STEM Challenge Grants are Back!

We’re resuming our $1,000 STEM Challenge Initiative Challenge Grants. We’re excited to start funding your STEM educational programs once again. Our fall application cycle deadline is November 30. We award Challenge Grants to educators at schools, libraries, and other organizations that are conducting STEM related activities. Click Here to visit the application page to learn […]

Congratulations to the winners of our 2023 STEM Scholarships

The response to our 2023 STEM Scholarship Call for Applications was amazing. We received applications from all the school districts in Franklin County. In addition, we were excited to receive applicants from home schooled students. The quality of applications were outstanding, and our review committee had a very difficult job of selecting six scholarship winners. […]

Spring 2023 High School Senior STEM Scholarship Application is Now Available

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STEM Challenge Initiative is pleased to announce that we will be offering up to five cash awards to area high school seniors from Franklin/Grand Isle Counties who are pursuing STEM related higher education.Each award will be $1000. Completed applications should be received by May 15, 2023. Please visit our scholarship application page by clicking here […]

Challenge Grant Update – MVU and Swanton Maker Camps

Carol Lizotte is a teacher at the Franklin Northwest Supervisory Union After School and Summer Programs. The project for which she received SCI funding was the Swanton Maker Camp and the MVU Maker Camp. These summer camps provide opportunities for students to explore a variety of technology with an emphasis on creative expression.  The MVU […]

Challenge Grant Update – Learning about Magnetism at Richford Elementary School

While she was an elementary teacher at Richford Elementary School, Sarah King received a Challenge Grant to conduct an activity she called “Magnet Design” with her third grade students.               This creative project was designed to teach the students four main concepts about magnetism:  magnets can push and pull, […]

Challenge Grant Update – EV3 Lego Mindstorm Robotics at BFA Fairfax

Sandy Brown is an elementary school teacher at BFA Fairfax. In 2017, she and two other elementary teachers and a technology integrationist developed a STEM lab for students in grades 3-5 that they named the BFA Innovation Space. Despite their focus on technology and collaborative learning based on the Next Generation Science Standards, the teachers […]

STEM Challenge Grant Project Update – 2017 Northwest Technical Center Tech and Engineering Day

The Northwest Technical Center’s Outreach Coordinator, Agnieszka Gagne is helping to stimulate Franklin county middle schooler’s appreciation of STEM activities by hosting a Tech and Engineering day.  Agnieszka received a Challenge Grant from the STEM Challenge Initiative to help support the 2017 Tech and Engineering Day.  This event, which was held on April 12, 2017, […]

Kids Learning to Code – STEM in the Classroom at Folsom School

Samantha Cantell, a middle school science teacher at the Folsom School in South Hero, is doing some great things with the STEM Challenge Grant she received in 2017. Sam used the Challenge Grant to support the purchase of Sphero Education SPRK+ packs for her STEM In the Classroom project. Sphero is an app-enabled sphere-shaped robot […]

2017 Fall STEM Challenge Grant Recipients Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners of our Fall 2017 STEM Challenge Grants.  We had another round of very competitive applications.  Our next Challenge Grant cycle is approaching, with an application deadline of December 19, 2017.  We encourage applications from all interested parties.  Click Here to apply! Culinary Pollinator Rain Garden – North West […]