Incline Education Fund wins Nevada government grant, bringing $17,684 to the Incline Elementary School Makerspace!
Incline Education Fund is proud to announce its' recent grant award from the Northwestern Nevada Regional STEM Network during round three of the Nevada Governor's Office of Science and Technology (OSIT) grant cycle.
The Regional STEM Networks..." identify and scale up high-quality STEM programs that will prepare students for Nevada’s 21st-century workforce. The goals of the three Regional STEM Networks are to:
* Increase the number and quality of formal and informal STEM-focused education programs in all communities in Nevada.
* Increase student awareness, interest, enrollment, and achievement in formal and informal STEM-focused education programs.
* Grow the number and depth of school-business-community STEM partnerships.
* Identify on-the-ground programmatic gaps or implementation challenges in need of a state-level solution.
* Grow interest, awareness, and achievement in STEM in the region.
* Carry out on-the-ground implementation of state-level programs/goals.
* Identify and build local programs and initiatives worthy of scaling statewide.
* Create and facilitate partnerships and the sharing of resources among K-12, higher education, and business/industry within the region."
Incline Elementary School makerspace equipment purchased with the OSIT grant funds are expected to begin arriving within the next month.
