IB grants

The International Baccalaureate® (IB) provides short-term grants for schools experiencing financial challenges or wanting to increase access to IB programmes.

Who can apply?

This fund offers grants to schools or education districts in three categories.

Category 1: IB World Schools experiencing temporary financial difficulties owing to circumstances beyond their control.

Category 2: Schools aiming to become authorized IB World Schools. Schools must be able to demonstrate anticipated wide socio-economic access to the IB programme, long-term financial viability and that the IB programme will potentially make a significant impact on the school community as a whole. Schools must have submitted Part A and have been accepted as a candidate school.

Category 3: IB World Schools wanting to widen access to their IB programme(s). An example would be an IB World School wanting to establish a mentoring partnership with schools that do not offer an IB programme or to develop online facilities to support another school.

Nature of the grants

Grants are short term, valid for one year with a possible extension to two years maximum. The ongoing sustainability of an IB programme is an important consideration in awarding a grant.

Funds can be used for, but are not limited to, the training of teachers and administrators, the payment of the IB annual school fee for one or more programmes, or to support creative schemes to widen access as indicated above.

Grants normally take the form of a rebate in fees or direct payments to the IB Organization on behalf of a school or education district, but cash grants will be considered in certain circumstances relating to category 3 as outlined above.

Applications

There are three deadlines for receipt of applications in 2009.

13 March for grants in 2009

26 June for grants in 2009

6 November for grants in 2009–2010

The application form (122 kb, Word) should be completed and emailed to the Access and Advancement Office in Singapore at ibgrant@ibo.org.