ExpiredAtlas Opportunity Score 72/100
Indiana Thriving Schools Challenge — Fall 2026
Indiana K-12 project-based learning grants for student-led sustainability projects in school gardens, energy and waste reduction, and climate and sustainability curriculum.
FundingFall 2026 award amount is not publicly stated on the current program page. Since 2019, ITSC reports $300,000 in grant funding and educator stipends across 123 Indiana K-12 school grants.
DeadlineSeptember 13, 2026; the official program page does not publish a submission clock time
Last verifiedSeptember 18, 2026
Required next actionFall 2026 application deadline passed September 13, 2026. Maintain as closed school-funding intelligence and monitor Indiana Thriving Schools Challenge for the next cycle.
Broad Eligibility
Open to all K-12 schools in Indiana. Priority consideration is given to schools in Marion County and historically underserved rural communities. Projects must be student-led, youth involvement is mandatory, and proposed work must fit the program pillars of School Gardens, Energy & Waste Reduction, or Climate & Sustainability Curriculum Creation.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 72/100. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. This is a verified statewide school/education opportunity with a clear active application window and broad K-12 eligibility. The funded scope is environmental sustainability and student-led project-based learning rather than healthcare, telehealth, remote examination, RPM, clinical technology, school nursing, or behavioral-health services, so there is no defensible N9+ direct-vendor path. The current Fall 2026 award amount is not published on the program page and is therefore preserved as unknown rather than inferred from prior cohorts.
The Indiana Thriving Schools Challenge Fall 2026 grant round is open to all K-12 schools in Indiana for student-led sustainability projects. The current program page identifies three core pillars: School Gardens, Energy & Waste Reduction, and Climate & Sustainability Curriculum Creation. Youth involvement is mandatory, and priority consideration is given to schools in Marion County and historically underserved rural communities.
Applications are due September 13, 2026. The program does not currently publish a universal Fall 2026 award amount, so Atlas does not infer a per-school ceiling from prior cohorts. Indiana Thriving Schools reports that since 2019 it has distributed approximately $300,000 in grant funding and educator stipends across 123 K-12 school grants.
This is legitimate statewide school-funding intelligence but not a healthcare or clinical-technology pathway. Atlas assigns N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100 and recommends that applicants focus on a genuinely student-led sustainability project rather than trying to force unrelated health technology into the program.
Source verificationReferenced source · indianathrivingschools.orgAtlas last verified this record September 18, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
