Project Grant S215K260113
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Liberty Science Center, Inc. received a $559,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) on June 1, 2026. The award supports the "Leveraging Portable Planetariums to Inspire STEM...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), in partnership with the University of Minnesota (UMN) and Bakken Museum, is conducting a practitioner-driven synthesis of 25 years of research and evaluation on family learning conversations (FLC) conducted in museum settings. Funded by the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) with $499,743 obligated, this project synthesizes existing research knowledge while formally incorporating...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Sciencenter Discovery Museum received a $999,539 Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the 21st Century Museum Professional Program (CFDA 45.032) beginning October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. The award supports a three-year professional development initiative in partnership with the National Informal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Network. The project will engage 30 pairs of museum...
- The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $3,000,000 Project Grant under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215) to the Center For The Innovative Training Of Youth, Inc. (doing business as STEM NOLA), a minority-owned non-profit organization. The "STEM LOUISIANA: CREATING...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings awarded Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) a $1.97M project grant on October 15, 2025, under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to develop and research making activities for youth ages 12-18 in care facilities. The three-year project, concluding September 30, 2028, will co-develop maker activities with previously hospitalized youth and child life specialists,...
- The Science Museum of Minnesota received a $704,677 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the 21st Century Museum Professionals Program (CFDA 45.032). The two-year grant will support the museum's efforts to drive transformative change towards greater inclusion, diversity, equity, and access within the upper Midwest museum community. The project will create a durable community of practice by collaborating with 20 small, underserved museums...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children $202,712 under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) on October 1, 2025, to establish "Discovery on the Go," a mobile Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) outreach initiative serving underserved communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast through September 30, 2028. The project will deliver hands-on STEM education and blue...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The Children's Museum Foundation Corp (Kidzeum of Health and Science) received a $149,952 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). Awarded on September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for February 28, 2027, this grant funds the co-design and development of a participatory Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) center at a...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $499,586 Project Grant award dated September 15, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The award funds a research-practice partnership through August 31, 2028, to develop and evaluate an intergenerational Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) learning network centered at a science...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $2.62 million through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to the American Institutes for Research to establish and operate the Discovery Research PreK-12 Resource Center for Transformative Education Research and Translation (DRK-12 RC) from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. Under this five-year project grant, AIR—in collaboration with the Southern Regional Education Board and the University of South...
The Science Museum of Minnesota received a $2.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects program (CFDA 84.215). The award, issued on June 1, 2026, supports the Statewide STEM Education Resource Centers Initiative and will operate through June 1, 2029. Under this three-year project, the Science Museum of Minnesota will establish and operate statewide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education resource centers designed to improve science education outcomes for K-12 students in Minnesota. Leveraging the museum's established expertise in geoscience, paleontology, ecology, and informal learning, the initiative will provide comprehensive STEM educational resources and support to local educational agencies and schools throughout the state, with the performance location based in St. Paul, Minnesota.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $2.5m | 6/16/26 |