Corporate Responsibility

2011 Recipients

In 2011, the Motorola Solutions Foundation provided $5.5 million funding to U.S. science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education programs through its signature Innovation Generation grants program. This year, 82 percent of 2011 recipients have received funding for at least two years. In addition, the Innovation Generation program looks to support new partners, with 18 percent of recipients new to the Innovation Generation Grants program. In total, 102,000 students were affected by Innovation Generation grant programs.

At Motorola Solutions, innovation is at the core of everything we do. That’s why we are so passionate about creating the next generation of STEM innovators. Innovation Generation funding addresses core deficiencies in current STEM initiatives and is designed to ignite a passion for science among students and generate interest in STEM-related careers. The annual program has distributed more than $25.5 million in grants since 2007.

National

American Indian Science & Engineering Society

AISES Initiatives for Pre-College American Indians and Alaska Natives
AISES is a two-week summer residential STEM camp held in conjunction with UNM middle and high school students and educators to increase awareness and learning in STEM through skill enhancement, innovative thinking, experiential learning and promotion of a growth mindset. (Out-of-school programming)

Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology

Extending our Reach: New Tools for engaging all Students through a K-12 Computer
Extending our Reach is a two day teacher training workshop  for 125 K-12 computer science teachers and 25 members of the CSTA Leadership Cohort  at the Grace Hopper Celebration Conference. (Teacher training)

Cornell University

Fab@School II: Mechatronics Laboratory
The Fab@School Mechatronics Laboratory will utilize the Fab@School digital fabrication laboratory developed with prior Motorola Solutions support to empower students to invent simple and complex machines and mechanical systems. (Classroom tools/equipment online)

EdLab Group Foundation

The FabFems Project 2.0:  Powered by Collective Intelligence
The FabFems Project 2.0 strengthens the STEM pipeline using an online participatory, collaborative and inquiry-based framework to aspiring female students with STEM female professionals. (Online programming)

Invent Now, Inc.

Camp Invention 2011
An out-of-school weeklong summer program led by teachers in more than 1,100 schools nationwide, Motorola Solutions will provide Camp Invention to 330 students in NY and FL with curricula focused on developing creative and inventive thinking and problem solving through STEM content. (Out-of-school programming)

Monroe 1 BOCES

Hands-On Video Conferencing
Monroe 1 BOCES encourages the creation and implementation of approximately 200 video conferences based on core STEM standards for urban and suburban school districts reaching approximately 5,000 students. (Online programming)

National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)

Building a National Talent Pipeline for Girls in Computing
NCWIT will establish 40 new local programs to recognize 1,000 girls by building a national talent pool of young women in information technology by scaling up the successful Aspirations in Computing Program in collaboration with the NCWIT community and local partners. (Out-of-school programming)

National Consortium for Graduate DGRS Minorities in Engineering

2011 Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees Laboratory (GRAD Lab)
Six GRAD Labs are planned and implemented in Calif., Fla., Mass., Ill., Pa. and Texas to recruit approximately 500 under-represented students and equip them with the necessary skills to succeed in a STEM graduate program.  (In-school programming)

National Engineers Week Foundation

National Engineers Week Foundation volunteer outreach programs in engineering education and diversity
A national program, Engineers’ Week is designed to sustain and grow a dynamic engineering profession through outreach, education and volunteerism engaging 50,000 engineers and 5.5 million K-12 students, educators and parents nationally.  (Online programming)

National University/Sally Ride Science

EarthKam and MoonKam program
National University and Sally Ride Science develop programs, publications, and events geared towards exciting student's interest in STEM - with a specific emphasis on engaging upper elementary and middle school age students, as well as providing resources and training for teachers. (Out-of-school programming and teacher training)

National 4-H Council

4-H Environmental Science Ambassadors sponsored by Motorola Solutions
The 4-H Environmental programs in Motorola Solutions areas serve 450 youth through sponsorship of teams participating in National Youth Science Day (NYSD) 2011 experiments that focuses on wind energy and the 2012 USA Science and Engineering Festival. (Out-of-school programming)

