Grant Writing

At Benchmark Technology, we can provide grant writing services to you. We understand the time constraints you face in managing the many responsibilities you have, and we are here to relieve some of that burden for you with proposal development.

We will work very closely with your technology team to assess your needs, design an effective program, and compose your proposal to show how you will use this funding to ultimately further the academic achievement of your students.

Funding Providers

• State Grants - The Mississippi Department of Education provides a variety of opportunies for K-12 education. We can work with your school or district in identifying state funded opportunities that best meet your needs and develop proposals and meet RFP requirements.
• Federal Grants - The U.S. Department of Education provides funding to aid in the implementation of federal policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act. We can identify funding opportunities that provide resources for your school or district and design proposals that meet the rigorous requirements of federally funded programs.
• Foundation Grants - We are fortunate in East Mississippi to have access to numerous foundations that provide funding to meet the educational needs of our students. We can work with your school or district in identifying your need and writing a proposal to the appropriate foundation willing and ready to meet that need.
• Corporate Grants - A wealth of funding sources can be found in corporate givers such as Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, and Dell, just to name a few. We will do the research for you in locating corporate funding opportunities that meet your specific need. We will work to design the proposal that meets each aspect of corporate funding requests.

Current Technology RFPS

New RFPs coming soon! Please see below for a description of the grants we recently worked on. We are gathering information for the next set of deadlines and will post them as soon as possible!

Enhancing Education Through Technology

Due February 14th, 2008

One of the primary goals of the E2T2 program is to assist states and localities in implementing and supporting a comprehensive system that effectively uses technology in elementary and secondary schools to improve student academic achievement. Grades eligible for this year's funding are grades 9-12. Awards will range from $50,000 to $200,000 depending on available funding.

Program Website: http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/oet/

Improving Literacy Through School Libraries

Due March 7th, 2008

The range of funding is $30,000 to $500,000. The purpose of this program is to improve student reading skills and academic achievement by providing students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and well-trained, professionally certified school library media specialists.

Program Website: http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/index.html

MS Redesign: Pilot Site Program

The Mississippi Department of Education, through the Office of Vocational Education and Workforce Development, will be overseeing the distribution of funds for technology upgrades that will be used to implement the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Applications curricula. Districts may submit a competitively written proposal to participate in this initiative as a pilot site. Sites chosen to pilot this program will receive 100% of funding for technology upgrades.

Program Website: http://redesign.rcu.msstate.edu