry-leading experience to all levels of government

If you're looking to streamline your next technology rollout, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Because so many different federal agencies have STEM-related grant programs for K-12 schools, they can be easy to miss. In fact, STEM-focused grant opportunities are available from the Departments of Education, Defense, Labor, and Agriculture, as well as other federal grantmakers like the EPA and NSF. You can’t expect to get them all, but knowing where to look and how to approach different funders can help you access the funding you need to make your STEM curriculum and classroom technology vision a reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced review of the sources of STEM funding for district classroom technology, curriculum development, and teacher training, as well as strategies for developing competitive proposals to these funders, and technologies that are moving STEM education forward today.

If your district uses E-Rate funding for connectivity and technology infrastructure, you already have all the foundation you need to attract grant dollars that can help transform your educational programs - from 1:1 computing to personalized education and beyond - and make your district's E-Rate connectivity come to life across grade spans and disciplines.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Aruba and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the grant programs that dovetail with E-Rate, highlight best practices for developing technology-rich projects across your district, and review some of the technology solutions that are working in schools today.

For resources and tools to do more with your district’s E-Rate funding, you won’t want to miss this event!

A good deal of grant funding for K-12 STEM initiatives, especially from the National Science Foundation, involves fostering connections with institutions and resources outside the school itself. The goal being not just to expand students’ horizons and sense of what’s possible through STEM in the future, but also to give the entire educational community access to a broader range of instructional tools and curricula than the district would be able to provide alone.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Intel, Lenovo and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the NSF grant opportunities and technology solutions that can help you expand your district’s STEM offerings, while also building practical connections with higher education, industry, and STEM leaders around the world.

Don’t miss this chance to learn how NSF funding can bring the world of STEM home to your district’s students and teachers!

An entire subset of federal grant programs provides millions of dollars in support of Tribal projects, and because they are more narrowly focused than most other grants, they may also be less competitive. But in order to tap into these funds for your Tribal initiatives, it’s important to know where to find them and how to structure your application to win.

This is especially true for technology-rich projects, which fit with a number of these grant programs, but only as a means of achieving the educational, healthcare, and public safety objectives of the programs.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from PCMG and Dell for a look at the landscape of Tribal-focused grants and the technology solutions they support. We’ll also discuss steps to developing an impactful technology-rich project that addresses your community’s need and objectives, as well as tips for making your proposal truly competitive.

If you're looking to get a Tribal project funded this year, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

The recent flurry of federal grant opportunities for K-12 STEM-advancing projects (Innovative Approaches to Literacy and Education Innovation Research, to name two that were open in May alone) have reinvigorated many districts’ plans to leverage educational technology to transform their STEM initiatives. And with the newly minted 2018 federal budget in hand, we can also plan ahead to capture other STEM-friendly grants that will be announced throughout the rest of the year.

Join Elizabeth Evans and Michael Paddock from Grants Office and special guests from DELL EMC for this fast-paced forecast of STEM-friendly grant opportunities that will be available throughout 2018. We will also be discussing strategies and tips for maximizing the available funding and developing winning STEM programs.

If you’re looking for funding to take your district’s STEM offerings to the next level, you won’t want to miss this event!

Now that the 2018 federal budget is finalized, the workforce development funding landscape has come into clearer focus. Colleges and universities continue to play a key role in integrating emerging technologies to support progressive, deeper learning approaches to prepare students for the workforce.

We’ve assembled Grants Office’s thought leaders Elizabeth Evans, Chris LaPage, and Michael Paddock for a packed hour of program highlights, funding opportunities, and technologies you can leverage in the coming year to take your campus workforce readiness initiative to the next level.

If you're looking for funding to upgrade or expand your college or university's workforce development program in the next 2-3 years, you won't want to miss this event!

Despite the diverse ways that members of the higher education community use university laboratory resources, students, faculty, and researchers across disciplines are encountering strikingly similar challenges in fully accessing the high-performance computing capability, specialized software, and data they need to be successful. Like so many challenges in higher ed, the technology is available and easy to implement, but for a lack of funding to pay for it.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Centralia College, Ednetics, and NetApp as we explore the landscape and application of technology-friendly grants for higher ed, from infrastructure-building opportunities to discipline-specific programs, and review tips for planning and integrating technology into your next campus project.