Point Foundation

Motorola Solutions Point Scholarship
The Motorola Solutions Point Scholarship provides $100,000 over four years to provide financial assistance, mentoring, and leadership training to a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender student of merit who is earning a degree in an area of STEM related to the company's operating interests. (Out-of-school programming)

Project Exploration

Discover Your Summer 2011
Discover Your Summer is a comprehensive guide listing 200 summer science education programs for students located in the U.S. with an emphasis on the Midwest and reaches approximately 25,000 individuals with the print and web versions of the guide. (Out-of-school programming)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Opening Doors to Innovative STEM Awareness and Education: National TechGirlz
Through TechGirlz, Girls who are deaf or hard-of-hearing learn the necessary skills to build their own computers over the week-long summer camp designed to encourage increased enrollment of deaf students in post-secondary STEM degree programs.  (Out-of-school programming)

Society of Women Engineers

SWE Aspire Outreach
SWE’s Aspire Outreach offers an array of in- and out-of-school programming and online resources and is designed to attract more girls into the field of engineering by engaging, parents, educators and female engineers in the cause. (online)

Trustees of the Smith College

Smith Summer Science and Engineering Program
Smith Summer Science and Engineering Programis a four week enrichment program that brings 100 girls from around the globe to Smith College in Mass. for research courses that provide innovative, hands-on learning, exposing girls to cutting-edge technologies and allowing them to explore a career as a scientist. (Out-of-school programming)

The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

Science, Technology, and Society Internship Program
This experiential learning and mentorship program will serve STEM students from universities in the U.S. by bringing them to Washington, D.C. for a semester-long program to explore the intersection of STEM and public policy. (In-school programming)

California

Elementary Institute of Science

Science, Technology and Environmental Education for Youth
The Elementary Institute of Science provides hands-on STEM education programs to more than 750 youth aged seven-17 each year in San Diego through after school, Saturday, and summer programs focused on real-life science issues. (Out-of-school programming)

The Tech Museum

Year-Round Second Classroom:  The Tech Challenge and Engineering Design Programs
The program reinforces Design Challenge Learning and engages 1,200 students from San Jose, Calif., Berkey, Calif., San Francisco, San Diego and N.Y. by challenging fifth- through 12^th-grade students to create a solution to a real life technological problem. (Out-of-school programming)

UC San Diego Foundation

UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge
The UC San Diego Entrepreneur Challenge is designed to foster community involvement and technological innovation by bringing more than 3,000 multi-disciplinary student entrepreneurs together with local area researchers and professionals to shape the world of tomorrow by securing the health of San Diego’s economy today. (Competition)

Florida

Boys and Girls Clubs of Broward County

Ionosphere Club (IC)
The Boys and Girls after-school STEM program teaches math and technology to more than 60 Fla. third- through eighth-grade students through aviation and space science. (Out-of-school programming)

Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, Inc.

Motorola STEM Solutions for Florida's Future
An in-school program pairs more than 500 Fla. students with workplace partners in the development and execution of up to 10 competitively judged projects tied to curriculum and focused on problem solving.  (In-school programming)

DonorsChoose.org

Investing in the Next Generation of Inventors Through Innovation
DonorsChoose.org will match grants to more than 800 teachers seeking learning materials to engage more than 20,000 students in Fla., Ill., and Long Island, N.Y. in hands-on environmental science learning projects.  (Teacher training)

Institute for Child and Family Health, Inc.

All-Aboard BLOCKfest
More than 750 children in Miami-Dade and Broward counties in Fla. will get early exposure to STEM education through interactive hands on guided block play while parents learn ways to interact with their children in science learning activities.  (Seminar/conference)

Margate Middle School

STEMulating a Healthy Environment with Climate Change Solutions for the 21st Century
This project based interdisciplinary STEM program allows teachers to facilitate learning and encourage critical thinking as 400 middle school students in Margate, Fla. conduct research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions to complex, real world environmental problems. (In-school programming)

Georgia

Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation Fund, Inc.

Center for Design and Technology Professional Development
Center for Design and Technology Professional Development provides 15 teachers with training to deliver standards-focused, project-based learning with an emphasis on integrating modern planning, design and technology skills to students in Ga. (Teacher training)

Illinois

Adler Planetarium

Summer Enrichment Programs
The Adler Planetarium hosts intensive summer programs providing hands-on science, technology and engineering education to more than 740 children and teens annually from the Chicago area. (Out-of-school programming)

After School Matters, Inc.

