104 Texas Awards for Small Business, Nonprofit Leadership, Teachers and Students

Award of $2,000 to a USA K-6 teacher to recognize excellence in helping students improve in writing. Applicants should explain and demonstrate their philosophy about writing instruction and student progress. In addition, teachers must provide student writing samples wi...

Award of $5,000 to a USA school library to recognize outstanding humanities programming. Eligible nominees are libraries in K-12 private and public schools. Program areas include, but are not limited to, social studies, poetry, drama, art, music, language arts, foreign...

Awards to USA, Canada, and International charitable organizations to recognize programs that serve local communities. Organizations are nominated by the funding source and winners will be determined by votes. Awards will recognize activities addressing education, nutri...

Award to a USA, Canada, or International educator to recognize contributions to the field of elementary language arts education. The purpose of this program is to recognize an individual who has had a significant impact on the field of literacy, enhanced classroom prac...

Award to a USA or Canada English language arts teacher to honor teaching excellence. The award is intended to recognize a teacher of grades 6-8 who has inspired and motivated students and demonstrated excellence in teaching. The winning teacher will be honored at the M...

Awards of $2,500 and an award of $10,000 to USA, Canada, and International authors to recognize contributions to the field of Jewish literature. The award recipient will be honored for an outstanding work of nonfiction that explores modern Jewish thought and increases ...

Award of $1,000 to a USA or Puerto Rico blind teacher to recognize outstanding community service and classroom performance. Eligible nominees are those who exhibit the traits of advocacy, love, and guidance while advancing the cause of blind people in the spirit and ph...

Award of $1,000 and in-kind support to a USA or Puerto Rico educator to recognize outstanding instruction to blind students. The program is intended to recognize an innovative and dedicated classroom teacher, counselor, or administrator who provides their blind student...

Award to a USA small library to recognize outstanding service to the local community. Nominees must demonstrate how they have increased literacy and information access in their communities through creative and replicable solutions. Nominated libraries must serve a popu...

Awards to USA teachers of skilled trades at public high schools for outstanding performance in their profession. Eligible applicants are school faculty members in areas such as construction, plumbing, carpentry, and transportation mechanics. The purpose of the award is...

Award of $50,000 to a USA, Canada, or International musician to recognize outstanding contributions to orchestral Jewish music. Funding is intended to honor and publicize new, Jewish-themed musical scores. The focus for this year's competition is works for choir, symph...

Awards to USA individuals working at a nonprofit organization for contributions to the field of marketing. The purpose of the award is to recognize accomplishments and leadership in communications, branding, and marketing. Nominees may be employed by large national or ...

Awards to USA health care organizations to recognize outstanding commitment to serving the community. The purpose of the program is to honor hospitals and other health care organizations for their exceptional efforts to improve health and wellbeing in the community. Ap...

Award to a USA, Canada or International individual for scholarly research and writing on the Holocaust. Only books containing new research on the Holocaust, or its antecedents and aftermath, will be considered. Research accuracy, methodology, scholarship, literary meri...

Prize of $4,000 to a USA, Canada, and International institution or individual for a project that combines digital technology and history. The purpose of the award program is to support and honor work on a media project that is open to the public. Eligible projects will...

Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International author for an excellent book on the post-Columbus history of North America. This award is intended to recognize and celebrate excellence in historical research. Biographies, monographs, and works of synthesis and inter...

Award of $5,000 to a USA poet, printing press, or publisher to recognize an exceptional work in English poetry. In addition to the prize money, the award recipient will participate in an all-expenses-paid residency and have their book distributed to the funding source'...

Awards to USA, Canada, and Mexico youth to honor environmental protection efforts. The award program recognizes young activists who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in environmental initiatives. Grant winners will receive cash prizes, a professionally produced ...

Awards to USA, Canada, and International nonprofit organizations, community groups, government agencies, businesses, and individuals for initiatives or projects that have made a significant and lasting impact on communities. Funding is intended to recognize sustainable...

Award of $2,000 to a USA or Canada public library employee or team in recognition of innovative marketing strategies. Special consideration will be given to an individual or team of marketers who have either revived or initiated a marketing approach in the past two yea...

Awards of $100 and $500 to USA, Canada, and International instructors to recognize mastery in marketing education. Eligible educators should demonstrate teaching excellence, innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and successful teaching activities, practices, ...

Awards of $100 and $500 to USA, Canada, and International instructors at academic institutions to recognize outstanding accomplishments in marketing education. Eligible innovations include a singular and specific task, drill, initiative, coursework, technique, or occur...

Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International mathematician or group of mathematicians to recognize significant contributions to math education. Nominations should include a description of the noteworthy contributions made by the nominee and evidence of the impact...

