funding ideas for high school interns?

[c011een.livejournal.com]

I am a grad student at Tufts and I do research on green roofs.  I am finalizing my summer research plans and I would like to hire some high school interns to help out with research on the Tisch Library Green Roof on the Tufts Medford campus.  I would *really* like to pay these interns, so that regular kids (not just the super wealthy) can afford to take advantage of this opportunity.  The problem is that I am fresh out of research money.  I have applied for a bunch of grants and sent a bunch of inquiry emails, but I was hoping that you--the omniscient Davis Square LJ community--might have some ideas on where I can look for money, either through convential routes (grants) or by doing something clever, such as the ingenious Phelps-a-thon at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School   http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1666774.html

Please check out the website for the Tufts Green Roof Collaborative to learn more about the project
http://www.tufts.edu/programs/sustainability/GreenRoof.htm

Thanks in advance!!

-Colleen

Comments

[yagagriswold.livejournal.com]

Are you thinking of AGM? http://www.agmconnect.org Good idea. Also, a one-month basic subscription to the Foundation Directory is pretty darn cheap--$20.

Or, if you start by Googling similar projects, you may be able to come up with foundations that have funded research similar to yours. Then you can use the "Foundation Finder" search function to search by foundation name. It is the one online search tool that The Foundation Center doesn't charge for, but you can only search by foundation name.

Also, I'd talk to the Tufts financial aid office. They may be able to help you come up with other grants.

Finally, you might want to look around for city or non-profit programs that focus on summer jobs for kids and see if you can swing a partnership with them. Good luck!

[upsidown.livejournal.com]

Yes! AGM is it! They are super helpful and very nice.