Tech37 ( STEM programming)
Through two years of programming, after School Matters provides approximately 10,000 Chicago public high school teens with opportunities to explore and develop their talents, while gaining critical skills for work, college and beyond. (Out-of-school programming)

Big Shoulders Fund

Inquiry-based Science for middle school students in Chicago
The Inquiry-based Science program provides professional development through Loyola University Chicago for middle school science teachers as well as curriculum implementation in 10 Big Shoulders Fund schools. 

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago

Motorola Solutions Workplace Mentoring Program
The BBBSMC Motorola Solutions Workplace Mentoring Program will match 25 third- through fifth-grade students from the Palatine Buehler YMCA After School Program with one-to-one volunteer mentors from Motorola Solutions. (Out-of-school programming)

Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center (CEC)

Future Founders, The CEC's Youth Entrepreneurship Program
This mentorship program will expose 175-225 students in Chicago's underserved areas to entrepreneurial careers and provide opportunities for students to create complete business plans and interact with high-growth entrepreneurial companies. (Out-of-school programming)

Chicago Children’s Museum

Building and Beyond: Exploring STEM Learning through Physical Structures
The Building and Beyond series will provide opportunities for 50 Chicago Public School students to engage with STEM learning and provide tools for educators to incorporate these concepts into the classroom. (In-school programming)

Chicago Council on Science and Technology

Women In Science Symposium 2012
The 2012 Women in Science Symposium will engage more than 350 females in dialogue and learning about the history and current status of women in the scientific community. (Seminar/conference)

Chicago Public Library Foundation

YOUmedia/STEM @ the Chicago Public Library
YOUmedia/STEM will provide youth with an innovative blend of hands-on STEM activities and new and traditional media in after-school programs located in the Humboldt Park Branch of the Chicago Public Library. (Out-of-school programming)

Chicago Horticultural Society

Science Career Continuum: Connecting Chicago Public School youth with college and environmental science careers
Science Career Continuum is a year round inquiry-based environmental science program for 60 Chicago Public School middle and high school students designed to increase the number of under-represented students majoring in environmental sciences while providing internships, networking and focus on college transition and career exploration.  (Out-of-school programming)

Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, Inc.

Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair
The Chicago Public School Annual Student Science Fair serves approximately 12,000 students enrolled in Chicago Public Schools. (In-school programming)

Chicago Zoological Society

Levels of Engagement Centers for Science Excellence
Levels of Engagement is designed to improve 80 Chicago Public School teachers' competency and confidence in teaching science by providing professional development and support opportunities. (Teacher Training)

Children’s Home and Aid Society of Illinois

The Motorola Solutions Science Club Program: G.E.T. M.E.S.S.Y. (Green Energy, Technology, Math, Engineering and Science Study for Youth)
The G.E.T. M.E.S.S.Y. Motorola Solutions Science Clubs will provide hands-on afterschool programming in STEM subjects to 125 low-income, under-represented elementary students from Chicago.  (Out-of-school programming)

Citeri and Springfield Public School District 186

On-line STEM Publication & Saturday Academies
The Saturday academies program enables 100 high school students in the Springfield, Ill. area to understand the academic research process by conducting and publishing STEM-oriented projects through the establishment of an on-line, open access journal. (Out-of-school programming)

Climate Cycle

Student Leadership Board
Climate Cycle is a year-round peer and project leadership program for more than 15 students from Climate Cycle Chicago Public School member schools and facilitates students work with area researchers, evaluators, engineers, business people and local government leaders to develop environmental solutions to problems and issues identified through school, home and community energy audits. (Out-of-school programming)

DePaul University

Green Earth Enhanced with Inquiry and Technology (GreenTech)
GreenTech program evaluates an innovative, interdisciplinary science curriculum that integrates inquiry-based, technology-enriched methods in environmental education to sixth-grade students at two Chicago Public Schools and establishes best teacher-training practices in inquiry-based methods for science education. (Teacher training)

Destination Imagination, Inc.

