CORRECTION: Sherlock Holmes Literacy Grant deadline May 1
Posted by Jan Stauber Grant from The Beacon Society on 3/07/12
The Beacon Society is a not-for-profit affiliate of the
Baker Street Irregulars, the New York City-based group of
Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts founded in 1934. The Beacon
Society has set a May 1 deadline for US and Canadian
teachers,librarians, Sherlockian literary societies, and
others to apply for its pilot funding project, called the
Jan Stauber Grant. The grant provides up to $250
US/Canadian to fund the development of a project that will
introduce young people to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories
about his famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Beacon Society: Teaching Sherlock Holmes