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Apply for the Jan Stauber Grant

Mission

  • To provide needed financial assistance to persons and organizations proposing literacy projects and other educational experiences that will introduce young people to Sherlock Holmes.

Goals

  • Encourage young people to read;
  • Introduce more young people to Sherlock Holmes;
  • Provide needed financial support in the form of grants to support projects introducing more young people to Sherlock Holmes;
  • Reach out to non-Sherlockians and encourage and help them through financial assistance to develop such projects; and
  • Honor Jan Stauber’s work introducing young people to Sherlock Holmes (that's her picture above).

Target Audience

  • Elementary, Middle School, and Upper School Teachers (both public and private)
  • Librarians (school, public libraries, etc.)
  • Sherlockians active in organizations involving young people (Cub Scouts, Brownies, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire USA, YMCA, etc.)
  • Sherlockian Societies, and other such persons and entities.

2010 Deadline, Funding Guidelines, and Application Form will be available after 15 March