Illinois DI Team Growth
Illinois DI is hosting Motorola Solutions branded events for more than 150 middle and high school students to develop teamwork and creative problem solving skills through hands-on STEM activities and will then enable competitive teams from underserved populations to focus on solving longer more complex challenges. (Out-of-school programming)

District 15 Educational Foundation

LEGO® League 2011-2012
Lego League 2011-2012 includes the sponsorship of 10 FIRST LEGO League Robotics teams including one all girl team from Ill. (Out-of-school programming)

DuPage Children’s Museum

Simple Machines in Action: An Introduction to STEM for Teachers and Students
Simple Machines in Action engages 20 teachers and 540 fourth-grade students from DuPage County in STEM concepts and introduces them to a basic understanding of simple machines. (Teacher training)

Erikson Institute

Erikson Institute: Enhancing Coaching in the Early Mathematics Education Innovations Program
The Innovations program will provide early mathematics professional development to 80 PK though third-grade teachers in eight high-need schools in Chicago, and affect the mathematics learning of approximately 2,400 children. (Teacher training)

Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana

Exploring the Final Frontier
Exploring the Final Frontier is an after-school program that provides hands-on activities to 250 at-risk girls in Ill. from low- to moderate income communities to engage their interest in STEM studies and career exploration. (Out-of-school programming)

Illinois Institute of Technology

IPRO NxtGen: The next generation of IIT's core undergraduate education
IPRO NxtGen is an inter-professional curriculum development program that will enable 200 undergraduate students in Ill. to be innovative and entrepreneurial through the power of design thinking.  (Curriculum development)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bridge Academy
Bridge Academy is a full-day Saturday school offering an academic curriculum inclusive of hands-on science and math activities for up to 150 elementary through high school students in Chicago's Englewood community. (Out-of-school programming)

In Search of Genius Foundation

In Search of Genius Science and Mentoring Program
The ISOG in- and after-school programs will serve 3,000 students at 30 underserved Chicago elementary schools with an innovative, fun, hands-on science curriculum taught by science teachers and local university science mentor role models. (In- and Out-of-school programming)

Marwen

Technology, Art-Making, and Innovation at Marwen 
Marwen provides 20-25 technology and art-making courses for 400-500 under-served Chicago students in grades 6-12.  (Out-of-school programming)

Museum of Science and Industry

Institute for Quality Science Teaching and IIT Collaboration
The Museum’s Institute for Quality Science Teaching enables participants to earn a Master of Science education degree, a middle school science endorsement or graduate credit through a one of a kind partnership with the Illinois Institute of Technology. (Teacher Training)

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity Education Foundation, Inc.

The STEM Equity Academy at U-46
The STEM Equity Academy at ISDU-46 will engage 45 administrators, counselors and faculty from five high schools in intensive professional development to implement research-based practices to increase access, success and post-secondary transition of girls in STEM subjects. (Teacher training)

North Lawndale College Preparatory Charter High School (NLCP)

WeatherHawk GLOBE Weather Station
WeatherHawk GLOBE Weather Station will provide hands-on experience gathering real-time weather data for approximately 250 students at both NLCP campuses. (In-school programming)

Northern Illinois University

NIU-Enhancing Engineering Pathways (NIU-EEP): Integrated Outreach and Mentoring Program.
NIU-EEP is a STEM oriented program comprising of a yearlong Saturday Engineering Workshops Series and a week long Summer Day Camp for middle and high school girl scouts, centered on project based inquiry learning through various hands-on activities and integrated with a mentoring component. (Out-of-school programming).

