OpportunityTitle: FY 16/17 NAWCAD Lakehurst STEM Grants
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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.
Description: 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 2016-2017 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Grants Program. Funding opportunities associated with this grant are in the following categories:&#8226; 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. &#8226; Costs associated with teacher participation in a STEM education program or conference. Includes travel expenses (transportation, lodging and per diem) and conference registration. &#8226; Robotics competition participation in the 2015/2016 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).&#8226; Costs associated with STEM Initiatives and Events that might include, but not be limited to: STEM Academies, Makers-Spaces, and Hacker-Spaces.&#8226; 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: Patrick Smith
GrantorContactText: Patrick Smith &lt;br/&gt;Contracting Officer &lt;br/&gt;Phone 732-323-7754