This is a legal requirement of the Board of Trustees.  By signing you and your Principal agree to use the funds as proposed and follow the guidelines of the grant. You also agree to 'Update Profile' if either your email or password change during the life of this grant.

NOTE: WINNERS AND GALLERY ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Read summaries of 2008 winning grants at Winners' Page.
See samples of model applications in the Gallery under Model Applications.
Visit other grant websites (see Links).
Ask previous winning teachers to mentor you. 

One teacher must take responsibility for being the contact for each project.  This teacher will receive correspondence for the team and has the responsibility to coordinate communication between the Foundation and the teacher team.  Please DO NOT list the Contact Teacher as an additional teacher on the Application.

We are interested in funding projects where hands-on student learning can be demonstrated.  For examples, on this website, go to Winners and Gallery.

The judges are a group of current and retired CPS teachers who assist Mr. Oppenheimer.  Most specialize in the areas listed in the categories drop down list.

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- All of our work is done by volunteers.  When we set a deadline, we organize our volunteers to help us on specific dates.  We ask you to respect our deadlines.

For technical help, please contact TechSupport@offtig.org
For grant related questions, please contact GrantInfo@offtig.org
For general inquiries, please contact mail@offtig.org

All notifications are sent by e-mail prior to the Thanksgiving Holiday.  Please do not contact us before then; however, if others in your school receive notification and you have not, please call the Foundation:                312-943-9472        .  Leave a clear message with your name, school, phone number and Project Title. Or, send an email to mail@offtig.org with the same info.

First, judges look for a project where students will be inspired in their learning through hands-on experiences.  Interdisciplinary and/or team projects are preferred but not necessarily the only winners.  And, it is expected that teachers will give some thought to their presentation with focused thought-out explanations, proper English grammar and spelling.  When we ask for a title with character limits, our expectation is that you will give us a title within those limits.  We look for excellence in every step of our process from the Application to the Final Report.  Good luck to you and thank you for being a teacher who reaches beyond the norm.

In order to register on the OFFTIG website you should follow the steps given below :
1. Click on the "Create An Account" link on the top-right most corner of the website home page.
2. You should complete the online registration form as per the given instructions.
3. Click on the "Sign Up Now " button at the bottom of the page.
4.  An email will be sent to your email account that you have provided in the registration form confirming that the reigistration was successful.
5. Please keep this email for future reference should you need to remember your login information.
6. Now , you can login to this website from the "Login" link on the top right-most corner of the website home page or from the Teachers Area.

- Read the Guidelines and the FAQs.
- Create a grant application for the current year.
- Edit and Save the new grant application as often as you like.
- Click 'Final Submit' when application is fully completed.
- You may NOT edit a grant application once you click 'Final Submit.'
- Before sending 2 (two) hard copies of your grant application to the Oppenheimer Family Foundation, be sure to have your principal and all applying teachers sign the printed application(s).
- Following the deadline, all grant applications are processed and judged by our judges.
- Please note - any extraneous material is thrown away prior to judging.

On the Application:
- To add an item, click onto '+ADD'
- Please note that the column totals automatically.

- Your information in the computer forms a database that gives us all of your data and is the basis for all of the processes in the Grant program i.e. the program booklet that lists the winners and their projects. (See Winners for past examples).
- The computer database provides us with a master list and reports throughout our application processing. It also provides an historical record of grant applications.

For website support questions, contact techsupport@offtig.com
For grant related questions, contact grantinfo@offtig.com

An August, 2008 CPS list appears in this dropdown. All CPS schools are eligible to apply for the grant. Follow the instructions on the Application to add your CPS school.  NOTE: Schools are listed by last name only.  Small schools within larger schools list the large school first. For example, Bowen - Environmental. The listing will be added within 48 hours if it is approved.  We check with the Board of Education and require a Mail Run Number to approve the school.  NOTE: There are two lists in the dropdown, High Schools shown in green, followed by Elementary Schools, shown in blue.

To update email address and or password or other personal profile item, go to the upper right hand corner of any screen.  You must be logged on, click on to 'Update Profile'.

NOTE: Please use upper and lower case, proper English, when inputting your name.