Grant Applications

Comal Education Foundation offers grant opportunities to turn creative ideas into impactful and life-changing programs. Each year we look forward to awarding district employees who have the best innovative ideas that align with CEF’s mission and Comal ISD's collaborative vision.

Competitive Grants We Offer

Innovation Grant: Up to $7,500 for innovative classroom or campus projects; may be for small classroom programs or larger scale programs across grade levels, department, campuses, and district-wide programs

Innovation - new, creative, original, leading-edge, modern, beyond the norm, advanced, inventive, pioneering, forefront, experimental, groundbreaking.

New Teacher Grant: Up to $250 for certified teachers new to the profession; one time offer for instructional supplies/materials, books, digital subscriptions/apps, small furniture, etc.

Expertise Grant: Up to $1,000 for professional development; for staff and faculty to attend professional development courses and/or conferences, externships, etc. Grant offered for registration and substitute support. Travel, lodging and meal expenses not included. *Employees seeking to attend professional development opportunities as a group, may collaborate to submit one Expertise Grant application on behalf of all requestors. Registration fees and substitute support, if applicable, shall not exceed $5,000 for group applications.

Eligibility

Applications are open to all Comal ISD employees and may submit one application per person, per grant type, per cycle. For example, in one cycle you may only submit one Innovation, one Expertise, and one New Teacher (if applicable) Grant applications. You may not submit two Innovation or two Expertise Grant applications in one cycle.

Comal U Grant Writing Session - Reflect.Refine.Repeat...REQUEST!

Course will provide a step-by-step approach for writing a competitive proposal. Key targets include demonstrating standout innovation, collaborative programming, providing supporting evidence and data, documentation prep, budget templates, grant management, and evaluation strategies. 1.5 Hours

Applications

Supporting documentation is required to complete your application. The Grant Budget Template and Principal Approval Form, found below, must be completed and uploaded into the online application for Innovation and Expertise Grants. We look forward to reviewing your ideas. Thank you for applying!

Supporting Documentation - REQUIRED!

GrantBudgetTemplate

Principal Approval Form

Reference Innovation Rubric

Reference Expertise Rubric