Commission for Higher Education Awards STEM Grants
(photo courtesy of Franklin College)
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowNearly $10 million in grants has been doled out to 16 organizations and colleges by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. The funding is designed to support programs and recruit and place educators in schools with teacher shortages in STEM areas.
The award recipient programs also focus on providing access to coursework needed by STEM teachers to continue teaching dual credit courses, support teacher mentorship, offer training models and increase rural access to computer science.
“For Indiana to have a competitive, skilled workforce for the jobs of today and tomorrow, there must be a strong pipeline of students pursuing STEM fields. Teachers play a critical role in getting students interested in these fields and preparing them to be successful to pursue them after high school,” said Indiana Higher Education Commissioner Teresa Lubbers.
The 2021 STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund Award recipients include:
- Conexus Indiana
- Independent Colleges of Indiana/Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning
- Nextech
- Purdue Research Foundation (two programs):
- Strengthening Indiana’s Future Through the 21st Century STEM Teachers
- STEM Teacher Retention Through Mentoring
- Teach for America
- University of Southern Indiana Foundation (two programs):
- Teaching Eagles Scholarship Program
- New Experiences for Instructors of Dual Enrollment (NExIDE)
- Project Lead The Way
- Ball State University Foundation – Hoosier STEM Academy
- University of Evansville
- Indiana University Foundation (two programs):
- Growing Tomorrow’s STEM Teachers (GTST)
- Southeast Indiana STEM (SEISTEM) Project 2.0
- TNTP
- Educate ME Foundation, Inc.
- Marian University
- Regional Opportunity Initiatives
- Butler University
- Franklin College
You can see the full listing of recipients here.