These Grants Could Be for Canadians, Eh?

By Ralph Connelly
June 28, 2017

That’s right! Canadians (and other North American Teachers) are encouraged to apply to the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) of NCTM for the grants and awards that are available! While working at the MET booth at the NCTM Annual Meeting in San Antonio in April of this year, I was surprised at the number of teachers from Canada who told me that they assumed that these grants were only for teachers who lived in the U.S.  With the power of my awesome mathematics background, I was able to put 2 and 2 together and realize that this was why, in this my first year on the MET Board, I did not see ANY grant applications from Canada!  So, I’m hoping those Canadians I talked to in San Antonio, and those reading this blog, will spread the word and let others know that as long as you are a full individual or e-member of NCTM (or if you teach at a school with a current NCTM Pre-K-8 school membership), you are indeed eligible to apply for a MET grant/award. 

There are essentially two “cycles” of grants, one group that has a May deadline that has just passed, and another group that has a November 3, 2017 deadline, which is the group of grants I’d encourage you to look at now and consider applying for.  The grants in this group are:

Emerging Teacher Leaders in Elementary School Mathematics Grants (up to $6000)

7-12 Classroom Research Grants (up to $6000—involves a collaboration between a classroom teacher and a university mathematics educator)

Pre-K-6 Classroom Research Grants (up to $6000—involves a collaboration between a classroom teacher and a university mathematics educator)

Engaging Students in Learning Mathematics Grant ,Grades 6–8 (up to $3000)

Equity in Mathematics Grants, Grades 6–8 (up to $8000)

Using Music to Teach Mathematics, Pre-K–Grade 2 (up to $3000)

Teacher Professional Development Grants—There are 3 of these, one for grades 9-12, one for grades 6-8, and one for Pre-K–Grade 5 (up to $3000)

Connecting Mathematics to Other Subject Areas, Grades 9–12 (up to $4000)

Improving Students’ Understanding of Geometry, Pre-K–Grade 8 (up to $4000)

Future Leader Initial NCTM Annual Meeting Attendance Award, Pre-K–Grade 12 (up to $1500 + conference registration)

So check out the information on these grants available on the NCTM website under Grants and Awards, apply for a grant and/or encourage your colleagues to do so!  Hope to see some applications from Canada next time around!