Sponsor: Grawemeyer Foundation / University of Louisville
Sponsor program link: http://grawemeyer.org/education/
Value: $100,000 USD; paid in 5 annual installments
Objectives: H. Charles Grawemeyer, industrialist, entrepreneur, astute investor and philanthropist, endowed the Grawemeyer Awards at the University of Louisville in 1984. The Grawemeyer Award in Education is designed to stimulate the dissemination, public scrutiny and implementation of ideas that have potential to bring about significant improvement in educational practice and advances in educational attainment. The award is intended not only to reward the individuals responsible, but also to draw attention to their ideas, proposals or achievements. The award is designed to recognize a specific recent achievement rather than a lifetime of accomplishment.
Application Deadline(s):
- April 27: OGPR for requisite Faculty-level administrative review and Faculty signature.
- April 29: ORS for the institutional signature.
- April 30:The Foundation (nomination form and letter).
- May 31: The Foundation (all supporting materials).
Special notes: Candidates must be nominated by others. Self-nominations will not be considered.