About the Application

Eligibility Rule

Article V, Section 5 of the By-laws of the NJEA Frederick L. Hipp Foundation for Excellence in Education, the following eligibility exclusions apply:  “No member of the Board of Trustees, the Advisory Committee or the Grant Selection Committee shall have or obtain a financial interest in any contract, grant or award made by the Foundation to any person or entity.” The Hipp Board of Trustees consists of the individuals who comprise the Executive Committee of the New Jersey Education Association.
 

Information and Details about the Grant Process

• Application fully electronic and is only available online. 
• Once the application is completed, it must be printed and signed by the Project Coordinator (applicant), local association president, and superintendent/ county college president.
• Signature pages must be returned to us electronically. You will be intructed to upload them to the application portal as a PDF document in Round 2. These must be received by the Foundation on or before March 1* to qualify. Applicant should allow ample time to obtain signatures and or get board approval to meet this deadline.
• Applicants will be contacted via the personal email they provide on the application. School servers have high security settings that may not accept our emails. Please check your spam and junk folders in your personal email if you haven't received an email after starting your application.
• Applicants are urged to add our email address "NJEA Hipp Foundation" Hipp@njea.org to their email address contacts to facilitate communication with the Foundation. 
• All applicants are notified by the end of April with the disposition of their grant request (whether funded or not). It is not necessary to call the Foundation for a status update.
• Successful applicants are required to attend an online training event. 
• Successful applicants will also be invited to a recognition dinner with the NJEA Executive Committee/Hipp Board of Directors
• Read the section on Tips for Applying before you complete the application.
• Read the Frequently Asked Questions.
   

Special instructions for continuation grant applicants

• A current Hipp grant recipient may apply for a continuation grant to fund their project for one additional year.
• An applicant requesting a continuation grant will need to provide feedback on the status of the current grant and the potential for continued success.
• Continuation grant applications are reviewed at the same time as new funding requests and receive notifications in accordance with the same timeline.
• Continuation grant applicants are also required to attend the training event in June.
• Funding for a continuation application is NOT guaranteed.

Deadline

Grant applications are accepted through March 1* of every year. Grant proposals must be finalized in the online portal. Signature pages must be signed and submitted to the online portal in Round 2, by March 1. 

*If March 1 falls on a Sunday, the deadline will be moved to Monday, March 2.
 

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