Roundup of STEM Grant Opportunities
STEM Grant Opportunities
Each month we post STEM Grant Opportunities we find, so that you can find the resources you need to provide the best STEM experiences for your students.
ROLLING BASIS
Nationwide
AFCEA Educational Foundation Gravely & Paige Grants for STEM Teachers FY25
The AFCEA Educational Foundation provides funding to U.S. elementary or secondary/intermediate schools to promote STEM innovation in the classrooms. Grants will be up to $2,000 for awarded STEM programs/projects.
To be eligible, teachers applying for the grant must be teaching a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) subject at a elementary or secondary/intermediate school in the United States and be a U.S. citizen. Teachers working in schools with economically disadvantaged students will be considered first. The awards are available to public and private schools.
Grants are awarded on a rolling basis.
SAXENA Foundation
The Saxena Family Foundation is a privately funded, 501(c)(3) registered non-profit charitable foundation headquartered in Austin, Texas. The Foundation awards grants and supports programs that have a particular focus on S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education and around empowering women in the United States and in India.
The Foundation anticipates most grants will be in the $5,000-$50,000 range.
Grant applications can be submitted throughout the year, and are reviewed by the Selection Committee as they are received.
APRIL ROUND-UP
BY STATE
COLORADO
RMA Spring 2025 Community Commitment Grant
Navarro supports and encourages educational initiatives. Through our Community Commitment Grants Program, we focus on advancing the next generation of workers and improving the educational experience in our local schools.
We are now accepting applications (below) for our 2025 Community Commitment Grants Program. We designed the program to recognize and support excellence in teaching by providing funds for specific projects or curricula in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
Grant eligibility is open to public, private, and charter schools in the Adams County School District 14 in Colorado. All K-8 schools and classrooms are eligible to apply; however, preference will be given to applications supporting clearly defined STEM-based activities.
Deadline to submit a grant application is 5:00 p.m. MST on April 30, 2025.
APPLY HERE: Navarro STEM Application Spring 2025 RMA – PDF
and submit PDF to STEMRMA@navarro-inc.com.
MINNESOTA
Stillwater Area Foundation
The Stillwater Area Community Foundation, an affiliate of the St. Croix Valley Foundation, is excited to announce the launch of its newly renamed Community Impact Grant, designed to enhance the Stillwater area by supporting impactful local initiatives.
Grant Focus: Youth Enrichment
The 2025 Youth Enrichment Grant aims to fund programs that inspire growth, connection, and learning through initiatives including:
- Skill-Building Opportunities – Supporting programs such as STEM workshops, literacy programs, and tutoring.
Grant Application Details
- Application Opens: March 1, 2025
- Application Deadline: April 15, 2025
- Foundation Board Review: May 13, 2025
- Grantees Announced: June 2025
Applications will be evaluated based on project impact, sustainability, community engagement, reach, and financial need. To learn more or begin the application process, visit the Stillwater Area Community Foundation’s website:
https://stillwaterareafoundation.org/community-impact-grant/
MARCH ROUND-UP
NATIONWIDE
National Lieutenant Governor’s Association STEM Scholarship Program 2024 APPLICATION PERIOD is open, January 27 – March 7, 2025
NLGA annually awards a scholarship to 12 different schools for STEM-related projects in the classroom. Teachers or project advisors in state-accredited public, private, or tribal pre-K – 12th grade schools may apply for a scholarship to further STEM education through a project, equipment, program, or curriculum. Eight schools across the country will be awarded $1,000 each and four schools will be awarded $500 each.
APPLY HERE: nlga.awardsplatform.com (no www)
Society for Science
STEM Action Grants
The Society’s STEM Action Grant is designed to award innovative organizations using creative solutions to do work that supports our mission—work that takes action to inform, educate and inspire people from all walks of life to pursue scientific endeavors.
Please complete this application to tell us about your organization and the work you do, and how the Society’s funding will support your goals. Our external evaluators will review all submissions after the deadline and applicants will be notified in about 4-6 weeks. Funding decisions are at the discretion of the Society. Learn more about the STEM Action Grant Program and eligibility requirements here.
December 2024 – March 2025 – Application window
March 2025 – Review and selection, Non-public notification of awards
April 2025 – Funding distributed
April 2025 to June 2026 – Programming or grant activities take place
Application Deadline: March 5, 2025 at 11:59pm EASTERN TIME.
BY STATE
GEORGIA
Georgia Teachers Initiative: Teacher Grants for Innovation
Are you a teacher with an innovative project designed to improve learning outcomes and make a measurable impact on your student’s lives?
Through the Georgia Teachers Initiative, the Georgia Foundation for Public Education is awarding between $500 and $2,500 in Teacher Grants for Innovation to Georgia public school teachers to help bring your creative ideas to life.
