Remake Learning Grants
Helping network members transform ideas into action.
Remake Learning offers catalytic grants to support innovative learning projects and practices throughout southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia.
Moonshot Grants
In 2021 and 2022, 34 Moonshot Grantees received over $2.5 million of funding to build out experimental ideas, test new concepts, and find powerful ways to move the education field toward a new future of learning. These grantees challenged traditional notions of professional development, explored personalized learning in schools by abandoning traditional letter grades, experimented with community-based, multigenerational learning, and more. Meet the grant recipients: 2021 Round 1 and Round 2, 2022 Round 1 and Round 2.
Another round of applications will open in 2023! Check back here or subscribe to our newsletter for updates.
Preferred Future of Learning
Moonshot Grants challenge applicants to envision their preferred future of learning—what they hope learning will look like ten to twenty years in the future. Grants of up to $70,000 are awarded to successful applicants.
Moonshot ideas are experimental, incorporate collaboration, and center equity and justice by supporting learners of color, learners in poverty, learners in rural areas, girls in STEM and/or learners with disabilities.
Compelling ideas will represent fresh initiatives aimed at shaping the future of learning rather than expanding upon initiatives that already exist.
Opportunity Details
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Eligibility
To be eligible for a Moonshot Grant, applicants must:
- Be a registered member of the Remake Learning network (to register, visit remakelearning.org/join)
- Be a 501(c)3 organization, school, university, or fiscally sponsored project
- You may have other entities and individuals in your application, but the applicant must be one of the entities listed above
- Be based in Remake Learning’s greater Pittsburgh service area, which includes the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington, and Westmoreland in Pennsylvania, as well as the counties of Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Monongalia, Ohio, Preston, and Wetzel in West Virginia
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Requirements
- All applicants must attend a Moonshot Grant informational workshop. Workshops attended in past years satisfy this requirement.
- Awardees must attend ongoing cohort workshops.
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Timeline
2023 applications will open soon. Please check back here for dates when funding has been announced.
Previous Applicant Support
Moonshot FAQ
Find answers to common Moonshot Grant questions. Still stumped? Email apply@remakelearning.org for help.
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1. Can my district/organization submit more than one proposal?
Only one proposal per organization will be reviewed per funding round. If your proposal is not awarded funding in a previous round, you are free to submit a proposal again. If your proposal was awarded funding in a previous round, your organization will not be eligible for funding.
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2. Can my district/organization receive more than one Moonshot Grant?
Districts/organizations are eligible to receive only one grant.
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3. Can I preview the proposal form?
Yes, a PDF of the application form will be available when the application period opens.
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4. If awarded, when will I receive the grant funds?
Grant funds will be distributed by mail approximately one month after the notification date.
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5. By when do grant funds need to be spent?
Grants will close one calendar year from award notification, with all funds needing to be spent by then.
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6. Can my district/organization partner with another?
Partnerships are encouraged. If partnering with another organization, please select one to act as the primary applicant and recipient of grant funds.
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7. Who will review Moonshot Grant proposals?
Applications will be reviewed by a committee comprised of Remake Learning network members. Each proposal will be read and scored independently by two reviewers.
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8. Who do I contact with questions or tech issues?
Questions can be directed to apply@remakelearning.org.
