Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams

The Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams program is dedicated to supporting and encouraging invention, and seeks to inspire students and rising inventors. InvenTeams are teams of high school students, teachers, and mentors that receive grants to invent technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve. Maximum award: $10,000. Eligibility: high school science, mathematics, and technology teachers at public, private, and vocational schools and their students. Deadline: February 28, 2014.

NEH: Summer Seminars and Institutes

National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Seminars and Institutes support faculty-development programs in the humanities for school teachers and for college and university teachers, and may be as short as two weeks or as long as five weeks. The Seminars and Institutes extend and deepen knowledge and understanding of the humanities by focusing on significant topics and texts; contribute to the intellectual vitality and professional development of participants; build communities of inquiry and provide models of civility and excellent scholarship and teaching; and link teaching and research in the humanities. Maximum award: $150,000 for seminars; $200,000 for institutes. Eligibility: U.S. non-profit organizations with IRS tax-exempt status, state and local governmental agencies, and federally recognized Indian tribal governments. Deadline: March 4, 2014.

Google: Doodle4Google

One talented young artist will see his or her artwork on the Google homepage and receive a college scholarship and a Google for Education technology grant for his or her school. Students should create their doodles based on the theme "If I Could Invent One Thing to Make the World a Better Place..." Maximum award: $30,000 college scholarship; $50,000 Google for Education technology grant for his or her school. Eligibility: students grades K-12. Deadline: March 20, 2014.

Writers in the Schools: Sarah Mook Memorial Poetry Contest

The Sarah Mook Memorial Poetry Contest acknowledges, encourages, and rewards the efforts of student poets. Maximum award: $100. Eligibility: students K-12. Deadline: March 31, 2014.

Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching are among the nation's highest honors for teachers of mathematics and science and recognize highly qualified teachers for their contributions in the classroom and to their profession. Maximum award: $10,000; a paid trip for two to Washington, D.C. to attend a series of recognition events and professional development opportunities; a citation signed by the President of the United States. Eligibility: U.S. citizens teaching grades K-6 in a public or private school with 5 years experience teaching math or science. Nomination deadline: April 1, 2014.