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NCTI participated in Accessibilty Day at Games for Health 2009. This presentation offers suggestions on agencies, organizations, and funding streams that are in the accessibility space. See also grantwriting tips and hints.
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Accessibility for Ed Tech: Funding, Strategies, Opportunities
Games for Health 2009
Accessibility DayHeidi Silver-Pacuilla
NCTI Deputy Director
Funding Opportunities
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation @ rwjf.org
MacArthur Foundation @ digitallearning.macfound.org
Foundations that serve aging or disadvantaged
U.S. Federal agencies @ grants.gov
Mandated to fund accessible projects
State agencies
Accessibility in Int’l Development
Rising populations of aging citizens;
Increasing emphasis on improved community and educational integration of citizens with disabilities;
Existing challenges to provide efficient services to users in densely populated areas with a broad range of literacy and technology abilities;
Multi-lingual/ -cultural societies; and
Growing populations of English language learners.
Award OpportunitiesTech Museum, Tech Museum of Innovation
da Vinci Awards, MS Society
CODIE Awards, Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA)
BESSIE Awards, ComputEd Gazette
Game Developers Choice
NCTI Tech in the Works Competition
Quick turn-around submission and research
Collaborative researcher-vendor team
Matching funds required
Focused on accessibility and feasibility
April 2010 will be next opportunity
Grantwriting:Tips and Hints
Know your funder
Consider the reviewers
Stick to the published requirements
Work with the evaluation criteria
Propose a feasible project for the budget and timeline
Questions?
Follow NCTI on www.NationalTechCenter.org on Twitter at http://twitter.com/NCTI2
on the NCTI Facebook page and on Classroom 2.0
or email us at [email protected]
