GoGirlsGo! Ambassador Team Grants
With corporate partner Gatorade, the Women’s Sports Foundation’s GoGirlGo! program will award twenty Ambassador Team grants totaling $50,000 for projects that encourage girls to become physical active. School, amateur, community or nonprofit-affiliated sports teams whose members are female, enrolled in 9th through 12th grade, and at least 13 years old are eligible to apply. Applications must be received by February 16th. Click here to download the application form: GoGirlsGo Grant Application Form
PEP Grants
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) is pleased to announce that Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) grant competition opens on February 15, 2008 and closes on March 24, 2008. PEP grants support the initiation, expansion, and improvement of physical education programs (which may include after-school programs) in order to make progress toward meeting State standards for physical education for kindergarten through 12th grade students by (1) providing equipment and support to enable students to participate actively in physical education activities; and (2) providing funds for staff and teacher training and education. Click here to download an application: PEP Grant
Eligible applicants are local educational agencies and community-based organizations. Grantees with current and active grants are not eligible to apply for a grant in FY 2008.
The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools will offer three 1.5 hour audio conference calls during which staff will take questions from prospective applicants on topics including eligibility requirements, application requirements and the peer review process. These calls will be held on:
February 22, 2008: 1:30-3 PM ET
February 28, 2008: 2:30-4:00 PM ET
March 4, 2008: 2:00- 3:30 PM ET.
Information on accessing these calls, as well as the full application package, will be posted on:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/whitephysed/applicant.html
For more information, please contact: Dana Carr, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; (phone) 202-708-5939, (email) dana.carr@ed.gov