The CHS Foundation Classroom Grant Program is designed to fund projects that will educate Pre-K12 students about the importance of agriculture and allow teachers to use agricultural concepts to teach core subject areas.
Donor Name: National Agriculture in the Classroom
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/15/2022
Grant Size: $500
Details:
Funding Information
CHS Foundation provides $500 grants each year to pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers who have classroom projects that use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies and more.
Funding Guidelines
- Grant money can be used for classroom or schoolyard gardens. Because of food safety concerns, animal waste manure is not to be used on edible plants (fruits, vegetables, herbs) if a school garden is part of the project. Grant applicants will be asked to agree to follow safe handling guidelines for any compost used in a school garden that is part of this project to reduce the risk of plant and human disease-causingorganisms.. These organisms are killed when internal temperatures are maintained 30-170 degrees F over a period of several days.
- Grant money for school gardens can be used to purchase the following items:
- Seeds (fruits and vegetables)
- Soil
- Plants (fruits and vegetables)
- Fertilizer
- Raised bed materials
- Greenhouse materials
- Hydroponics materials
- Irrigation/watering system materials
- Grant money can be used for animal science projects involving embryology, aquaculture or branch-related projects, field trips or farm tours.
- Grant money cannot be used for salary or compensation.
- Grant money cannot be used for clothing, promotional items, or giveaway items.
- Grant check will be made payable to the school, not to an individual.
- Grant checks not cashed within 60 days after receipt will become null and void
Eligibility Criteria
Certified, general education teachers who are employed by a school district or a private school, who engaged in classroom instruction at the pre-kindergarten through 12th grade level and who wish to use agricultural concepts to teach core subject areas and enhance students’ understanding of agriculture. Agri-science teachers may apply for the grant, but they must demonstrate how the project being proposed will reach outside their agri-science classrooms to other classes in the same school or other schools, including elementary schools.
For more information, visit National Agriculture in the Classroom.
