Mini-Grant applications open Feb. 17, 2025
Beginning February 17, UCOR will begin accepting applications for our 2025 STEM Education Mini-Grants Program. We are proud to support STEM education in East Tennessee schools. Our program is open to K-12 school teachers and schools in nine counties for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) projects.
Grants are available for both traditional STEM classes, as well as for STEM-enhancing projects in all areas (English, social studies, music, etc.). In 2024, UCOR awarded 41 STEM Education Mini-Grants that funded projects in 29 regional schools for a total of $45,000.
Following is information about the program.
Who can apply?
Mini-grants will go to K-12 teachers and schools in Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Scott, and Union counties. All applications should focus on STEM-related activities.
More than one teacher from a school may submit an application, but the school principal must approve each one. Funding levels are:
- Single classroom: $750
- Multiple classrooms: $1,000
- Entire school: $1,500
How to apply
Eligible K-12 teachers should complete the online application. The deadline for submission is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025. Proposals received after the deadline will not be considered.
Application instructions:
- Complete all areas of the PDF application.
- Do not write your name or your school’s name in the body of the project title, project summary, or goals/objectives sections on page two of the form. Identifying information should only appear where the application specifically requests it.
- Submit the application no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 14, 2025.