Grant Requirements
- The applicant is a K-12 tax-exempt public school in Windham County, Connecticut.
- The field trip involves travel to a program at, or sponsored by, one of the following ten organizations:
- Connecticut Audubon Center at Pomfret, Connecticut – ctaudubon.org
- Connecticut Science Center, Hartford, Connecticut – ctsciencecenter.org
- Hartford Stage, Hartford, Connecticut – hartfordstage.org
- Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Connecticut – mysticaquarium.org
- Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut – mysticseaport.org
- New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, Connecticut – neam.org
- Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts – osv.org
- Performing Arts of Northeast Connecticut (formerly Opera New England) – performingartsnect.org
- The Three C’s (The Community Cultural Committee of Northeastern Connecticut, Inc.) – thethreecs.org
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut – thewadsworth.org
- The application is fully and correctly completed. Click here to access the Application Form.
- No grant will exceed $800. If all of the funds are not used for the proposed field trip, please contact us.
- Each school can receive up to $1600 in grant funding during the 2022-23 school year.
Grant Process
- Applications may be submitted for field trips scheduled during the 2022-23 school year. Applications will be reviewed on a “first-received, first-funded” basis until all available funds have been awarded.
- Applicant specific username and password credentials will be generated through the log-in process (click here). If you have any questions, please contact us by clicking here.
- Applications must be received at least 15 days prior to the field trip.
- Applicants will be notified that an application has been approved or denied by email within two weeks after receipt of the complete application.
- Checks will be mailed within one week following approval of an application.
- If your field trip is cancelled or changed, or if all the grant funds are not expended for the approved purpose, please contact us.
- Receiving post trip feedback from the grant recipients is critical to continuity and improvement of the program. Schools receiving grants are expected to submit a report within 30 days after the date of the field trip. A grant report reminder email will be sent to all approved applicants. Please follow the prompts in that email to file your report.