ASM Materials Education Foundation: Living in a Material World Grants

The ASM Materials Education Foundation "Living in a Material World" grants help teachers bring the real world of materials science into their classrooms and recognize teacher creativity. The purpose of these grants is to enhance awareness of materials science and the role that metals, glasses, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers play in our modern world, and that material scientists play in society. Maximum award: $500. Eligibility: K-12 teachers. Deadline: May 25, 2014.

Dow Jones News Fund: High School Journalism Teacher of the Year

The DJNF High School Journalism Teacher of the Year program identifies outstanding high school journalism teachers. The winning teacher addresses the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, American Society of News Editors, and college journalism educators. Maximum award: a laptop computer; travel and lodging expenses and a per diem for substitute teacher fees for address and seminar; a quarterly column for the fund's newspaper, Adviser Update; and attendance at a seminar at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla. A senior student at the winning teacher's school will receive a $1,000 college scholarship to major in news-editorial journalism based on his or her performance in a writing contest held at school. Eligibility: high school journalism teachers with at least three years' experience who have done exemplary work in the 2013-2014 academic year. Deadline: July 9, 2014.

Public Welfare Foundation: Grants for Organizations that Serve Disa...

The Public Welfare Foundation supports organizations that address human needs in disadvantaged communities, with strong emphasis on organizations that include service, advocacy, and empowerment in their approach: service that remedies specific problems; advocacy that addresses those problems in a systemic way through changes in public policy; and strategies to empower people in need to play leading roles in achieving those policy changes and in remedying specific problems. The foundation provides both general support and project-specific grants. The foundation is currently focusing on criminal and juvenile justice, and workers' rights. Maximum award: $50,000. Eligibility: public and private entities, including nonprofit organizations and for-profit organizations. Deadline: rolling.

American Academy of Pediatrics: CATCH Resident Funds Grants

2013 CATCH Resident Funds grants will be awarded on a competitive basis for pediatric residents to plan community-based child health initiatives. CATCH Resident Funds projects must include planning activities, but also may include some implementation activities. Maximum award: $3,000. Eligibility: pediatric residents working with their communities. Deadline: July 31, 2014.