The Grants.gov Workspace has finally arrived, and it's a major step forward in electronic grants administration!

Join the Grants Office team for this orientation to what's new with Workspace, including how to manage the people and documents associated with your proposal, and tips for making the most of the tools Workspace offers.

We believe this interface is going to be around for a long time, and developing a good working knowledge of the system will be time well spent. If you're planning to submit a federal grant application in the foreseeable future, you won't want to miss this event!

Technology is playing in increasingly prominent role in literacy initiatives across the nation. While such initiatives are producing promising results, we often see those districts with the greatest literacy challenges experience the greatest struggle in paying for new technology solutions that could aid in improving student literacy. As these districts endeavor to make ends meet, literacy-supporting software and equipment take a back seat to things like curriculum development, teacher training, and classroom supplies. Fortunately, there are grants that can help these high-need districts find the funding they require to make their technology-enhanced literacy program a reality!

The Department of Education’s Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant program is expected to open this spring, and supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for an in-depth look at this literacy-focused, technology-friendly grant program as well as some of the latest literacy supporting technology on the market. We’ll also discuss tips for making your proposal truly competitive. If you're looking to upgrade your district’s literacy program, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Every year, nearly $50 billion dollars in grant funds are awarded by private and corporate foundations – with many of these dollars going to support education initiatives. For those who have only considered state or federal competitive grant opportunities, this means that you could be missing out on a number of relevant funding sources. Foundation funders are often less constrained in their grant making, and as a result, can be quite technology-friendly as well. Further, foundation grants are a great way for staff at schools or districts with little to no grant-seeking experience to hone their skills.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced review of tips for developing proposals in response to foundation funding opportunities, in addition to some of the most popular education technologies available to districts. Whether you’re looking to fund a few devices for a single classroom or a larger education technology initiative spanning your entire district or school, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of foundation funders!

Knowledge of computing is an integral part of any modern STEM career. Unfortunately, lack of funding can put computing and computational thinking education on the backburner within K-12 schools. To make matters worse, research has found that when computational thinking and computer science IS taught in pre-K-12 classrooms, it is often done without consideration for age-appropriate teaching and learning methods. To address this gap within the pedagogy and to better prepare students to participate in the future STEM workforce, the National Science Foundation provides competitive grant awards though their STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) program.

This opportunity supports applied research and development efforts related to building an evidence base for effective pedagogy and pedagogical environments that will make the integration of computing within STEM disciplines more age-appropriate and relevant to pre-K-12 STEM education. As such, it is an excellent opportunity for collaborative proposals between k-12 school districts and research faculty at institutions of higher education.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft, Connection Public Sector Solutions, and Lenovo for a look at innovative computing education technologies, the requirements for application to this program, and general tips for preparing an NSF grant application. If you're thinking about applying to STEM+C in the spring of 2018, you won't want to miss this event!

The National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST - Due September 5, 2017) and Advanced Technological Education (ATE - Due October 5, 2017) grant programs provide significant funding to projects that pair higher education institutions with K-12 (ITEST) and industry partners (ATE). Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and Grants Development Consultant Elizabeth Evans for a look at the requirements and potential benefits of these two high-profile NSF programs and the Grants Office resources that are available to help you develop a highly competitive application to one or both programs. If you're thinking about applying to ITEST or ATE this year, you won't want to miss this event!

Data management is a growing challenge for colleges and universities across the country, and consequently, institutions of higher education are looking for ways to consolidate and organize data that is being collected and managed by researchers and instructional faculty, as well as student administration and admissions teams, public safety, and even students and community members themselves.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we discuss the grant programs that can fund a private cloud to help you manage fast-paced technology acquisition, while encouraging the community to be more creative and actually accelerate their grantseeking.

From small, rural districts to the largest city schools, technology is revolutionizing education for students with disabilities, and dedicated federal and state grant programs are available to support the special education technology needs of districts and supplement district initiatives that are already being maintained with Title 1 and IDEA funding. For districts that aren't familiar with these programs or comfortable with grantseeking generally, these potentially valuable programs can be elusive.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a deep dive into the grants that are specifically tailored to support students with disabilities, as well as some broader programs that you may have overlooked. You won’t want to miss this session, full of actionable information and insights for districts looking to enhance their technology capacity in special education.