Application period: January 16-March 15, 2025. Winners will be announced by April 15
FEBRUARY ROUND-UP
BY STATE
COLORADO
Nathan Yip Foundation
Available to K-12 teachers in rural Colorado schools, as designated by the Colorado Department of Education
Award amount: $2,000–$30,000
Submit letter of inquiry to christine@nathanyipfoundation.org by February 14, 2025
Letter of inquiry should include: information about your school/district (include demographics such as socioeconomics, ethnicity, and extenuating circumstances), a brief description of the request and amount of grant request, including a very general budget overview.
Funding priority is K-12 programs/projects that will directly impact students, with a preference for funding projects in schools serving a lower income population.
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Public Schools Education Foundation
Award amount: $3,000
APS staff at any school or department are eligible to apply, even if they have received a previous grant. The money can be for a wide array of projects or initiatives.
Application deadline: 5 p.m. on February 21, 2025
WEST VIRGINIA
Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley: Expand Energy STEM Grants
Maximum award amount: $1,000
Grants available to K-12 teachers in Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel county schools for projects that incorporate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) concepts into the classrooms.
Application window: Jan. 6, 2025 – Feb 7, 2025
JANUARY ROUND-UP
BY STATE
MISSOURI
Randy Schilling STEM Educators Grant
Available to K-12 teachers in St. Charles County
Award amount: $1,000
This program is open to K-12 classroom teachers at public and private schools in St. Charles County, Missouri. Community organizations (YMCA, Boys and Girls Clubs, etc.) are also eligible to participate. Winners will be selected by the EDC Partners Education Committee, which is comprised of representatives from local public and private schools, as well as local business and civic leaders.
Successful submissions will:
- Grab the imagination of students while laying the groundwork for future careers in STEM fields or later STEM coursework.
- Explain how they would use the funding in their classroom.
- Request materials for innovative STEM activities that can be easily incorporated into a classroom setting.
- Request funding for materials not currently in the teacher’s budget or utilized in their current curriculum.
Priority will be given to requests for materials that can be used in subsequent years and across multiple classes/grades.
If a project budget exceeds $1,000 applicants must advise how the balance will be funded.
Application deadline: End of business day January 31, 2025
INDIANA, MINNESOTA, OHIO, and TEXAS
CenterPoint Energy Foundation Community Vitality and Education Grant
Available to nonprofit organizations with addresses within CenterPoint Energy’s footprint. Priority consideration is given to programs that serve low- to moderate-income families and under-represented populations.
Key focus areas of Education grants:
- Quality Literacy Programs – Literacy and tutoring programs focused on early childhood through adult learners
- STEM Programs – STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education programs targeted to under-resourced areas and/or under-represented populations; Digital device access
- Workforce Development – Programs addressing needs of our communities; credentialing programs providing skills for living wage jobs
Cycle 1: January 13 – February 14, 2025 (cycle closes at 11:59 p.m. CST)
Cycle 2: June 16 – July 18, 2025 (cycle closes at 11:59 p.m. CST).
HAWAII
Ke Alahele Education Fund
Award amount: $3,000
The Ke Alahele Education Fund was created by the Maui Economic Development Board to help local educators, individuals, parent groups and other organizations enhance student learning as well as augment their own professional development. The Fund’s goals are to:
- Support needs, actions and efforts in the STEM areas (science, technology, engineering and math) that enhance education systems and activities.
- Align education initiatives with Focus Maui Nui’s vision, values and strategies (see www.focusmauinui.com)
- Promote education experiences that meet or exceed the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards set by the Hawaii Department of Education
- Eliminate barriers to access tools that enrich educational opportunities in STEM
Application deadline: January 27, 2025
OHIO
City of Toledo Parks and Youth Services
Award Amount: $2,000 – $10,000
Focused on after school and summer programming for youth in areas of STEM, arts, literacy, or sports. The City of Toledo is seeking local programming partners prepared to advance the health and wellness of youth and young adults in Toledo through high-quality program offerings. Programs should provide opportunities to learn, be engaged, be active, and have fun. Those programs incorporating key mentoring goals and objectives, and those that work in collaboration with other programs, will be given additional consideration.
Application window: Jan. 7, 2025 – Jan. 27, 2025
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Maximum award amount: $3,000
Grants-to-Educators support the Foundation’s basic objectives of recognizing and encouraging outstanding classroom teachers in Ohio’s PK-12 public schools. Grants are available to teachers and administrators and are typically for classroom or school-wide projects.
