ORLANDO, Fla. — The institutions and their proposed projects were selected for NASA’s STEM Innovator, as well as the Community Anchor Awards.
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These organizations collaborate with libraries, after-school programs, and youth-serving groups to provide sustainable learning opportunities that inspire future innovators.
READ: NASA Awards Help Inspire Future Innovators Through STEM Engagement
Awardees for STEM Innovators act as regional hubs, building partnerships and networks to advance innovative informal STEM education practices. NASA selected 18 institutions to receive nearly $4.5 million in cooperative agreements to help deliver NASA STEM experiences to broad regional audiences. The selected institutions are:
STEM Innovator Awards –
Orlando Science Center, Inc., FloridaAdvanced Methods in Innovation, Inc., Youngstown, OhioThe American Museum of Natural History, New YorkChildren’s Museum of Indianapolis, Inc., IndianaDiscovery Center of Springfield, Inc., Springfield, MissouriDiscovery Place, Inc., Charlotte, North CarolinaFab Lab, El Paso, TexasHawaii Science and Technology Museum, Hilo, HawaiiLiberty Science Center, Inc., Jersey City, New JerseyMontshire Museum of Science, Inc., Norwich, VermontMount Washington Observatory, North Conway, New HampshireNational Space Grant Foundation, Inc., San Juan, Puerto RicoThe Regents of The University of California, Berkeley, CaliforniaSpace for Teachers, Inc., Kenosha, WisconsinSpace Science Institute, Boulder, ColoradoTexas Christian University, Fort Worth, TexasUniversities Space Research Association, WashingtonUniversity of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Community Anchor awardees serve as a local resource, with projects created to introduce NASA content and opportunities to varied audiences. The agency selected 11 institutions to receive more than $547,000 in grants to help bring their projects to life and create new connections between their communities and NASA. The selected institutions are:
Community Anchor Awards –
Children’s Museum of Idaho, Inc., Meridian, IdahoConnecticut Science Center, Inc., Hartford, ConnecticutThe Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology, Inc., Allentown, PennsylvaniaExploration Place, Inc., Wichita, KansasGirl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts, Inc., Waltham, MassachusettsHawaii Keiki Museum, Waikoloa, HawaiiLykens Valley Children’s Museum, Elizabethville, PennsylvaniaMemphis Museums, Inc., TennesseeNational Space Science & Technology Institute, Colorado Springs, ColoradoSciencenter Discovery Museum, Ithaca, New YorkSTEM Flights, Stephenson, Virginia
The awards are funded through the agency’s Next Generation STEM project, part of NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement, which creates innovative resources and hands-on experiences designed to ignite curiosity in STEM and help students discover pathways into the aerospace workforce.
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