Learn How to Learn More
See the Winston Science Site & Competitions
Visit their website at www.winstonsolar.org or contact them at 214-265-4138 for more information.
Seeking Grant information? Try These:
Go to www.grants.gov for listing. (Note: Be sure and read the information on the DUNS number below.)
Check out the National Science Teachers Association and their Grants, Awards, and Competitions. Go to http://www.nsta.org/awardscomp for more information.
Be sure and look at NASA Grants & Procurement for Elementary & Secondary Education
Do You Have a D-U-N-S Number? All schools applying for a Federal grant or cooperative agreement must have a D-U-N-S (Data Universal Numbering System) number beginning October 1, 2003. This is a unique nine-character identification number that is supplied by Dun & Bradstreet. There is no charge to obtain a number.
You may register for the number online at https://eupdate.dnb.com/requestoptions.html (a secure Web site) or you may follow the steps below:
- Call 1-800-333-0505.
- Press “3” to register your business and obtain a DUNS number.
- Press “2” for assistance.
- Press “1” for Federal Registration. (A Service representative will answer and may try to sell the company’s Credit Builder Service. You do not have to buy this service to obtain the DUNS number.)
- You will be asked to supply the following information:
a. Name of the business
b. Business address
c. Local phone number
d. Name of the CEO/business owner/superintendent
e. Legal structure of the business (corporation, partnership, proprietorship, school)
f. The year the business started
g. Primary line of business
h. Total number of employees (full- and part-time).
