Application Process

Step 1. Submit a Letter of Intent

ALL applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent. This is your opportunity to present your idea and receive early and immediate feedback that can strengthen your final grant proposal.

Your Letter of Intent must include appropriate signatures. For elementary and middle school teachers, this would be the principal; for high school teachers, the principal or department chair. If your project includes purchasing new technology-based equipment, it is required that you consult with the school district Director of Educational Technology. For parents, residents, businesses or organizations outside of the school community, you must include signatures of collaborating school staff or administrators, if the proposal directly impacts the Glastonbury school system.

Letters of Intent must be sent electronically via email and also mailed in hard copy form. Please email them to becky@glastonburyeducationfoundation.org. Please send the original hard coy with signatures to:

Glastonbury Education Foundation
P.O. Box 795
Glastonbury, CT 06033

The Foundation will assess the merit of each proposal based on the criteria and guidelines set forth. The Foundation will respond to all Letters of Intent based on the dates set forth in the grant cycle below. Feedback will indicate whether or not we encourage submission of a full application and may include specific suggestions for revision.

Step 2. Submit full application

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Applicants who have been asked to submit a full grant application should submit both an electronic and hard copy of their application. Applications should be emailed to becky@glastonburyeducationFoundation.org and mailed to: Glastonbury Education Foundation, P.O. Box 795, Glastonbury, CT 06033.

Applications must include the signature(s) of all participating staff, their immediate supervisor(s). For parents, residents, businesses or organizations outside of the school community, you must include signatures of collaborating school staff or administrators, if the proposal directly impacts the Glastonbury school system.

Once applications are received, members of the Foundation’s Grant Review committee may contact individual applicants for additional information, and may ask for an in person discussion of the proposal. The committee will make its funding recommendation to the Board of Directors of the Foundation, which has final approval.

Grant Process Timeline

Letters of Intent may be forwarded to the Foundation at any time. Grants will be reviewed and awarded based on the following cycle:

2012 Grant Cycle

	Grant Cycle 1	Grant Cycle 2
Letter of Intent Deadline	Jan. 13, 2012	September 7, 2012
Response to LOI Given	Feb. 10, 2012	October 5, 2012
Full Grant Application Deadline	March 16, 2012	Nov. 9, 2012
Grant Awards Announced	May 18, 2012	Dec. 14, 2012