Voya Unsung Heroes Awards Program

Each year, the Voya Unsung Heroes Awards Program selects 100 educators to receive $2,000 to help fund their innovative class projects. Three of those are chosen to receive an additional $5,000, $10,000, and $25,000. Deadline: April 30, 2016.

Jan Stauber Grant

This grant awards $500 to K–12 teachers and librarians who develop a teaching project introducing young people to Sherlock Holmes. Deadline: May 1, 2016.

2016 Dow Jones News Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year Awards

The Teacher of the Year Awards program showcases innovation in scholastic journalism and celebrates those teachers who inspire students to go above and beyond to accomplish the extraordinary. Deadline: July 9, 2016.