The Battelle Climate Challenge is officially open and accepting entries until February 7, 2025! This challenge offers students a chance to win a $5,000 STEM grant for a public school, library, or non-profit of their choice by learning about the impacts of climate-related hazards within their community and developing a proposed action to help build … Read more
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encourages the submission of supplemental funding requests to engage the public in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming and activities that showcase existing exhibits, films, maker experiences and other public science communication efforts funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This DCL is led by the NSF Directorate … Read more
NSF’s largest applied research program for preK-12 STEM formal education has just issued a solicitation seeking proposals for a Resource Center on Transformative Education Research and Translation. An award through this opportunity would be made as a five-year, $5M cooperative agreement. This solicitation seeks proposals for the Discovery Research PreK-12 program’s Resource Center (DRK-12 RC) … Read more
Public school teachers are invited to be a part of a nationwide competition that empowers 6th-12th grade students to harness the power of STEM to address issues in their community and make STEM accessible to all. Throughout the competition, applicants will have a chance to win a share of $2 million in Samsung technology and … Read more
This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) encourages the submission of supplemental funding requests to engage the public in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programming and activities that showcase existing exhibits, films, maker experiences and other public science communication efforts funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). This DCL is led by the NSF Directorate … Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Fisheries, also known as the National Marine Fisheries Service, is seeking proposals to support citizen science projects that can improve federal fishery stock assessments and climate-ready fisheries management. Funding will prioritize projects that provide information for use in stock assessments and increase understanding of current and/or future impacts … Read more
NASA is seeking proposals for the 2024 NASA TEAM II Community Anchor and STEM Innovator Awards. Eligible proposers include U.S. nonprofit science museums, planetariums, youth-serving organizations, and libraries. Selected parties will offer inquiry- or experiential-based opportunities that include NASA education and research and directly align with space exploration, aeronautics, space science, earth science, or microgravity. … Read more
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios is partnering with SciStarter – a leading platform for citizen science projects – to foster leadership capacity among library staff and other community organizations supporting science education and migratory bird conservation this spring through fall. Priority is given to library partnerships. Selected partners will receive $800 to host an event or … Read more
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to increase the scientific and environmental literacy and problem-solving skills of youth in the Gulf of Mexico region. This funding opportunity will support the next generation of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) leaders in the field of environmental justice (EJ) … Read more
The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program funds innovative science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and Informal Science Education (ISE) educational projects for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 (P–12).