[Libs-Or] Grants: STAR Net STEAM Equity Project & Walter Grants for Unpublished Diverse Writers

[Jennifer Maurer]

Hi,

Two grant opportunities came to my attention via alerts from the Library Grants blog<http://librarygrants.blogspot.com/>.

Walter Grants for Unpublished Diverse Writers<http://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2020/06/walter-grants-for-unpublished-diverse.html>

Deadline: until they've received 300 entries OR until June 30th, 2020, whichever comes first

Walter grants provide financial support to promising diverse writers who are currently unpublished.  Ten grants will be awarded for $2,000 each. Applicants must identify as diverse (defined below) unpublished illustrators and/or authors. This includes both trade publishing and self-publishing. Essays, short stories, and articles do not render an applicant ineligible. Applicant must be working toward a career as a children's author and/or illustrator, and must be a U.S. resident or a refugee living in the United States...For additional information including the application criteria, please visit the website<https://diversebooks.org/our-programs/walter-grant/submission-guidelines/>, read the Walter Grant FAQs<https://diversebooks.org/our-programs/walter-grant/faq/> and direct any questions to waltergrant at diversebooks.org.

STAR Net STEAM Equity Project: Enhancing Learning Opportunities in Libraries of Rural Communities<http://librarygrants.blogspot.com/2020/06/star-net-steam-equity-project-enhancing.html>

Deadline for Notice of Intent: July 20, 2020

The STAR Net STEAM Equity Project will award grants to twelve public libraries in small and rural U.S. communities (library service population of under 25,000) to offer outstanding, culturally responsive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) programming, materials, and exhibitions for their communities, especially often-underreached Latino populations. With support at the national level from the project team as well as local partnerships, the libraries will engage their communities through three STEAM learning pathways: 1) STEAM exploration spaces, seeded by STAR Net traveling exhibitions, 2) active learning programs, and 3) STEAM outreach kits...For more information, visit the website<http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/steamequity> and read the FAQ<http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/steamequity/faq>.

FYI,
Jen

Jen Maurer, MLS
School Library Consultant
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