Apply for a BHS Innovation Fund Grant
This is your chance to launch new, innovative academic initiatives, courses, and programs.
We are now accepting proposals for programs that will start in the 2026-2027 school year.
Want to talk through your idea? Contact the Fund Liaison, Erica O’Mahony (erica_omahony@psbma.org).
Get feedback before you commit to writing a full program proposal. Quick pitches are due by October 8.
Have an innovative idea?
What are the deadlines?
For proposals for the 2025-2026 school year (to be carried out starting in the 2026-2027 school year):
- Oct 8, 2025: Deadline for quick pitches to Program Liaison
- Oct 15-17, 2025: Feedback from quick pitches provided by Program Liaison
- Nov 12, 2025: Full program proposals due to Program Liaison
- Nov 18-21, 2025: Feedback from full program proposals provided by Program Liaison
- Jan 7, 2026: Selected program proposal presentations due to Program Liaison
- Jan 12 & 13, 2026: Program proposals presented to the Program Committee (evening meeting)
- Feb-May, 2026: Proposed programs are notified of approval and funding
The cycle will begin again next year for proposals to be carried out starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
What programs has the Innovation Fund funded?
Did you know that the BHS Innovation Fund has invested in more than 30 programs totaling over $7 million invested in BHS in the 25 years of the Fund? At the BHS Innovation Fund, our mission is to catalyze innovation at BHS by supporting faculty-driven curricular initiatives that will inspire our students and prepare them to thrive in a changing world. That means we invest in YOU!
Here are just some of the programs and BHS faculty that the Fund has supported over the years:
- Heritage Spanish-Speaker Pathway
- Queer Student Program (QSP)
- Social Emotional Learning Tutorial (SEL-T)
- Data Science and Social Justice
- Climate Science and Social Change
- EPIC (Experiential, Project-based, Innovative, Capstone)
And so much more. Check out all of the Programs supported by the Fund and the Faculty who made those programs a reality.