Grants in Place Fellows Program (United States)

The Grants in Place Fellows program is an important facet of RSC’s annual programming. They look forward to supporting their Fellows throughout the year and sharing their stories and final outcomes with people across the nation. This is a high profile program, and they are eager to support your exemplary Place-Based Education projects!

They ask that eligible applicants propose a Place-Based Education project that will be completed by the end of the 2024-25 school year. The Place-Base Education project should involve the students’ better understanding & greater appreciation of their place, while addressing a community need. They anticipate selecting a cohort of dynamic and committed educators with purposeful and creative ideas. Proposed projects should address one or more of the basic tenets of Place-Based Education. These include:

• Local to Global Context
• Learner-Centered
• Inquiry-Based
• Design Thinking
• Community as Classroom
• Interdisciplinary Approach

Funding Information

• Each Fellow will receive a total award of up to $2,500 for the Place-Based project.

Geographical Focus

• Eligibility for this grant is extended to rural classroom teachers who teach in school districts that are located in one of Rural Schools Collaborative 17 Regional Hub areas.
• Rural classroom teachers from the following states and areas are eligible for the program: Alabama, the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri Ozarks, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Northern California, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
• Please note that the National Signature Project Award, offered in the spring in partnership with the National Rural Education Association, is open to ALL rural classroom teachers throughout the United States, not just regions within RSC Hub areas.

Eligibility Criteria

• Rural Schools Collaborative values the benefits of a diverse teaching force and they strongly encourage teachers who come from historically under-represented backgrounds to apply.
• Teachers currently working in a rural school district will be considered for this grant opportunity. Rural schools are defined as non-urban, non-metro, or fall under one of six categories (You can confirm that your school is eligible by checking your Local Number to match 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43) in the National Center for Educational Statistics classification.

For more information, visit RSC.