Northwestern University

Creating Leaders for STEM Student Research
Creating Leaders for STEM Student Research provides professional development for teachers interested in facilitating student-directed, inquiry-driven research and exploration programs.  (Teacher training)

Perspectives/IIT Math and Science Academy

Senior College for Certain Lab
The Physics Science Lab will provide laboratory resources for 100 high school upperclassmen and 20 afterschool competitive robotics team members in Chicago’s Grand Boulevard community annually. (In-school programming)

Project Exploration

Services for Girls
These gender-specific programs allow 250 Chicago Public School female students to explore science, improve their leadership skills and scientific literacy and enhance attitudes about science by work directly with female scientists to develop girls’ interest for science. (Out-of-school programming)

Project Exploration

10-Year Evaluation Roll-Out Breakfast
Project Exploration enables 100 stakeholders involved in science, education reform, careers and youth development to hear from researchers about ways to boost student interest in science in an out-of-school time setting. (Seminar/conference)

Project SYNCERE

E2-Empowerment Thru Engineering
E2-Empowerment Thru Engineering is a STEM focused enrichment program that provides more than 1,000 Ill. K through 12^th-grade students with hands-on engineering projects that help them discover first-hand how technology and engineering relate to the "real world." (Out-of-school programming)

Roosevelt University

GreenTeen$ Entrepreneurship Academy
The Green Teen$ Entrepreneurship Academy will provide 40 Chicago Public School students the opportunity to participate in a week long program and "green" business plan competition. (Out-of-school programming)

Schaumburg School District 54

Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science
Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science is a hands-on curriculum that aligns STEM activities to support the learning of approximately 600 third- through eighth-grade girls throughout the Schaumburg, Ill. school district. (In-school programming)

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2012 GFRY Studio at SAIC
Through this curriculum development program, 15 SAIC design students will conduct research to redesign a child-centered cafeteria for a selected Chicago public elementary school. (Curriculum development)

Shedd Aquarium Society

Underwater Robotics
Chicago area students will learn STEM principles and expand critical thinking and problem-solving skills in afterschool clubs through the design of underwater functional ROVs guided by program teachers supported by Aquarium science educators. (Out-of-school programming)

Skinner West Classical School

Student Spaceflight Program
The Student Spaceflight Experiment Program will engage 350 Chicago elementary and middle school students in an authentic science and engineering project, culminating in one of the experiments being performed on the final flight of Space Shuttle Atlantis. (In-school programming)

University of Illinois College of Business and College of Engineering

The Hoeft Technology and Management Program
The Hoeft Technology and Management Program is a university minor program that bridges the gap between engineering and business education with interdisciplinary course work and hands-on experience using real world business problems, corporate engagement and leadership. (In-school programming)

Women in Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

GAMES - Girls' Adventures in Math, Engineering, and Science
GAMES is an annual week-long residential summer camp designed to give 192 academically talented high school girls an opportunity to explore engineering and scientific fields through demonstrations, classroom presentations and hands-on activities.  (Out-of-school programming)

Workforce Board of Northern Cook County

2011 Arlington Heights Community Scholarships for Math and Science Students
The Workforce Board of Northern Cook Country grants twelve math and science scholarships for undergraduate students from the Arlington Heights, Ill. community. (Competition)

Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago

Real Girls Do Real Science
The Real Girls do Real Science program enables 350 Chicago seven- through 12^th-grade girls to engage in inquiry-based, experiential learning and teaching in science.  (In-school programming)

Maryland

Baltimore City Foundation, Inc.

YouthWorks Summer Jobs Program
This grant supports YouthWorks, Baltimore City’s summer jobs program, which places young people between the ages of 14 and 21 in work experiences with private sector, nonprofit, and city and state government employers throughout the city to help approximately 5,000 youth gain valuable work experience and provides exposure to a wide range of careers – including math, science and technology. (Out-of-school programming)

National Federation of the Blind, Inc.

2011 NFB Youth Slam
2011 NFB Youth Slam is a five-day STEM academy for 150 blind high school students led by visually impaired and blind inventors and engineers who have become experts in their fields despite society’s low expectations for the blind in STEM. The program will also include studies and experimentation with new technological tools designed to facilitate a blind person’s full participation in society on a basis of equality.  (Out-of-school programming)

Massachusetts

Lloyd Center for the Environment, Inc.

