Funding & Grant Opportunities
Some of these have rolling deadlines, others have federal fiscal year related deadlines.
Kinder Lab Robotics
This is a list of STEM/STEAM grants available for preK – elementary schools.
https://kinderlabrobotics.com/grant-opportunities/
NSF
Opportunities at the K – 12 level. Scroll down to see program descriptions:
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities?f%5B0%5D=student_educator_eligibility%3Ak12
For undergrads. Scroll down to see program descriptions:
https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities?f%5B0%5D=student_educator_eligibility%3Augrad
STEM Grants list
These STEM grants are available for K-12 & nonprofits.
http://stemgrants.com/stem-grants-for-k-12-nonprofits/
The NEA Foundation
Helps school districts to get funding for labs, etc. One of their goals is to increase educational opportunities for high-need students.
https://www.neafoundation.org/for-districts/stem/
U.S. Dept. of Education
They have some SEED grants available, along with other resources, including how to get IES funding or a Pell grant.
https://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html
Massachusetts Life Sciences
They have grants for equipment for middle schools & high schools. Not every school district is eligible since they’re trying to target urban or lower-income students.
https://www.masslifesciences.com/programs/stem-equipment-and-professional-development-grants/
Afterschool Alliance
Funding for afterschool STEM programs – a list.
https://www.afterschoolalliance.org/stemfunding.cfm
PLTW (Project Lead the Way)
For elementary – high school, for computer science, biomedical, & engineering.
https://www.pltw.org/stem-grants
Sigma Xi
Grants-in-Aid of Research is more for funding undergraduate & graduate level research. Sigma Xi is also a good job or internship search site.
https://www.sigmaxi.org/programs
NextWaveSTEM
This is a list of federal grants for different levels.
https://nextwavestem.com/funding-resources-for-stem
Society for Science – STEM action grants
$5000 grants for nonprofits.
https://www.societyforscience.org/outreach-and-equity/stem-action-grants/
Resilient Educator
General education grants list (not necessarily just STEM)
Instrumentl
They have lists of grants for 501(c)(3) nonprofits. You may have to pay to get full access, though.
https://www.instrumentl.com/browse-grants/stem-education-grants?filter_by=location
https://www.instrumentl.com/browse-grants/massachusetts-grants-for-nonprofits