Applicants will need to identify which of the following Deep Learning Aspects are central to your project:
- Developing students’ skills in critical reading, writing, research, and/or mathematics
- Developing students’ problem-solving skills
- Fostering students’ self-directed learning
- Engaging students to think as scientists, social scientists, and/or artists
- Engaging students in interdisciplinary learning
- Engaging students in meaningful problem or project-based learning
6 funding cycles with applications due on the 15th of the following months: December, February, April, June, August, October
SEPTEMBER 2024 ROUNDUP
BY STATE
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque Public Schools Foundation:
Classroom & Grade Level Learning
Award Amount: $500 – $5,000
Classroom grants in the areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), fine arts and literacy, ranging from $1,500 for a single classroom and $5,000 for a team of multiple classrooms.
One Grant Cycle per year- September 3 – October 25
TENNESSEE
Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom. The goal of the grant, designated for grades K–12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in the classroom and to help develop Y-12’s future workforce. CNS manages and operates the Y-12 National Security Complex for the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Oct. 4, 2024. Educators who are immediate family members of Y-12 employees are not eligible to apply for or receive a grant.
Y-12 staff will evaluate the grant applications and make recommendations for grant allocations.
Grants will be awarded during Nuclear Science Week, Oct. 21–25, and all funds must be spent in the 2024-2025 academic year.
TENNESSEE (cont.)
The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network and STEMx network, managed by Battelle, are pleased to announce the 2021-22 K-12 classroom STEM grant program sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Incorporated (a TVA retiree organization).
The grant application is open now at www.tsin.org/classroom-grants and will remain open until October 18, 2021.
Applications should highlight STEM projects that are unique, innovative, and creative ideas that incorporate design thinking and promote 21st century skills. Points are awarded for projects that enhance college and career readiness and that are both collaborative and interdisciplinary across subjects and/or grades. Applicants are encouraged to involve community partners in their projects and to expose students to real-world careers and in-demand skills.
WEST VIRGINIA
Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc. (YCF) is currently accepting applications from non-profit organizations for the following grant programs: YCF Educator Mini-Grants, S.T.E.M. for Girls Fund, Stephen D. Tanner Children’s Enrichment Fund, Taylor County Charitable Interest Fund, and the Women’s Giving Circle of North Central West Virginia.
Applications are due by Sept. 23, 2024. Brief descriptions of each grant program are outlined below, with full eligibility criteria and application instructions available at www.ycfwv.org.
Awards will be announced and distributed in November.
MAY ROUNDUP
NATIONAL
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
The AIAA Foundation believes that one of the most significant means to inspire and advance the future of Aerospace is to fund grants to meet the unmet and unfunded educational need of students. Each school year, AIAA awards grants of up to $500 to worthy projects that significantly influence student learning.
Grant Rules
- A clear connection to science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) with an emphasis on Aerospace must be included in the grant proposal.
- Applicants must be a K-12 classroom teacher with funds that will be paid to the school.
- Applicants must be current AIAA Educator Associate members prior to receiving this grant.
Educator Association membership information
- Each school is limited to up to 2 grants per calendar year.
- Funds must be spent on the items proposed in the original application.
Funding will be considered for the following materials
- Classroom STEM demonstration kits
- Classroom STEM supplies
- K-12 STEM software
- Math manipulative materials
- Parts and supplies for making flying objects
- Parts and supplies for robotics programs
Important Dates
21 June 2024: Submission Period Opens
30 September 2024: Submission Period Closes
December 2024: Applicants Notified of Status
For more information visit the website here.
Society for Science
STEM Action Grants
The STEM Action Grant program provides small grants of up to $5,000 to innovative nonprofit organizations led by social entrepreneurs
The STEM Action Grant program aims to bolster and support community-driven nonprofit organizations that are working to enhance the public’s understanding of science and to increase participation of underrepresented populations in STEM fields. Since 2016 the STEM Action Grant program has awarded over $828,000 to a total of 113 organizations wanting to improve access to STEM education.
View past STEM Action Grantees: 2019 • 2020 • 2022 • 2023
Sign up to be notified when the 2025 application opens.
Toshiba Foundation
With a Toshiba America Foundation grant, sixth to 12th grade teachers can bring their best new teaching ideas to life.
Grants For Grades 6 – 12
- Do you teach in a middle and high school classroom?
- Do you have an innovative idea for improving STEM (Science, technology, engineering and math) learning in your classroom?
- Is your idea project based learning with measurable outcomes?
- What do you need to make learning STEM subjects fun for your students?
To begin the application process, please click here and you will be redirected to short questionnaire.
Please note the following:
- We only accept online applications through the designated links above.
- Applications must be for project-based learning. We do not consider requests for computers, laptops or tablets.
