Jane Elizabeth Brauer Educational Grant

Deadline for Submission – March 15, 2012

Download and Submit Forms

Applications for the Jane Elizabeth Brauer grant are due March 15, 2012.  Please complete the Grant Application and submit to the WMEF Awards Chair via email to awardsWMEF@gmail.com or mailed to Karen Reiss, Awards Chair, Wisconsin Mathematics Education Foundation, PO Box 171011, Milwaukee, WI  53217.

2011-2012 Awards Chair

The WMEF Awards Chair, Karen Reiss and her committee will manage the process.

The Awards Committee will review the applications and select the Jane Elizabeth Brauer grantees. Applicants are scored based on the following:

1. A brief typed proposal (two pages maximum) that includes the following:

1. Evidence of the applicant's role in mathematics education.
2. An explanation of what the applicant expects to gain from attending this conference.
3. An explanation of how the applicant's attendance will benefit others in mathematics education in her/his local area.

A letter of support that describes the applicant's role in mathematics education.

Grant recipients will be notified by March 25, 2012.  Grantees will be introduced at the awards presentation at the WMC Annual Conference in Green Lake.

Grant Criteria

A Jane Elizabeth Brauer Grant applicant:

• Will be a member of WMC by or on May 1, 2012. .
• Serves as a mathematics educator in her/his school, district, or some other capacity relating to mathematics education.
• Must complete a grant application.

 Grant Magnitude

Jane Elizabeth Brauer grants of up to $825 will be made. Please review the grant application for details about how the grant can be used.

Grant Reimbursement

To be reimbursed, each grantee must submit a written report about her/his conference experience and complete and submit a reimbursement form including expenditure receipts and documentation for up to $825 within 60 days of the WMC Annual Conference. The WMEF Awards Chair will provide forms and instructions directly to grant recipients.

In 2011, the Wisconsin mathematics education community lost a good friend and advocate, Jane Brauer, when she lost her battle to cancer.  Through the generosity of the McGraw-Hill Education Group, the Jane Elizabeth Brauer Educational Grant was established in 2011 to provide monetary assistance for mathematics educators to attend the WMC Annual Conference in Green Lake.  The grant, administered through the Wisconsin Educational Foundation, pays tribute to Jane’s many contributions to mathematics education.

Your generous donation will help the WMEF to continue providing professional growth opportunities.  Please consider making a contribution today. WMEF will mail a thank you letter suitable for use in informing the IRS that you received no goods or services in return for your generous gift.

For more information, visit the WMEF webpage at http://wmefonline.org/