Award of $5,000 to a USA or Canada higher education mathematics department in recognition of an outstanding program. This award recognizes a department that has contributed significantly to the field by undertaking an unusual or particularly effective program of value ...

Awards to honor and recognize USA teachers in private and public high schools for contributions to the field of law-related education. Awards will be presented to eligible teachers who have developed educational programs that expanded student understanding of the legal...

Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International program for promoting the participation of underrepresented groups in mathematics. The purpose of this award is to recognize programs that encourage individuals from underrepresented populations to pursue mathematics d...

Award of $8,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for contributions in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to Ph.D.s for outstanding publications in the field. Eligible nominees must have works that were published wit...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for outstanding research in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to Ph.D.s for outstanding publications in the field. Eligible nominees must have works that were publis...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for research in the field of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to authors for noteworthy research publications in the area of analysis. Eligible works are those that were publish...

Award of $1,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for an outstanding mathematical paper. The purpose of the program is to honor and recognize an author for a noteworthy expository contribution to mathematics research literature. Eligible papers must have be...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for an outstanding mathematical research book. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to an author for a notable work that is expected to have a long-term impact on its subject. Eligible books hav...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for publications in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to honor an author of a notable written work or group of works that is impactful to the field. Eligible writings were published in ...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for noteworthy contributions in the study of mathematics. Preference will be given to mathematicians who are at the early stages of their careers and to those who come from, or are professionally connected t...

Award of $1,200 to a USA, Canada, or International individual for notable research in the study of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to give recognition to a student or group of students for outstanding research work during their undergraduate period. The rese...

Award to a USA, Canada, or International individual for exceptional contributions in the field of mathematics. The purpose of the program is to honor mathematicians at any stage in their career who have given guidance, mentorship, and support to future mathematicians, ...

Awards of up to $2,500 to USA, Canada, and International massage therapists for outstanding research reports that communicate clinical findings about the effects of massage on health issues. Awards are intended to develop the research skills of massage therapists and i...

Award of $500 to a USA university or college educator to recognize exceptional contributions to journalism education. This award program was designed to honor a higher education teacher that acts as an example for other educators through teaching excellence in the area...

Awards of $15,000 to USA, Canada, and International authors to honor outstanding works of literary nonfiction. The award is intended for unfinished projects which describe a place, event, movement, or individual. The purpose of the program is to support the completion ...

Award of $10,000 to a USA periodontal resident for demonstrating excellence in the field of dental implantology and periodontology. The purpose of the awards program is to recognize a resident who demonstrates outstanding leadership qualities and commitment to promotin...

Awards to USA translators to recognize exceptional work in the translation of book-length works in Japanese. Eligible entries include short story collections, memoirs, novels, essays, manga, poetry, and drama. Submitted works may be modern or classics that are publishe...

Award of $4,500 to a USA, Canada, or International psychologist affiliated with a nonprofit institution or government entity to recognize scholarly contributions. The program is intended for psychologists at all levels of their careers. Applicants should demonstrate th...

Awards to USA, Canada, and International researchers, scientists, and teams of scientists to acknowledge outstanding contributions to the field of neurodegenerative research. Funding is intended to increase awareness of gaps in research, encourage researchers to work o...

Awards of up to $50,000 to USA and territories artists and artist groups to recognize exceptional contributions in the area of folk arts. Eligible artistic genres include, but are not limited to crafts, dance, music, and oral expression. Eligible nominees must be activ...

Awards to USA early-career scientific researchers to recognize their efforts to promote rigorous research practices in the neuroscience field. Applicants will detail the approaches they have taken not only to practice scientific rigor themselves, but to raise awareness...

Awards of $50,000 to young USA immigrant design professionals in recognition of superb early achievement. Project categories include digital, graphic, product, and social design. The funding source honors designers who have a strong track record of high-caliber and cre...

Prizes of $50,000 to USA immigrant biomedical scientists to recognize exceptional achievement early in their careers. Prize money is intended for young biomedical scientists affiliated with an academic institution or other organization. Eligible applicants have conduct...

Awards of $1,000 and an award of $25,000 to USA, Canada, and International researchers for exceptional neurobiological research. The purpose of this program is to recognize research that has contributed to the advancement of the understanding of the nervous system and ...

Award to a USA, Canada, or International scholar to recognize exceptional advances in research in law, the humanities, theology, and social sciences. Nominees may work in a particular discipline or work in a cross-disciplinary manner. The prize winner must have had a d...

Awards to USA professors, instructors, and teachers at IHEs to honor educators who have inspired students to contribute to society. Nominees may be current or former academic faculty members whose influence on their former students brought them to establish a concept, ...

Award of $5,000 to a USA, Canada, or International print or online freelance journalist to acknowledge outstanding efforts in conflict zones. The award is intended to honor a journalist who has exhibited great determination in order to report on world events. The purpo...