Grantmakers love innovation, and Charter Schools and Magnet Schools are among the nation’s premier testbeds of novel practices in educational service delivery. In addition to the grant programs specifically developed to support these educational institutions, charter and magnet schools are also well positioned to take the lead on a range of federal and state grant programs that seek to foster and develop promising practices in education. Further, technology often finds its way into funded programs and projects as an enabler and platform for the delivery of classroom instruction and a collection point for valuable data on student and teacher performance.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector for a fast-paced review of the grants that charter and magnet schools can access, as well as tips for developing more competitive projects and applications in response to these funding opportunities . Whether you’re looking for funding to develop technology applications for your school, work with teachers to integrate technology into their instructional practices, or access technology for your own classroom, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of funders

Funding for classroom technology is a common feature of many grant awards, and the federal government alone makes over $500 billion in grants each year. But how can a school district that hasn’t done a lot of grantseeking and doesn’t have a full time (or even part time) grantwriter get started with grants to support their goals for technology and student achievement?

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced introduction to educational technology funding and highlights of the innovative ways technology is empowering students and teachers, personalizing their educational experiences, and expanding their access to the world. Whether you’re looking for funding to develop technology applications for your school, work with teachers to integrate technology into their instructional practices, or access technology for your own classroom, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of funders.

In ways we could only imagine a decade ago, technology is improving the delivery of services across state and local governments. Isolated systems can now work together, we have the capacity to capture and analyze data like never before, and information can be delivered into our hands exactly how and when we need it.

But all this advancement comes at a price, sometimes a steep one, and funding to support innovation can seem elusive. Fortunately, there are a number of federal and state grant programs that have been specifically created to support innovation in specific public sector applications, and learning about them is the first step in accessing them!

Join Grants Office CEO and special guests from NetApp for a fast-paced look at how leading communities have been able to fund innovation and the technologies that have dramatically improved outcomes across government. As a thank you for participating in this event, every government representative who registers will receive a free Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, developed just for you with information you provide and detailing the grant opportunities that could fund your community’s plans for innovation.

For any city or county, successfully implementing a major technology initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools to make it happen. Fortunately, your partners at Insight Public Sector and NetApp and have brought together resources and best practices to help make launching your technology project a whole lot easier.

Join a group of leaders from NetApp, Insight Public Sector, and Grants Office for an end-to-end discussion of best practices for developing, funding, procuring, and deploying your next technology project, and we’ll be using an example you may be dealing with yourself: a department-wide law enforcement body-worn camera rollout.

We’ll be discussing:

* Developing a 360-degree project plan for your technology project: how Insight Public Sector works with municipal customers like yours to develop winning project plans

* Funding your project from internal and external sources: how the NetApp Grants Support program can help you identify new sources of funding

* Procuring the technology and services when you need them and at the right price: how the US Communities Government Purchasing Alliance enables you to easily and confidently acquire everything you need at the best overall supplier government pricing

* Deploying your technology initiative with fewer snags: how Insight Public Sector and NetApp cut costs, reduce risks, and bring industry-leading experience to all levels of government

If you're looking to streamline your next technology rollout, especially if you’ve been looking into a body-worn camera initiative, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Do you wish you could do more to provide technology-based learning opportunities for students through your after-school and summer programs? In fact, technology is playing an increasingly important role in keeping students connected to school resources and faculty, especially during out-of-school periods, and it’s important to maintain that connection through after school programming as well.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Microsoft and PCMG as we pull apart the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program in several states, to better understand what technology it funds and how that funding works. We’ll also review some of the innovative technologies that are transforming the after school experience for students and keeping them connected to their schools.

The world is changing fast, and K-12 schools are challenged to keep pace in preparing students for success in post-secondary education and future careers. To teach mandatory skills to students growing up in a wired world, schools must make innovative use of technology and facilitate interactive learning — anytime, anywhere.

Educational institutions are quickly discovering that the Cloud holds the key to a host of technology solutions that can accommodate the requirements of online learning, educational portals, standardized testing, BYOD, virtualization and other trends.

