Teach@15 - Best Buy

Grant Name: Teach@15

Funding Organization: Best Buy

Grant Cycle: unknown. Check back at website and write in information on this page.

Website: https://www.at15.com/contests_scholarships/teach

Eligibility:

• Accredited non-profit junior or senior public, private, parochial, magnet and charter high schools (serving any grades 7-12).
• All schools must be non-profit.
• All schools must be located in the United States.
• Nominations must be made by Members of the @15 Site.
• Home schools, pre-K schools/programs, after-school programs, colleges, universities and vocational-technical schools are NOT eligible.

How to Apply:

Members may nominate their school through the electronic online nomination process on the @15 Site.

The nomination form requires the following information:

1. Name of Member (including all contact information provided in the @15 Site registration process).
2. Name, address, and phone number of the school.
3. Name of principal.
4. Email address of principal.
5. Detailed description of specific electronic or technology need at Member's school.
6. Statement of expected benefit.

Members should review their nomination before submission. Once the nomination is submitted, no further changes may be made. Members can nominate their school at any time. Nominations will be immediately available for voting in the current voting period.

Members are solely responsible for submitting all information necessary for the nomination process. Nominations found to be incomplete as of the nomination deadline will not be processed or may be removed. All information submitted becomes the property of Best Buy.

Nominations will be accepted starting on September 3, 2009. Any nominations for the Teach@15 Award will be added to the current pool of nominations. Nominations from previous Voting Periods will carry over and continue to be eligible for the current Voting Period as long as the nomination received at least one vote during the previous voting period. Any nominated school that is not granted an award is eligible to participate in the next voting period. Votes are cleared at the beginning of each Voting Period. Votes do not carry over from one Voting Period to the next.

Background: The Teach@15 Award program helps schools serving any grades 7-12 meet their technology needs. Teens (age 13-18) who are registered members on at15.com ("Members") could nominate their schools (depending on eligibility) to win a Teach@15 Award. Teen members could vote for a nomination once per day. Every 15 days, Best Buy awarded 3 schools with Best Buy Gift Cards based on member votes. The school with the most votes won $1,500, second most votes won $1,000 and third most votes won $500.