Climate Science Learning Project
The Climate Science Learning Project is a field research program for 1,470 elementary and high school students in Massachusetts to discover and learn about the effects of climate change on local ecology and to inspire the formulation of strategies to monitor and counter any negative effects of such change. (Out-of-school programming)

Michigan

Michigan State University

Spartan Middle and High School Robotics Program - beyond FLL
Spartan Middle and High SchoolVEX Robotics and FIRST LEGO League Robotics programs engage 250 middle and high school students with a continuum of innovative engineering experiences, mentoring and collaboration with Michigan State University College of Engineering students. (Out-of-school programming)

New Jersey

Rutgers University Foundation

TARGET- The Academy at Rutgers for Girls in Engineering and Technology
TARGET is a university outreach program that will introduce 150 middle and high school girls throughout N.J. to engineering through engagement in lectures, hands-on activities and mentoring. (Out-of-school programming)

New York

Brentwood Union Free School District

Brentwood STEM Enrichment Camp
The Brentwood STEM Enrichment Camp (BSEC) provides children, particularly fourth- through eighth-grade girls and minorities, foundational inquiry STEM experiences that stimulate creativity and foster a passion for innovation. (Out-of-school programming)

The Early Years Institute

Wild Child: Age 3 to Grade 3 STEM Nature Project
Wild Child is a curriculum development initiative to create and align STEM curricula in child care centers and K through third-grade students in a high-needs district on Long Island through teacher training and site visits which allow more than 300 children to learn about local wildlife and their habitats as their parents learn how to extend the learning at home. (Teacher training)

Empire State College FDN, Inc.

Designing and Implementing Fully Online Science Courses with Laboratories for Adult Learners
Empire State College Foundation supports the development of six core undergraduate courses in biology, chemistry and physics with a rigorous laboratory component, serving adult learners as they earn STEM degrees and pursue science-related careers. (Online education)

Intrepid Museum Foundation, Inc.

Camp G.O.A.L.S. (Greater Opportunities Advancing Leadership and Science) for Girls
Camp G.O.A.L.S. reaches up to 160 NYC girls through an after-school science weekend program during the 2011-2012 school year for past Camp GOALS campers, and continues as a science day camp in summer 2012. (Out-of-school programming)

Long Island Parks Board

Environmental Education at Long Island State Parks
Hands-on, field research based environmental educational program aligned with curriculum for Long Island, N.Y. Primary and secondary students involving primary research on various ecological systems at multiple state parks.  (Out-of-school programming)

Middle Country Library Foundation, Inc.

JumpStart Science: Engaging Children and Teens in Science, Math and Technology at the Library
The Math Buddies program will provide 30 teens in the Middle Country N.Y. School District the opportunity to mentor and educate 400 K through second-grade students in math skills and concepts, electronic resources and library collections and in conjunction with other teen volunteer clubs and youth staff will develop a community Math Fair. (Out-of-school programming)

New York Botanical Garden

The Explainer Program
The Explainer Program is an internship program serving 150 urban New York teens aged 14-17 that teaches leadership and career skills by educating teens to serve as informal science educators to younger school children.  (Out-of-school programming)

New York Hall of Science

SciPlay Lab
SciPlay Lab is an out-of-school program that will reach underrepresented New York middle school students on school and community playgrounds with portable technology kits and digital applications to support novel playground games that teach physics content and boost attitudes towards science. (Out-of-school programming)

New York University

C2L Create to Learn: Engaging Middle School Girls as Design Partners for Math and Science Games
Create to Learn (C2L) engages middle school girls as design partners to build math and science games that will connect classrooms and out-of-school activities. (In- and out-of-school programming)

The Place for Learning, Inc.

Student Computer Intern Program (SCIP)
The Student Computer Intern Program is comprised of six to eight after school groups made up of teachers and 150 middle school students from Long Island, N.Y. who will be provided with 28 out-of-school hours of computer science and programming workshops.  (Out-of-school programming)

School- Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI)

FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics SBPLI Regional Competition hosted 50 high school teams, serving 1300 students, as well as their teachers and professional mentors, in this program that inspires students to become interested in pursuing science, technology, and engineering careers.  (Out-of-school programming)

Stony Brook Research Foundation, Inc.

