Bright Ideas Educator Grants 💡 | Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation

Since 1994, Piedmont Electric has awarded local educators more than $600,000 in Bright Ideas grants to educators for innovative classroom projects. Teachers, principals and school counselors can apply for grants of up to $2,000. The Bright Ideas grant program is the only one of its kind in our state, exclusively for North Carolina’s K-12 educators. The call for applicants begins in April each year, with grants awarded in October.

Important Bright Ideas Dates for the 2022-2023 School Year

Application opens: April 1, 2022
Final deadline: EXTENDED TO SEPT. 11
Winners announced: October 2022

Winners from the 2021-2022 School Year

Winners from the 2020-2021 School Year

Winners from the 2019-2020 School Year

Winners from the 2018-2019 School Year

Winners from the 2017-2018 School Year

Visit www.NCBrightIdeas.com to learn more about the program and apply for grants.

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Student working in the Engineering Club

Students working with virtual reality goggles

Students working with Sphero robots

Students working with DNA models.

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Bright Ideas Grant Project - history

Bright Ideas Grant Project - history

Bright Ideas Grant Project - building a rocket

Bright Ideas Grant Project - caring for chickens

Bright Ideas Grant Project - chicken coop

Students are able to see intricate work better when casting examples onto new TV screens.

Bright Ideas Grant Project - reading with a Buddy

Students working with Sphero robots

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