NAVAIR is offering STEM Education Grants to enhance K-12 student participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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 Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, to submit an application for the 2021 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 grades 4-12 in Ocean, Monmouth, Mercer, and Burlington Counties in New Jersey.

Funding opportunities associated with this grant are in the following categories:

• Costs associated with the development and execution of virtual STEM Learning and Activities, such as STEM Camps and other initiatives.
• Costs associated with teacher participation in a STEM education program or conference. Includes travel expenses (transportation, lodging, and per diem) and conference registration.
• Robotics competition participation in the 2020/2021 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 VEX (vexrobotics.com).
• 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 (www.mathcounts.org), the Journal of Visualized Experiments (www.jove.com), Camp Invention (www.invent.org).