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NCFL/Verizon Tech Savvy Awards: The 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. Eligibility: 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including community-based nonprofits, libraries and schools. Deadline: January 12, 2009.

Knowles Science Teaching Foundation Fellowships: Knowles Science Teaching Foundation fellowships are awarded to qualified young men and women committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in American schools. Maximum award: five years of professional and financial support, valued at $150,000. Eligibility: individuals who have earned at least a bachelor's degree in a biological science, physical science, mathematics, or engineering before the fellowship begins in June 2009. Deadline: Jan. 14, 2009.

General Mills Foundation: Champions for Healthy Kids: The General Mills Foundation Champions for Healthy Kids Program awards grants to community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a balanced diet and physically active lifestyle. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: 501c(3) and 509(a) organizations; health departments; government agencies; schools and school districts; Native American tribes. Deadline: January 15, 2009.

Toshiba/NSTA: ExploraVision Awards: All inventions and innovations result from creative thinking and problem solving. The Toshiba/National Science Teachers Association ExploraVision Awards Program encourages kids to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. Maximum award: U.S. EE Savings Bond worth $10,000 at maturity for each student. Eligibility: U.S. or Canadian citizens or legal residents, living within the United States, U.S. Territories or Canada who are full-time students grades K-12 attending a public, private, or home school. Deadline: January 28, 2009.

Coming Up Taller Awards: The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities: Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and reward outstanding after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for underserved children and youth. Maximum Award: $10,000. Eligibility: programs initiated by museums, libraries, performing arts organizations, universities, colleges, arts centers, community service organizations, schools, businesses, and eligible government entities. Deadline: January 30, 2009.

United States-Japan Foundation: Elgin Heinz Award: The United States-Japan Foundation Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes exceptional teachers who further mutual understanding between Americans and Japanese. The award is presented annually to two pre-college teachers in two categories, humanities and Japanese language. Maximum award: $7,500 ($2,500 monetary award, $5,000 in project funds). Eligibility: current full-time K-12 classroom teachers of any relevant subject in the United States who have been teaching for at least five years. Deadline: February 2, 2009.

Arts Education Grants: The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture is offering grants for school support projects which serve pre-k to 12th grade students, classroom teachers, teaching artists, arts specialists and/or administrators. Applications are for the 2009-10 school year and are available online at phoenix.gov/ARTS. Applications must be postmarked by February 17, 2009. More information can be gained by contacting Jocelyn Hanson at 602-495-0189 or by email at jocelyn.hanson@phoenix.gov.

Heinz Ketchup Creativity Contest: The H.J. Heinz Co. is sponsoring a contest for young artists, in which winners’ designs will be on single-serving Heinz Ketchup packets for 2009. Maximum award $1,000 award for art supplies, $1,000 worth of Heinz Ketchup, and the winner’s art framed for display. Eligibility: students grades 1-12. Deadline: February 28, 2009.

National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board/USA TODAY: SAMMY Scholarship Awards: Twenty-five student-athletes will win the Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache of the Year (SAMMY) Award, which entails a scholarship and a spot in a Milk Mustache ad to run in USA TODAY. Maximum award: $7,500, an all-expense-paid trip to Disney's Wide World of Sports in Orlando, FL, and a spot in a Milk Mustache ad. Eligibility: legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States or the District of Columbia, and as of November 6, 2008, enrolled as full-time student in a state-accredited private or public high school, in good standing in grade 12, and a participant in a high school sport or club sport during the 2008-2009 school year. Deadline: March 6, 2009.

Educational Resources: Essay Contest: The Educational Resources Essay Contest rewards schools that can show us how they are best at implementing technology for the advancement of student learning. Applicants must submit an essay detailing the technology used, how it is utilized and how it impacted student achievement. Maximum award: $2,500 technology voucher. Eligibility: legal residents of the United States at least 18 years of age. Deadline: April 1, 2009.

Heartspring: Award for Innovation and Creativity in Special Education: The Heartspring Award for Innovation and Creativity in Special Education honors professionals who get results for children with special needs using creative measures. New ideas create results that matter and educators who are outstanding innovators are the right applicants for this award -- only explorers, pioneers, risk-takers, and innovators need apply. Maximum award: $1,000. Eligibility:`professionals who work with children with special needs. Deadline: April 20, 2009.

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Scholarships and Leadership Development Opportunities for Youth

Deborah Dillon
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