The Sun Academic Excellence Grant program has helped numerous schools kick-start their projects by providing equipment grants and access to free training and certifications.
Funding for grants focus on areas such as:
Curriculum Integration: The integration of Sun Technology in undergraduate and graduate level courses through the development and use of model curricula.
Community Development: The sponsorship of a Sun or Open Source community development projects that align with the academic and research interests of your students, faculty and researchers and result in 'put-backs' to the code.
Localization: The localization of the code or development tools and resources to languages other than English.
Community Outreach: Promote broad awareness of Sun technologies on campus and participation of faculty, students and other members of the academic community in Sun communities through events, workshops and end-user communications.
Java Software Development: NetBeans IDE plug-ins that result in put backs to the Net Beans community.
Application Development: Development of an application, technology or solution using the Sun platform which can be deployed in the Education, Life Science, Healthcare or Government industry.
Thin Client: Deployment of Sun Ray thin clients; ideally 100 or more seats
Grants are made on a published quarterly calendar and are for hardware donations only. Grants do not include maintenance, service or technical support. Grants must be reviewed and supported by the local Education Sales Representative. Grants are valid for 60 days from the date of the award. The priorities that Sun uses to make investment decisions are reviewed and published annually.
Eligibility Guidelines
Higher Education
In the United States, eligible institutions must have:
3304(f) or a 501(c)(3) or Section 115 tax exempt status
be a degree granting institution or be involved in basic research
Outside of the United States, institutions must either be degree-granting or involved in basic research and be recognized as a non-commercial enterprise by their national government.
Non-profit institutions with 501(c)(3) status which are neither degree-granting nor directly involved with basic research may be eligible if they directly support the academic and research communities in their mission to create and disseminate knowledge, and if they can demonstrate financial need.
Primary and Secondary/K-12 Educational Institutions
To be eligible as a primary or secondary educational institution, the following guidelines must be met:
Public or private formal full-time educational institution offering classes in the range or equivalence of grades Primary and Secondary (K12)
Licensed, certified or accredited to operate as a school or school administrative unit in the state or country of operation
We Want To To Hear From You
The Education & Research group at Sun Microsystems, is very interested in following the progress of your project. We would therefore appreciate receiving quarterly feedback on the progress of your project, as per the guidelines on our Project Progress/Feedback Form. Questions? Contact Us at any time.
