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Q: What is the Sprint Ahead for Education Grant Program?
A: Sprint Ahead for Education is a grant initiative to provide funding to public school districts and individual public schools for character education initiatives.
Q: What types of programs will Sprint Ahead for Education fund?
A: Examples of types of programs funded include:
Q: Who is eligible for funding?
A: Public schools may apply for individual school grants up to $5,000 and public school districts can apply for district wide grants up to $25,000. All public schools and school districts in all 50 US States are eligible, with the exception of schools in the Kansas City metro area that are eligible for the Kansas City Sprint Achievement Program. For information about the Kansas City Sprint Achievement Program please visit www.sprint.com/SAP. All school applications must be approved by the school principal. All district applications must be approved by the school district superintendent.
Q: Can a school or district apply for multiple grants during the same grant session?
A: No. Due to limited funds, schools and school districts are only able to apply for one Sprint Ahead for Education grant per year. If multiple grant requests come in from the same school or school districts, the Sprint Ahead for Education Review Committee will only consider the first entry.
Q: If my school district applies can my school apply?
A: Yes. Every school and school district is allowed to apply for a grant as long as they are requesting funds for different character education programs (i.e. individual schools cannot apply for funding of a program for which the school district has already requested funds).
Q: Are Public Charter Schools eligible?
A: Yes. All K-12 publicly accredited charter schools are eligible.
Q: Should Charter Schools apply for a school grant or a district grant?
A: Individual charter schools can apply for up to $5,000 in funding from the Sprint Ahead for Education program. Individual charter schools are not eligible to apply for the $25,000 district level grants.
Q: How do I apply?
A: The Sprint Ahead for Education grant application and additional program information is available online at www.sprint.com/citizenship/education/sprintahead.
Q: When do I apply?
A: Applications will be accepted electronically only from March 3 to midnight, April 15th 2008. Only the first submission per individual teacher/school administrator will be accepted. Any additional submissions will not be considered.
Q. How many grants will be awarded?
A. The Sprint Ahead for Education Grant Initiative will award up to 75 grants in 2008.
Q: How will I be notified if I have won?
A: All applicants will be notified via email of their grant status by June 30, 2008. Grant award checks will be mailed out by August 15th to all grant award winners.
Q. How are the grants paid?
A: The grant award check from the Sprint Foundation will be made payable to the school or school district.
Q. When must the grant be used?
A: Grants are intended to be used by the school or school district for the 2008/2009 school year. The grantee must notify the Sprint Foundation in writing if there are any remaining funds that are not used during the 2008/2009 school year.
Q. Does the Sprint Foundation award other grants in addition to The Sprint Ahead for Education program?
A: Yes, for more information about the Sprint Foundation please visit www.sprint.com/community.
Q. Is there partial grant funding?
A: No, the Sprint Ahead for Education grant program believes that in order to successful complete the programs as described in the application, grants must be awarded in full or not at all.
Q. Who reviews the grant applications and how are grant awards determined?
A: All eligible Sprint Ahead for Education grants will be reviewed by a committee of education professionals. Scores will be averaged amongst all reviews.
Q. How will my school's free-reduced lunch percentage, requested on the Sprint Achievement Program application affect the scoring of my application?
A: The free-reduced lunch criterion is captured for use on the scoring rubric. It will not negatively affect any application score.
Q. What is the difference between the Sprint Achievement Program and the Sprint Ahead for Education program?
A: The Sprint Achievement Program provides grants for student achievement and is solely for educators in the Kansas City metro area. Sprint Ahead for Education is a national program, available to schools and districts and provides funds for character education initiatives. In 2008, Kansas City educators are only eligible for Sprint Achievement Program grants.
Q. Who do I contact if I have questions?
A: education@sprint.com