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Grant Options for Seminar Graduates
Seminar graduates – teachers of various disciplines and working with students from various age groups – have the opportunity to apply for a small grant to develop local projects with their students, to put into action the competencies they gained during the seminar.
Teachers are encouraged to be creative and design projects which are innovative, employ participatory learning approaches and focus on the topic of Holocaust and human rights. The program offers pedagogical counseling and support for teachers to use the interdisciplinary methodology designed and promoted by TOLI, which combines Holocaust education, human rights education and intercultural education. Through this methodology, teachers create meaningful learning processes for students and develop not only students’ knowledge of history, but also their competences for democratic culture, becoming active citizens in front of present social injustices.
Grants have been awarded to support a wide variety of classroom work, visits by Holocaust survivors, field trips to Holocaust centers and other relevant sites, resources for classrooms and school libraries, and extended programming and community outreach that bring Holocaust and social justice education to wider audiences. Grant funds may not be used for teachers’ travel to conferences or to purchase electronic equipment. While teachers may continue to apply for impact grants, individual projects may receive only one grant per year for no more than three years.
READ BELOW FOR TESTIMONIES AND FURTHER EXAMPLES OF IMPACT GRANTS COMPLETED IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
US Grants
Graduates of our US summer seminars are eligible to apply for impact grants of up to $1,000 for projects in their classrooms, their schools, and their communities.
European Grants
The European Impact Grant program started in 2016, as a complementary program to the yearly seminars for teachers.
The 2024 call for projects is currently closed. If you have any questions about your application, please contact Edina Meca at emeca@tolinstitute.org. Applications for next year will open in August 2025.
It is so important to address the topics of antisemitism, Holocaust and human rights. Through the Impact Grant Program we are receiving support to constantly remind ourselves and our students of these topics, so that we can prevent human rights violations.
Vesna Kostic
Teacher
Serbia
The grant program gave me the opportunity to do activities in and out of the classroom on a budget. Without the TOLI grant, the students of Secondary School No. 18 Timișoara would not have had the opportunity to learn the history of Lithuania and the city of Vilnius from people who were the same age as them during the Holocaust.
Marian Plesa
Teacher
Romania
This excerpt from a French student’s thank you note confirms that not only do outreach programs like this work, but they are necessary and really do inspire students to uncover and act on what is already in their hearts. From Mascime Haspot, Normandy: “I can’t find the words to express my gratitude towards you, who made me realize we have a task; never forget, so that your past will never be our future, as said Weisel. This has been an unforgettable experience, a very unique one, emotionally powerful for me and, I believe, for all the other students, and perhaps difficult for you. This effort you made to transmit this story, I will make it as well.”
Nicole Korsen
Teacher
United States
TOLI Impact Grants offer the freedom to think and organize a project tailored to the needs of our students, the opportunity to promote democratic values. At the same time, support and counselling are provided throughout the project, which provides confidence and moral support in carrying out the proposed activities.
Gabriela Silaghi
Teacher
Romania
The participation in the Impact Grant Program provided to those who participated – teachers and students – the possibility to approach such a difficult subject in an appropriate methodological way, in order to develop necessary life skills. In addition, it strengthened the synergies between teachers both inside and outside our school and enriched the school library with materials related to the teaching of the Holocaust, open to the educational community.
Vaia Manoli
Teacher
Greece
Community Outreach
Survivor Visits
Classroom Work
Field Trips
Extended Programming
