SCHOLARSHIP
AND GRANT DESCRIPTIONS
PERSON RESPONSIBLE
CLASSROOM LITERACY MINI-GRANT
A monetary award designated for a classroom literacy project.  Awards are made based on merits of submitted proposals.
Deadline:  January 15
Reading Educators Council
COUNCIL ENRICHMENT MINI-GRANT
A competitive monetary award designated for council projects.
Deadline:  October 31   
Past President
MILES ZINTZ SCHOLARSHIP
A stipend given to a NM resident who is a graduate student enrolled in a NM university in a program of reading/language arts/literacy emphasis and who is a member of a local NMIRA council by December 1 of the current school year. (Awarded to the Recipient - prior to June 30th)
Deadline:  May 31
Scholarship Chairperson
NM LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP
A stipend given to a graduate student enrolled in a program of reading/language arts/literacy emphasis and who must reside or teach in NM and be a member of a local NMIRA council.  (Awarded to the Recipient - prior to June 30th)
Deadline:  May 31  
Scholarship Chair
NEWSPAPERS IN EDUCATION GRANT
A competitive monetary award designated for NIE grants. Awards are competitive, based upon the merits of a submitted proposal.
Deadline:  February 1   
Newspapers In Education Chairperson
PARENTS AND READING GRANT
A monetary award designated for a council sponsered project involving parents and reading. Awards are made upon merits of submitted proposals.
Deadline:  March 15   
Parents and Reading Chairperson
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIP
A scholarship shall be awarded to an NMIRA member so that s/he may attend a SW Regional Conference or International Convention. The application will be made at the NMIRA summer Leadership Workshop. The awarded scholarship must be used within the year of the drawing.
Deadline:  Summer Leadership Workshop Date  
President & Treasurer


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