In this important Webcast, you'll learn from experts at NetApp - a leader in data management/storage in the public sector - how to structure your organization's cloud strategy to achieve maximum outcomes, while lowering administrative costs and ensuring cyber-security, student safety and privacy.

Plus, we bring in the leading authority on grants intelligence for the education community, Grants Office, to lay out the best game plan to maximize your opportunity to gain federal funding (from the Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Department of Labor or EPA) to support these technology initiatives.

Registration is required. Don’t let the opportunity pass for you to learn on behalf of the community you serve about the fundamentals of cloud computing and data management in the K-12 environment, along with expert guidance on tapping into available federal grants to help pay for it.

In communities across the country, educators are looking for effective ways to develop K-12 students' technology skills and prepare them for 21st century careers. Without funding, though, a comprehensive technology program can be difficult to implement, and a piecemeal approach is less likely to produce the results that educators, parents, administrators, board members, and students are seeking.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from PCMG and Adobe for a look at the funding opportunities and technologies that can help you redefine college and career readiness. We'll also provide tips for using free educational resources to make your proposal more competitive.

If you're looking for funding to update your approach to career readiness, you won't want to miss this information-packed event!

Public safety agencies across the country are swimming in data from an expanding array of sources that might now also include body-worn video and intelligence data from fusion centers. But are you getting what you need from all this data, and how can you get funding to help you mobilize your data for your agency and community?

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for a look at the issues that the growth in data are creating, tips for accessing and using your data to achieve better policing outcomes faster, and strategies for converting outcomes into funding to help you pay for it.

You may already know that technology solutions can help you get your workforce development program off the ground more quickly and manage it more effectively. But did you know that these same solutions can make your initiative more attractive to workforce development funders?
Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp as we cover some tech approaches that have proven their worth in real-world workforce development projects and strategies for using these technologies to expand the reach and effectiveness of your program. As an added feature, we’ll also provide tips for involving the right IT team members early in the process and how to engage with them for maximum impact. Whether you’re a workforce development program manager, a CIO, a database administrator, an application developer, or a grants professional, you’ll find something useful for you in this free Grantscast!

From elementary literacy initiatives to college and career readiness programs, grants can enable school districts to transform the technology they use in the classroom, in the office, and even in the home. But in order to get the benefit of all this funding, you have to know where to look and how to effectively pursue the right opportunities for your community. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp for a discussion of the most technology-friendly grant opportunities in K-12 and tips for bringing the right people together and developing a competitive proposal. If you’ve been considering ramping up your district’s grantseeking, especially for technology, this timely event will leave you with the tools and strategies to help you get started right away! 

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE: Grants that can fund technology in its many forms can also fund measures to secure that technology and the data it contains, but for whatever reason, IT security is often left out of grant budgets and as a result left either to the grant recipient to pay or not integrated at all – either of which can leave the organization vulnerable to security breaches and the liability that goes along with them!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Century Link as we review strategies for building security into your organization’s grant proposals and a look at some of the most technology-friendly grant programs in government and education. We’ll also highlight VMware’s new Disaster Recovery as a Service and other solutions that can help you keep your data safe and available. 

Innovative approaches to advancing student achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are being funded at unprecedented levels, and not all the best funding is STEM-specific or even administered by the Department of Education! 

Even when it’s not making headlines, school safety is on the minds of administrators, teachers, School Board members, parents, and students. And although a wide range of technology-based solutions have the potential to reduce risks to student safety, accelerate emergency response times, and provide critical data to first responders arriving at the scene of an incident, funding these technologies can be a challenge.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for comprehensive review of the grant programs that can support technology-based school safety initiatives. We will cover both formula and competitive programs at the federal and state levels, along with tips and resources to help you move your project forward.

 Everyone who registers will also receive a copy of the whitepaper, Funding School Safety Technology, full of information on the funding opportunities we discuss in the Webcast, along with helpful tips for developing a fundable school safety proposal.

Technology has been promising to transform teaching and learning for decades, and indeed in some schools, it has. But tight budgets for equipment and insufficient training resources have kept many schools from fully realizing the vision of technology-enabled classrooms.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic for a rundown of the best educational technology funders and tips for making your proposal stand out, whichever program you plan to apply to. If you’ve been looking for ways to get technology into classrooms across your district, you won’t want to miss this event!