Apply for a BHS Innovation Fund Grant
Our primary purpose at the BHS Innovation Fund is to support you — BHS Educators — by granting you the time needed to bring your ideas for new, innovative academic initiatives, courses, and programs into reality.
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 7.
Have an innovative idea?
What are the deadlines?
For proposals for the 2026-2027 school year (to be carried out starting in the 2027-2028 school year):
- Oct 7, 2026: Deadline for quick pitches to Program Liaison
- Oct 14-16, 2026: Feedback from quick pitches provided by Program Liaison
- Nov 11, 2026: Full program proposals due to Program Liaison
- Nov 18-20, 2026: Feedback from full program proposals provided by Program Liaison
- Jan 6, 2027: Selected program proposal presentations due to Program Liaison
- Jan 11 & 12, 2027: Program proposals presented to the Program Committee (evening meeting)
- Feb-May, 2027: Proposed programs are notified of approval and funding
The cycle will begin again the following 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 recent programs and BHS faculty that the Fund has supported:
- Justice in Action
- Heritage Spanish-Speaker Pathway
- Queer Student Program (QSP)
- Social Emotional Learning Tutorial (SEL-T)
- Data Science and Social Justice
And so much more. Check out all of the programs supported by the BHS Innovation Fund and the faculty who made those programs a reality.