STEM Tech
StemTECH is a university outreach program to create a Long Island, N.Y. area after-school club serving 300 students and will partner with educators and industry representatives on service learning projects and end with a capstone STEM conference. (Out-of-school programming)     

Sustainable South Bronx

Sustainable South Bronx FabLab 2.0
The Sustainable South Bronx FabLab 2.0 is an out-of-school program that teaches sustainable design through engineering and technology to educate 130 high-school teens from the South Bronx, N.Y. in STEM, while gaining job, business and entrepreneurship skills. (Out-of-school programming)

Texas

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

Girl Scout Leadership Institute 2011, Girl Scout National Convention
More than 1,600 girls aged 14-18 will gather for four days in Texas to explore topics relevant to their daily lives. Centered on the theme “Leadership and Innovation …the next 100 years,” girls will attend sessions on leadership, innovation in technology, innovation in business, marketing and global connections.  (Out-of-school programming)

Dr. Ronald E McNair Educational Dreme Science Literacy Foundation

Influences of Energy, Space Exploration and Me on Our Environment
Influences of Energy, Space Exploration and Me on Our Environment is a two-week teacher workshop and camp for fifth- through 10^th-grade which explores STEM subjects through hands-on learning, afterschool workshops, and interactive internet activities that will reach more than 300 students and teachers. (Teacher training and Out-of-school programming)

Texas A&M University

South Texas Science Initiative
The South Texas Science Initiative supports preparatory workshops to train teachers in south Texas school districts and increase area student participation in the statewide Texas Science Olympiad while encouragingunderrepresented student representation in science and technology career fields. (Online programming)

Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering

An Innovation Generation
An Innovation Generation supplies in-school and out-of-school programs with teacher training, family education and summer STEM programs engaging more than 2,000 underrepresented  K through12th-grade students from the McAllen region of South Texas with a variety of targeted, age-specific programs. (In- and out-of-school programming)

The University of Texas-Pan American Foundation

Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) Program-A Decade of Innovation: Pushing Frontiers and Inspiring Future Leaders
Hispanic Engineering, Science and Technology (HESTEC) provides a week of hands-on activities, workshops and speakers to more than 58,000 middle school and university students,  educators, parents and community members throughout the South Texas region. (Out-of-school programming)

Washington, D.C.

DC Public Education Fund

The DC Catalyst Project
The DC Catalyst Project supports DC Public Schools’ six Catalyst STEM schools, providing necessary resources and capacity to develop and effectively implement in-school engineering programming to drive learning for more than 650 students and 20 teachers. (In-school programming)   

Multiple States

The City College 21st Century Foundation, Inc.

Re-engineering the STEM Pipeline:  High Performance Learning and Talent Development Network
A STEM Learning Team composed of University (university faculty and college students) and community partners (K through12th-grade teachers and advanced high school students) will jointly create and deliver specially tailored STEM curricula and engaging learning modules to cultivate STEM talent in Boys and Girls Clubs for over 100 youth and families at sites in New York City and DC/MD. (Out-of-school programming)

Science Buddies

Mentoring Collaborations for Year-Round Science Learning
Science Buddies will provide online tools and support to help 500,000 students create hands-on science projects while also helping two organizations in Long Island, N.Y. and Edinburg / McAllen, Texas conduct online science fair mentoring programs. (Online programming)

FIRST Robotics

FIRST Robotics competitions
FIRST Robotics engages students in hands-on science and leadership activities through student-built robotic competitions andinspires a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in young minds through exciting, mentor-based robotics competitions. (Out-of-school programming)

Great Minds in STEM

Viva Technology National Program
This university outreach program is designed to engage 13,000 inner-city and rural K through12^th-grade students, teachers and parents from six schools in Chicago and Miami in applications of technology as a means of understanding and motivating students towards STEM Education and Careers. (Out-of-school programming)

Retired Scientists Engineers and Technicians

ReSET Hands-On Science in the Classroom--Pre-K Program Expansion
The ReSET program delivers hands-on science and math learning activities to 1,450 PK through sixth-grade children yearly at learning centers and elementary schools in the D.C. area.  (In-school programming)

TrueChild, Inc.

Developing a Model Intervention to Counter the Impact on Femininity on Girls' STEM Interest and Participation
Twenty adolescent girls of color in New York City and Columbia, Md. will be used as subjects to develop a curricular intervention model to counter the impact of negative perceptions of women in science and math on Girls' STEM Interest and Participation.  (Out-of-school programming)