Project Ignition Grants for Teen Driver Safety

Posted by on August 29, 2011

Project Ignition Grants Available for High School Students to Address Teen Driver Safety
Deadline: November 15, 2011

The National Youth Leadership Council and State Farm have announced the availability of Project Ignition grants to support public high school students in addressing teen driver safety through service-learning.

For the past eight years, Project Ignition has supported students and their advisors in meeting classroom objectives while creating and implementing awareness and engagement campaigns designed to increase teen traffic safety. Student teams host events, form community-wide partnerships, work on local and state policy, produce public service announcements, and more while receiving academic credit for their service-learning projects.

Public schools in the United States and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and New Brunswick that educate students in grades 9-12, ages 13 and older, are eligible to participate and receive project awards. Students must have a teacher/advisor and school permission to participate in the project.

Twenty-five schools will be selected on the basis of their campaign proposals to receive $2,000 grants to implement campaigns from January to April of the 2011-12 school year. Based on the results of their campaigns, ten of these schools will be selected to receive an additional $5,000 to support their participation in a significant national conference or event. These ten schools also will be given the opportunity to receive an additional $2,500 to expand their campaigns during the following school year.

Visit the Project Ignition Web site for complete program guidelines, the application form, and tools to help create a high-quality proposal.

http://www.sfprojectignition.com/