BellSouth Foundation
 Open Grants
 
Grants Manager
Room 7H08
1155 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA  30309-3610
Phone: (404)249-2396  Fax: (404)249-5696
E-mail: grants.manager@bsc.bls.com
Web Site: http://www.bellsouth.com/bsf/
 
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED:         Teaching or Curric/Prog Development
                              Collaborative Activity
LAST REVIEWED:                04/11/97
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND REQUIRED: Doctorate/Equiv Professional
CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED:         U.S. Citizens
AGENCY TYPE:                  Other
DEADLINES ANNOUNCED:          09/01/97
                              02/01/98
                              09/01/98
                              02/01/99
                              09/01/99
 
The BellSouth Foundation awards grants throughout nine southeastern 
states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Improved learning is the 
goal of the BellSouth Foundation and the heart of its current program. 
Collaboration among places of learning is imperative: both vertically, 
between preK-12 and high education, and horizontally, through new 
networks of institutions, workplaces and communities. The Foundation has 
identified three broad areas for support. 1) Developing Individual 
Capacity to Improve learning: 1A) Promoting Capable Teachers: support the 
induction of new teachers by helping school districts and others to 
support and develop them as professionals. 1B) Developing Educators for 
Leadership: seek leadership opportunities for school board members, 
principals and teachers, and ensure that they are exposed to new ideas 
and trained to make the best use of them. 2) Creating Environments to 
Improve Learning: The objective is to encourage improvement in policy and 
practice at learning institutions which will promote student access. 2A) 
Rethinking Institutional Roles and Relationships: encourage collaborative 
efforts at reform among preK-12 institutions, community colleges and 
higher education; support projects to restructure and reorganize the 
educational enterprise within preK-12 institutions. 2B) Encouraging 
Community Involvement in Education Improvement: support programs that 
encourage citizens to identify and express their perceptions of education 
needs in their communities and to understand the important role that 
education plays in all aspects of our lives; link community 
organizations, museums, theaters and other cultural organizations with 
homes and schools in order to encourage learning outside the classroom.  
3) Promoting Partnerships Through Technology to Improve Learning: The 
connecting power of information technology can maximize human potential. 
The Foundation wishes to place technology at the service of teachers and 
learners. 3A) Linking Schools with Other Learning Environments: 
strengthen and increase efficiency and effectiveness of connections among 
schools and educators and link schools with other community-based 
organizations and homes. Open Grants are open to all applicants who have 
reviewed these guidelines and feel that there is a reasonable match 
between their organizations and our funding priorities. The first step in 
applying for an Open Grant from the Foundation is to review the 
guidelines thoroughly to determine if your organization's activities meet 
the specific criteria outlined for one or more of the Foundation's focus 
areas. If you feel there is a match, you are encouraged to discuss 
proposal concepts with Foundation staff. Your proposal should not exceed 
five pages in length; shorter proposals are welcome. The BellSouth 
Foundation does not make grants for: capital or building campaigns; 
endowment funds or campaigns; general operating expenses; education 
product development; equipment acquisition, except as a small or 
incidental part of a larger program; scholarships, financial aid, and 
scholarship funds; single discipline curricula, unrelated to 
comprehensive school reform; individual study, research or travel grants; 
charitable dinners or fund-raising events; programs that are primarily 
recreational; or programs that have an impact outside of our nine 
southeastern states. Please note that the Foundation's current interests 
and grant guidelines are in effect through the year 2000.
 
SUBJECTS: Education
          Educational Policy
          Educational Systems and Institutions
          Early Childhood Education
          Primary Education
          Elementary Education
          Middle School Education
          Secondary Education
          Junior High School Education
          Educational Technology
          Information Science
          Information Technology