Date: February 21st 2008

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Aloha,

We will be responding to this RFP with deadline on March 1. Want a piece of $4MIL ? Motorola is funding a charter school in Chicago that is expected to be a test bed for university-based work on delivering STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education in an urban setting. Creativity Cafe would fit into that as well and since we are focusing on California as our first installation (see CCafe-LA.com) we offer you this:

http://www.motorola.com/content.jsp?globalObjectId=8153

FROM THEIR SITE:

With an interest in sparking a love for science and inspiring the next generation of inventors, Motorola and the Motorola Foundation help cultivate the next generation of skilled scientists and engineers needed to create tomorrow's breakthrough ideas.

2008 Innovation Generation Grants
Application deadline: 1 March 2008

In 2008, the Motorola Foundation will provide US$4 million in Innovation Generation Grants to organizations that engage U.S. K-12 students and teachers in innovation, science, technology, engineering and math. Applicants should consider the following criteria:

• Funding priority will be placed on pioneering programs that:
— Engage students and teachers in innovative, hands-on ways
— Teach innovation and creative problem-solving skills
— Focus on girls and underrepresented minorities
— Engage Motorola employees as volunteers
— Take place in communities where Motorola has an employee presence in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas
— Demonstrate measurable outcomes
— Are less than two years old
• Grant applicants may request up to $100,000. Select organizations may be asked to apply for larger grants.
• Grants will be for one year of project work, starting after June 2008.
• Any U.S. non-profit organization may apply. Schools and school districts may apply.
• At least 25% of total grant dollars will support new programming that has been operating for less than two years and is not simply an expansion of an existing program.
• Returning 2007 Innovation Generation Grant recipients must demonstrate that they have created new STEM partnerships with business, another non-profit organization or another foundation.

Apply online by 1 March 2008. Returning Innovation Generation Grant recipients also can apply through the Innovation Generation Network portal.

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Good luck!

In other news, I have begun to rework the blight that is Creativity Cafe's homepage to make the project easier to understand and view our fantastic track record. We'd also like to encourage more participation, especially with KidCast for Peace; Solutions for a Better World [http://creativity.net/KidCast] coming up right around the corner. If you have kids, I suggest you look into participating this year!!

Have a great weekend!

Aloha,
Peter Rosen
Creativity Cafe Coordinator and vision holder.
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PS: Don't forget to cruise by our Creativity Cafe Blog: http://creativity.net/blogs/ccafe/creativitycafe.html

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