The United States-Japan Foundation Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes exceptional teachers who further mutual understanding between Americans and Japanese. The award is presented annually to two pre-college teachers in two categories, humanities and Japanese language.
Maximum award: $7,500 ($2,500 monetary award, $5,000 in project funds).
Eligibility: current full-time K-12 classroom teachers of any relevant subject in the United States who have been teaching for at least five years.
Deadline: February 2, 2009.
http://www.us-jf.org/elginHeinz.html

The American Historical Association Beveridge Family Teaching Prize recognizes excellence and innovation in elementary, middle school, and secondary history teaching, including career contributions and specific initiatives.
Maximum award: $1,500, plus travel expenses for group leader to travel to annual meeting in January 2010 to accept award.
Eligibility: K-12 teachers in groups.
Deadline: March 16, 2009.
http://www.historians.org/teaching/Beveridge.htm

The Teaching Tolerance project of the Southern Poverty Law Center offers grants to K-12 classroom teachers for implementing tolerance and youth activism projects in their schools and communities. Proposals from other educators such as community organizations and churches will be considered on the basis of direct student impact.
Proposal deadline: ongoing.
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/grants/guide.jsp