Grants

At the beginning of each school year we invite proposals from practicing primary and second level teachers for innovative projects and resources that demonstrate the integration of ICT into classroom teaching in a meaningful and practical way. Interested teachers are asked to submit an online grant application where they can detail their proposal. Applicants should possess basic web publishing skills in order to participate and if such skills do not exist, there are number of web development courses available through the network of education centres nationally.

All proposals are reviewed by the TeachNet mentor team and the successful applicants are awarded a TeachNet Disseminator Grant. This grant, valued at €600, is to cover any costs the teacher incurs in developing their resources.

Those receiving Disseminator grants join the TeachNet Community of practice where they are provided with a TeachNet hosted web account.  They are provided access to both curriculum and technical mentors through a combination of email, phone and a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).  As members of this community teachers engage with their peers in the process of developing and refining their project.  This is a core tenet of TeachNet, teachers learning from their peers and engaging predominantly in self-directed learning mediated by ICT. 

In springtime we hold our Annual Awards Ceremony in Citigroup Headquarters in the IFSC as a culmination to the process where teachers who have successfully completed projects are presented with their grant cheque.