Bright Ideas Grant
Hart EMC and Hart EMC Foundation, Inc. support education of our youth and our schools through a variety of scholarships, grants and learning opportunities. Hart EMC Foundation is seeking applications from area educators serving grades K-12 in public schools. Bright Ideas grants will provide educators with funding of up to $1,000 per grant for innovative classroom projects that benefit students and would not otherwise be covered by school budgets. Bright Ideas will finance a variety of hands-on projects, including music, art, history, language, reading, science, math, and information technology. Proposals can come from any area of the curriculum.
Bright Ideas Grant Program is made possible thru the use of unclaimed capital credits. The Georgia legislature passed HB431 allowing cooperatives to use unclaimed capital credits within their service area for the benefit of charitable causes, economic development and education. Hart EMC’s board of directors chose to use the funds for Hart EMC Foundation Scholarships and Bright Ideas.
Application guidelines must be followed. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.
- Applicants must use the 2013 Hart EMC Foundation Bright Ideas Grant Application Electronic Submission Form below.
- Do not include the name of your county, school, teacher names or school mascots in parts 2, 3, or 4. Failure to follow application guidelines will result in disqualification.
- Do not attach any supplementary materials.
- Applicants may only submit one grant application per year.
- No handwritten applications will be accepted.
- Applicants must adhere to word limits.
- Applicants will refrain from using special characters other than the following in their application: The period (.), the comma (,), the dash (-), the dollar sign ($), and parentheses ( ).
Grants will be awarded to certified school teachers instructing students in grades K-12 in Elbert, Franklin, Hart and Stephens counties. Winners will be notified by the Bright Ideas Prize Team. The prize team will notify winners by the first two weeks of September 2013.
Applicants agree that their name, photo and project may be used in print, broadcast and other forms of media in publications of Hart Electric Membership Cooperative and the Hart EMC Foundation.
All applications must be received electronically by Midnight, Friday, June 14, 2013 at Hart EMC.
If you have any questions about the grant program or application procedures please contact bill.leard@hartemc.com or call Bill Leard at Hart EMC, 706-376-4714 or 800-241-4109.