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Innovation, Cutting-Edge STEM Tech Can Win $100K Grants

Funder: Thiel Foundation; Opportunity: 20 Under 20 Thiel Fellows; Funding Focus: Education, innovation, technology; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Individuals under 20, teams and early stage enterprises; Funding: 20 awards of $100,000 each; Deadline: Dec. 31. Summary: Foundation encou...

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Toshiba, NSTA Science Awards Now Open

Foundations: Toshiba and the Nat'l Science Teachers Assn. (NSTA); Opportunity: ExploraVision Program; Funding Focus: Science education, youth (Funding supports student-led science projects); Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: K-12 student-led teams, schools; Funding: Eight winners, up to $...

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NSTA Challenge Science Essay Contest to Open Soon

Private Funders: DuPont and the Nat'l Science Teachers Assn. (NSTA); Opportunity: 2016 DuPont Challenge; Funding Focus: Science education, youth; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Students (Grades K-12) teachers and schools; Funding (estimate): TBA; Deadline: TBA, last year's deadline was Mar...

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Lemelson Competition Rewards Clever Science Projects

Funder: Lemelson Foundation; Opportunity: Lemelson-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Program (administered by MIT's School of Engineering), 2016-17 InvenTeam; Funding Focus: Education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: High school students and teachers and mentors (science, math and t...

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Energy Company Grants to Close Soon

Just a quick reminder that the deadline is near -- Dec. 16 -- for the Shell Science Lab Challenge, which is sponsored by the Nat'l Science Teachers Assn. (NSTA) Ward's Science and Shell Oil Company.  This national awards program rewards teachers with replicable approaches to science lab instruct...

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‘Reach for the Sky’ Teens Sought for Team America

The Team America Rocketry Challenge, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Assn. and the Nat'l Assn. of Rocketry, launches the 2016 design/fly teen competition. Deadline: Dec. 4. It is open to teams of 7th-12th grade students who design, build and fly a model rocket reaching a specific altitud...

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K-12 Workshops can Win Science Assn. Support

Private Funder: American Assn. of Physics Teachers; Opportunity: Frederick and Florence Bauder Endowment for the Support of Physics Teaching grant; Funding Focus: Science education; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Physics teachers who are AAPT members; Funding: Multiples awards of $500 ...

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Science Awards Open for Teachers

Private Funders: Nat'l Science Teachers Assn. and Shell Oil Company; Opportunity: Shell Science Teaching Award; Funding Focus: Education, science, technology, engineering and mathematics; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: Science teachers; Funding: $10,000 for one award; Deadline: Nov. 3...

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Victor Clark Youth Program Likes After School Projects

Funder: American Radio Relay League Foundation; Opportunity: Victor Clark Youth Incentive Program; Funding Focus: Amateur radio organizations with programs to educate, license and support amateur radio activities with an emphasis on youth-based activities; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility:...

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NEF STEM Learning Grants Improve K-12 Ed

Private Funder: Nat'l Education Foundation; Opportunity: 2014 CyberLearning grants; Funding Focus: Education & technology; Geographic Focus: National; Eligibility: School districts, schools, community colleges, colleges, universities, nonprofits; Funding: Varies; Deadline: Rolling (first come...

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