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27m(7) First Time Candidate Grant Awards

Total amounts awarded for National Board First Time Candidate (27m(7)) grant:

  • fiscal year 2024 awards totaled $365,450
  • fiscal year 2025 awards totaled $153,025
  • fiscal year 2026 awards totaled $283,050

First Time Candidate Awards

Fiscal Year 2023-24 (Round 1) Award Amount Fiscal Year 2024-25 (Round 2) Award Amount Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Round 3) Award Amount Fiscal Year 2025-26 (Round 4) Award Amount Applicant
$8,500 N/A N/A $2,125 Ann Arbor Public Schools
N/A $6,375 N/A N/A Battle Creek Public Schools
N/A $4,250 N/A N/A Beecher Community School District
N/A N/A $1,100 N/A Benton Harbor Area Schools
N/A N/A N/A $2,125 Countryside Academy
$12,750 N/A N/A $10,625 Crestwood School District
N/A $10,625 N/A N/A Dearborn City School District
$3,300 $7,000 $550 $1,100 Detroit Academy of Arts and Sciences
$216,750 $34,000 $128,825 $12,825 Detroit Public Schools Community District
$53,125 N/A N/A N/A Detroit Service Learning Academy
N/A $2,125 $2,125 N/A Flint Cultural Center Academy
N/A N/A $2,125 N/A Flint, School District of the City of
N/A $8,500 N/A $3,225 Grand Rapids Public Schools
N/A N/A N/A $1,650 Harrison Community Schools
$6,375 N/A N/A N/A Hartford Public Schools
$2,125 N/A N/A N/A Hazel Park School District
N/A $4,250 N/A N/A International Academy of Flint
N/A $1,100 N/A N/A Jalen Rose Leadership Academy
N/A $2,125 N/A N/A Kalamazoo Public Schools
$6,600 $17,225 N/A $8,500 Kentwood Public Schools
$4,250 $3,775 $19,125 $11,175 Lansing Public School District
N/A $2,125 N/A N/A Mancelona Public Schools
$6,375 N/A N/A N/A Michigan Online School
N/A $2,125 N/A N/A Niles Community Schools
$2,125 N/A N/A N/A Nottawa Community School
N/A $2,125 N/A N/A Orchard View Schools
N/A $19,125 N/A N/A Pickford Public Schools
N/A N/A N/A $2,125 Pine River Area Schools
N/A
N/A N/A $19,125 Reed City Area Public Schools
$5,500 $6,600 $11,800 N/A Saginaw Public Schools
$1,100 $5,350 $2,200 $2,200 Sault Ste. Marie Area Schools
$2,125 N/A N/A N/A Southgate Community School District
$21,250 N/A N/A N/A Summit Academy North
$4,400 $5,500 $3,225 N/A Traverse City Area Public Schools
$6,600 $3,300 N/A $2,125 University Preparatory Academy
N/A $3,300 $2,200 N/A University Preparatory Art & Design
$2,200 N/A $2,125 $4,250 University Preparatory Science and Math
N/A $2,125 N/A N/A Westwood Heights Schools
N/A N/A N/A $24,475 Ypsilanti Community Schools