The Lilly Endowment is pleased to announce the 38th round of its Teacher Creativity Fellowship Program (TCFP).
Donor Name: Lilly Endowment
State: Indiana
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 09/09/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This program supports K-12 educators throughout Indiana by providing resources for them to take time for meaningful renewal. They believe that through new experiences, exploration and reflection, educators can generate renewed energy in their careers, innovative approaches to teaching and educational leadership, and thoughtful ways to encourage students’ creative thinking. TCFP renewal projects are not intended to be typical vacations, rather they are meant to be intentional experiences that restore educators’ enthusiasm for their profession and stimulate their creativity, which should in turn enhance the educational experiences of their students.
The Endowment expects to award approximately 125 teacher creativity grants, each totaling up to $15,000, in 2025. Fellowship grant periods will be for 18 months. Each proposal should include activities that are intellectually enriching and personally renewing and that provide opportunities for exploration and fulfillment that would otherwise not be possible.
To be competitive, each project proposal should:
- Be clearly written and well organized.
- Illustrate how the applicant will experience meaningful renewal through the completion of activities that include growth opportunities and are intellectually stimulating or personally challenging.
- Demonstrate sufficient planning and research to develop a realistic timeline and budget.
Eligibility Criteria
Full-time education professionals in the following areas who are employed in Indiana’s traditional public schools, charter schools and private schools were eligible to apply:
- K-12 classroom teachers of all subjects
- Principals and assistant principals
- Librarians and media specialists
- School counselors and psychologists
- School social workers
- Instructional coaches.
Additionally, each applicant must:
- have held one or more of the above positions for at least three cumulative years (since at least fall 2021) in a school that is accredited by the Indiana Department of Education or that is accredited by a third-party entity recognized by the Indiana Department of Education.
- currently hold a valid Indiana Professional Educator License or at least a four-year bachelor’s degree that is appropriate for responsibilities of their educational position.
For more information, visit Lilly Endowment.
