Grant Opportunity: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting proposals for its Professional Learning Partnerships award program. This program supports partnerships that advance curriculum-connected professional learning services in order to develop high-quality instructional materials for middle and high schools that serve high percentages of Black, Latino, English Learner (EL)-designated, and/or low-income students.
Eligibility: Eligible applicants are teams of organizations that include schools, districts, and other community stakeholders, and have existing curriculum-aligned products that have been tested and used in schools for at least two school years.
Teams must be headquartered or provide services in California, Florida, Georgia, New York, or North Carolina or must include LEAs serving at least 50,000 students, and proposed services must be tested in schools serving at least 50 percent Black, Latino, EL-designated, and/or low-income students.
For more eligibility information, please click here.
Grant Period: The grant period is 2.5 years with projects beginning in the 2019-2020 school year and concluding in the 2020-2021 school year.
Grant Amount: Individual awards will not exceed $1 million.
Important Dates:
- March 8, 2019: Application deadline
- April 15 – 16, 2019: Interviews
- May 2019: Award(s) announced
For more information: For more information, please see the RFP.
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