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NEF Signature Programs

Edu-preneur Grants

Transform learning with your creative ideas!

The Naperville Education Foundation invites Naperville 203 certified educators to become instructional entrepreneurs—Edu-preneurs—by designing, pitching, and testing innovative proposals that can:

  • Ignite student engagement and creativity
  • Personalize learning in new ways
  • Create workflows and streamline educator time
  • Connect learning to students’ lives like never before

Your idea can change the Naperville 203 learning landscape.

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to test out a new idea, this is it.

This grant is more than support; it’s seed funding for educator entrepreneurship. It’s designed to help you test, adapt, and grow your most ambitious ideas with real resources behind you.

What begins as a pilot proposal can become a catalyst—sparking transformation that expands beyond one learning space and influences the way students across Naperville 203 learn, engage, and thrive.

Edu-preneur Timeline

  • December 1: Letter of Intent is due
  • January 31: Applications for selected applicants are due
  • Mid-February: Selected applicants present their pitches
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