Deadlines throughout the year
Ciena Teaching Grant
The Ciena Grants are established to support classroom teachers with the implementation of innovative and engaging science technology engineering and math (STEM) programs, activities, and technology (software and hardware) to promote learning and digital equality.
The Ciena grant program will award deserving teachers in the DC metro area, DoDEA schools, and schools in all 50 states with grants up to $3,000. The grants will be applied toward materials and resources to support STEM programs and activities. Schools with high economic need (over 50 percent of the students qualifying for free or reduced lunch assistance) will be given priority consideration to support digital equality. Innovative distance and virtual learning projects and programs will be considered.
Applicants must:
- Currently be teaching science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) in grades K-12 in the United States or at any DoDEA school.
- Currently be teaching in one of the specific areas supported by the grant: DC metro area school, DoDEA school, or in any of the 50 US states.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
For more information, click here.
Bayer Fund
STEM Education Grants offered in eligible communities
They support high-quality educational programming by nonprofit organizations that enable access to knowledge and information and empower students and teachers in communities around the nation, with a focus on furthering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) education. Priority is given to programs that take place during the school day, but also includes after school and summer programs, technical training programs, and academic programs that enrich or supplement school programs.
Application Periods:
January 1 – February 29
July 1 – August 31
Learn More Here
APRIL ROUNDUP
NATIONAL
Sensata Foundation
The Sensata Foundation provides grants to fund specific programs/projects
An area of focus is STEM Education
In an effort to support the next generation of engineers, the Sensata Foundation is focused on funding non-profits that provide STEM education opportunities and ensuring equitable access for youth in grades K-12.
Key focus areas include:
• Creating Equitable Access to Underserved Communities: Programs and initiatives that ensure all individuals, regardless of gender or socioeconomic status, have access to STEM-specific resources, services and programs. This includes providing greater accessibility to racial and ethnic minority groups, students with disabilities and girls in K-12, among other underrepresented groups.
• Empowering Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills: Programs that equip students with tools and resources to think creatively and independently to effectively address challenges or problems.
• Furthering Education & Career Opportunities to Inspire Future Leaders: Programs that provide additional learning avenues (i.e., mentorships) that prepare students to further their educational growth in STEM-related fields.
Learn more: https://www.sensata.com/about/sensata-foundation
Application deadline: June 30, 2024.
UNESCO
Educational agencies, universities, research agencies, independent experts, NGOs, schools from European countries (with a priority focus on South-East Europe and the Mediterranean) are all eligible applicants.
Interested applicants are requested to submit all documents to Regional.Bureau-SC@unesco.org by 22 April 2024 by 23:59 (CET). Applicants may direct questions related to the preparation of the application to the same email address.
Applications are due April 22
More information can be found here.
Humana Foundation
The Humana Foundation works to ensure seniors, veterans and school-aged children live connected, healthy lives by removing unnecessary barriers to health and healthcare. The Humana Foundation offers funding through various grant cycles each year and encourages organizations aligned with the Humana Foundation’s commitments to apply for grants through the online granting portal.
Regular Cycle – The Humana Foundation will open a grant cycle Apr. 1, 2024. This regular cycle provides more time for applicants who may need additional support in aligning around our mission and opportunities, while completing all necessary steps. This grant cycle will remain open through May 10, 2024, at 3 p.m. EST.
BY STATE
FLORIDA
FPL Robotics Scholarship
Open to High School Seniors in Florida
The NextEra Energy Foundation is proud to provide a scholarship opportunity to reward FIRST® students whose experience has inspired their interest in an engineering or information management career. One $5,000, renewable scholarship will be awarded to a high school senior who has two or more years in an FTC or FRC program in FPL’s service area. A weighted cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required to apply and students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to renew each year, up to $20,000.
Before the award is paid out, the winning student must be accepted to an accredited four-year college or university majoring in information science (or related field) or engineering.
Applications are now open and will close May 15, 2024. Click here to apply!
MASSACHUSETTS (BOSTON)
NBC Universal
NBC10 Boston (WBTS), NECN, Telemundo Boston (WNEU) and Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that its competitive grant challenge, the NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants, is returning in 2024 for its seventh year and will award $227,272 in unrestricted funds to eligible Boston-area nonprofits.
Eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofits can access more information and apply for NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants at localimpactgrants.com and the Spanish-language becasdeimpactolocal.com today through April 19.
NBCUniversal Local Impact Grant categories include:
- Youth Education and Empowerment – In-school and out-of-school programs that equip youth with the tools they need to succeed, including STEM/ STEAM education and youth entrepreneurship.
- Next Generation Storytellers– Programs that promote access and develop pathways for emerging talent and youth voices from underrepresented communities to explore careers in arts, news, sports and entertainment.