Those involved with youth and teaching might be interested in this fellowship opportunity.

The Mind Trust’s Education Entrepreneur Fellowship is a nationally
unique incubator for transformative education ventures. The Fellowship
offers promising education entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop
and launch their break-the-mold education ventures and the support
necessary for success. Fellows receive two years of salary, benefits,
customized training, a travel budget and more. With this support,
fellows will be able to realize their visions and achieve
extraordinary results for some of the nation’s most underserved
students.

Read about it online:
http://www.themindtrust.org/edfellowship.aspx .

Statements of intent due September 5, 2008.

(Thanks to Michelle on the Economic Gardening discussion group http://groups.google.com/group/econ-dev?hl=en for passing this along. Russ)