Draft / Verification Hold — current 2026-2027 program is open, but the controlling application does not publish the 4:30 p.m. deadline time zone; applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach remains fail-closed pending authoritative clarification.Atlas Opportunity Score 61/100
Mississippi Professional Educators Administrator School Grants — 2026-2027
FundingUp to $1,000 per administrator grant; MPE states it will award up to 50 Administrator School Grants for 2026-2027.
DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.; the controlling 2026 MPE application does not state a time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026
Required next actionObtain authoritative confirmation of the September 30, 2026 deadline time zone before any applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach. Then verify a specific eligible Mississippi public/private school administrator, IHL/community college dean, or post-secondary department chair has been an active MPE member for at least one year; confirm a compliant teacher/staff morale or recognition project, administrator and superintendent/supervisor signatures, detailed budget, verified business Contact/email, Email_Opt_Out, permanent hard-bounce status, and CRM/Atlas_Email_Queue/authoritative send-history deduplication. Do not introduce N9+.
Broad Eligibility
Public or private school administrators, IHL or community college deans, and post-secondary department chairs who have been active Mississippi Professional Educators members for at least one year immediately before the deadline. Lead teachers are not eligible. Funded grants are limited to one per school district, college, or university per school year.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 61/100. N9+ Fit Score 0/100. QC Healthcare / Dr. Miltie direct-vendor fit 0/100. Legitimate Mississippi school-support opportunity with fully published application requirements and up to $1,000 per award, but the small award size and prohibition on equipment materially limit strategic fit. The current application deadline is September 30, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.; because MPE does not state a time zone, applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach is held under Atlas fail-closed rules until that point is authoritatively resolved.
Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE) is accepting 2026 Administrator School Grant applications from qualifying MPE-member administrators for projects that motivate, inspire, reward, and encourage teachers and staff. Grants may support new or expanded incentive programs, special events, professional development opportunities, and parent-involvement programs.
The 2026 program offers grants of up to $1,000. The current guidelines allocate four grants in each of MPE’s eight membership districts plus eighteen grants from the statewide applicant pool, subject to applications meeting minimum requirements. Eligible applicants are public or private school administrators, IHL or community college deans, and post-secondary department chairs who have been active MPE members for at least one year immediately before the deadline. Lead teachers are not eligible.
Grant funds may not be used for capital supplies, furniture, landscaping, equipment, travel expenses, or field trips. Applications require the MPE form, a project description, project goals, school profile, detailed project budget, and signatures from the administrator and superintendent/supervisor. Completed applications are submitted by email as a PDF to the address specified in the official application.
The controlling 2026 application requires receipt by September 30, 2026 at 4:30 p.m., but it does not state a time zone. Atlas therefore treats applicant-specific ORIGINAL outreach as fail-closed until the deadline time zone is authoritatively resolved. No N9+ or QC Healthcare fit is established.
Source verificationReferenced source · cdn.ymaws.comAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
