Connie Hull Mini Grants

Do you have an idea you would like to try out in your school library to promote literacy and student achievement? Have a new activity you want to implement at your school?  Want to try out that idea you have for a parent-child book club, a student storytelling festival, a visual literacy activity, or that intriguing collaborative project germinating in your brain. 

Check out this video interview in which Keely Nudo (Scappoose School District) and Kate Dutro (Reynolds School District) discuss their 2023 Connie Hull Mini Grants and the grant process. Keely's grant focused on nonfiction collection development to support new curriculum, while Kate's grant focused on student reading engagement. Be inspired to apply for your own grant!

On behalf of the Connie Hull Endowment Fund, Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL) offers a unique opportunity for current OASL members to apply for one of two $1000 mini-grants designed to promote literacy through an activity or program in a strong school library program.

Who is eligible? 

• A Connie Hull Mini-Grant applicant must be a current member of OASL.
• Only one Connie Hull Mini-Grant application per member per year may be submitted.  
• Connie Hull Mini-Grant winners from the immediate previous year are ineligible to apply for the current year.

The application is very simple and the deadline is December 30th, 2024! Recipients will be announced in January, 2025.

1. Submit a Connie Hull Mini-Grant cover page, or cover email that includes the following:

• Grant Proposal Title
• Your Name
• School
• Position
• School Mailing Address
• Contact Telephone #
• Contact Email Address
• Name of building administrator
• Signature of building administrator