OpportunityTitle: FY17/18 NAWCAD Lakehurst STEM Grants
CategoryExplanation: The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) education outreach program offers an opportunity for schools with formal or pending education partnership agreements in place with the Lakehurst, New Jersey organization (also known as the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst), to submit an application for the 2018 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Grants Program.      These competitive grants are designed to increase the participation and performance in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs for students&#8217; grades 4 &#8211; 12 in Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington Counties in New Jersey.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: For students&#8217; grades 4 &#8211; 12 in Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington Counties in New Jersey with formal or pending education partnership agreements in place with Lakehurst, New Jersey organization (also known as the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst).
Description: 1) Costs associated with a field trip to the Naval Air Systems Command Lakehurst Facility to reinforce STEM curriculum Includes transportation, substitute teacher (if needed) and other associated costs. 2) Costs associated with teacher participation in a STEM education program or conference. Includes travel expenses (transportation, lodging and per diem) and conference registration. 3) Robotics competition participation in the 2017/2018 school years. Includes registration and associated costs. Robotics competitions include, but are not limited to, FIRST (www.usfirst.org), SEA PERCH (www.seaperch.org) and ZEX (www.vexrobotics.com).4) Costs associated with other STEM Education Outreach Initiatives that harness and collaborate with National or Regional organizations. This might include, but not be limited to: Math Counts (http://www.mathcounts.org/), the Journal of Visualized Experiments (http://www.jove.com/), Camp Invention (http://www.invent.org).
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Contracting Officer
GrantorContactText: Jillian Kohler &lt;br/&gt;Contracting Officer &lt;br/&gt;Phone 732-323-4589