INL offers grants to enhance STEM education in Idaho

Idaho teachers can now apply for grants to purchase technology, equipment and materials for special projects or to remodel a classroom through two Idaho National Laboratory programs.

The INL Mini Grant and Extreme Classroom Makeover Grants are open to teachers at private and public elementary and secondary schools throughout the state.

The Mini Grant program provides teachers with up to $1,000 to buy technology or materials for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) projects. The INL Extreme Classroom Makeover Grants is a $10,000 award that can be used to transform a classroom into a modern learning environment that supports STEM projects.

Applications are located at http://go.usa.gov/YX83 and are due Nov. 15, 2012.

Funding for the grants comes from the Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), which operates INL for the U.S. Department of Energy. Since 2006, BEA has committed more than $3 million to support K-12 STEM education in Idaho.

INL is one of the DOE’s 10 multiprogram national laboratories. The laboratory performs work in each of DOE’s strategic goal areas: energy, national security, science and environment. INL is the nation’s leading center for nuclear energy research and development.

Subscribe to RSS feeds for INL news and feature stories at http://www.inl.gov. Follow @INL on Twitter or visit our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/IdahoNationalLaboratory.