You can find descriptions of all of our grant opportunities on this page. Be sure to read our Application Guidelines thoroughly to learn how to apply.
REACH Grant
- Deadline: 1st of every month except December
- Maximum Award: $1,000
- Cost-share: Not required but is requested
- Principal signature required
- Educators receiving funds must be from a public school located in Arkansas
- Educators receiving funds must teach one or more humanities fields of study, including Anthropology, Archeology, English Language Arts, Ethics, History, Language Studies, Literacy, and Social Studies
- Humanities-based pre-kindergarten through twelfth-grade classroom projects
- Professional development for teachers and school librarians
- Professional development such as conferences, workshops, seminars, or webinars, virtual or in-person (in-state only)
- Funds for professional development may be used for registration, travel costs, books, or other teaching aids
- Educators receiving funds for professional development must agree to disseminate content learned to colleagues at their school, district, and/or education cooperative
- School supplies to offset costs to teachers and families
- Supplies may include pens, pencils, paper, scissors, hand sanitizer, tissue, paper towels, folders, binders, glue sticks, erasers, crayons, storage, rulers, index cards, and/or similar items
Arkansas State Parks Field Trip Grant
- Deadline: 1st of every month except December
- Maximum Award: $1,000
- Cost-share: Not required but is requested
- Funds provided by Arkansas State Parks
- Teachers may apply to take students to one of Arkansas’s 53 state parks
- Students must be in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade
- Teachers must contact the park interpreter prior to applying to schedule programming
- Funds may not be used to travel and lead programs independently of an Arkansas State Park interpreter
Helen T. Leigh Museum Field Trip Grant
- Deadline: 1st of every month except December
- Maximum Award: $750
- Cost-share: Not required
- Funds provided by Mrs. Helen T. Leigh
- Funds for this initiative are to be used by schools to participate in a guided tour and programming at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
- Teachers must schedule a tour and programming with MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History prior to applying
- Grades third through twelfth are eligible
- Public community colleges are eligible