The Lilly Endowment is pleased to launch the 37th round of its Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program.
Donor Name: Lilly Endowment
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 09/11/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $15,000
Grant Duration: 18 months
Details:
The program supports educators throughout Indiana by providing resources for them to take time for meaningful renewal. The Endowment believes that through new experiences, exploration and reflection educators can generate renewed energy in their careers, innovative approaches to teaching and educational leadership, and thoughtful ways to encourage students’ creative thinking.
Funding Information
The Endowment expects to award approximately 100 teacher creativity grants, each totaling up to $15,000, in 2024. Fellowship grant periods for this round of TCFP will be for 18 months.
Each proposal should include activities that are intellectually revitalizing and personally renewing and that provide opportunities for fulfillment that would otherwise not be available. To be competitive, each project proposal should:
- Be clearly written and well organized.
- Illustrate how the applicant will experience meaningful renewal.
- Demonstrate sufficient planning and research to develop a realistic timeline and budget.
Eligibility Criteria
Full-time education professionals in the following areas who are employed in Indiana’s public, private and charter schools are eligible to apply:
- K-12 classroom teachers of all subjects
- Principals and assistant principals
- Librarians and media specialists
- School counselors
- School social workers
- Instructional coaches
Additionally, each applicant must:
- have held one or more of the above positions for at least three cumulative years (since at least fall 2020) in a school that is accredited by the Indiana Department of Education or that is accredited by a third-party entity recognized by the Indiana Department of Education.
- currently hold a valid Indiana Professional Educator License or at least a four-year bachelor’s degree that is appropriate for responsibilities of their educational position.
For more information, visit Lilly Endowment.