awards announced on the last business day of each month

Sponsor: Crayola and the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
Award: $2,500 plus $1,000 in Crayola gear
Number of Awards: Up to 20 major prizes, plus one Crayola Classpack for every applicant submitting by the early bird deadline
Application Deadline: June 23 (June 5 for early bird prize)

Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Up to $5,000 awarded on a rolling basis; Aug. 1 deadline for applications for more than $5,000

Deadline: Ongoing
Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
Number of Awards: Varies
Qualification: Projecthas already seen a variety of interesting events.

A Total Solar Eclipse

In March, EPIC captured a total solar eclipse, showing the moon’s shadow move across the face of the Earth. Those on Earth who were located in the path of the shadow were able to see a total solar eclipse.

During a solar eclipse, our moon passes between the Earth and the sun. From our Earthly perspective, we look up in the sky and see a sun eclipsed, darkened by a circular shadow, for a brief period of time.

Lunar Transit

Because of DSCOVR’s unique position, it witnesses one or two lunar transits each year.

Since DSCOVR is located between the Earth and the sun at all times, and the moon orbits around the Earth, intuition may lead you to believe that you