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Grant to boost STEM education in Baltimore

Projects:
IGERT: Modeling Complex Systems - The Scientific Basis of...
Institution:
Johns Hopkins University
Primary Strategic Goal:
Learning: Build the Nation's research capability through critical investments in advanced instrumentation, facilities, cyber infrastructure, and experimental tools.
Secondary Strategic Goal:
Discovery: Foster research that will advance the frontiers of knowledge, emphasizing areas of greatest opportunity and potential benefit and establishing the Nation as a global leader in fundamental transformational science and engineering.

Achievement/Results

IGERT faculty member Michael Falk was awarded a $7.4M grant from NSF to boost STEM education in Baltimore through a partnership with Baltimore City Public School, with significant potential to become national model. Trainees involved with this grant are encouraged to commit to 34 weeks of 4 hour stints at local schools. More information can be found at http://hub.jhu.edu/2012/09/25/stem-grant

Address Goals

This activity is directly focused on increasing the quality of STEM education by exposing not only students but their parents and teachers to STEM education at an early age.

Posted By:
Lori Graham-Brady
Posted:
December 2, 2013