Grants and Scholarships

CHS Foundation Classroom Grant Program

2023 CHS Foundation Scholarships to Attend NAITC Conference!

CHS Foundation provides funds each year to offer scholarships to pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers to attend the 2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference. This year's conference will be held June 26-29 in Orlando, Florida.

The CHS Foundation Scholarships to attend NAITC Conference applications are now open. The application deadline was February 15, 2023. Applicants will be notified by mid-March to enable them to register and secure the early-bird registration cost of $435 provided by the scholarship.

2023 CHS Foundation Classroom Grant Application

CHS Foundation provides $500 grants each year to pre-kindergarten-12th grade teachers who have classroom projects that use agricultural concepts to teach reading, writing, math, science, social studies and more. Eligible projects include classroom and schoolyard gardens, embryology projects, aquaculture projects and agricultural literacy reading programs to name a few. Teachers have until June 1 the following year to complete the project and submit a final report. Only state-certified classroom teachers employed by a school district or private school teachers are eligible to apply.

The CHS Classroom Grant application deadline was September 15, 2022.

Native American Agriculture Fund Scholarship Program

NAITCO Conference Scholarships for Educators of Native American Affiliation or Students

The Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) is partnering with National Agriculture in the Classroom to offer scholarships to teachers of Native American ancestry or Native American students to attend the 2023 National Agriculture in the Classroom Conference. Eligible applicants are teachers at a Tribal government operated school, a Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) school or a BIE-supported school; a school on a reservation teaching Native American students, a non-reservation school that has a high percentage of Native American students, or teachers with a Tribal affiliation.

The Native American Agriculture Fund Scholarships to attend NAITC Conference applications are now open. The application deadline is February 15, 2023. Applicants will be notified by mid-March to enable them to register and secure the early-bird registration cost of $435 provided by the scholarship.