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The Motorola Foundation's 2008 Innovation Generation grants provide US$4 million to 92 K-12 education programs that are sustainable solutions to strengthening the U.S. position in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) by cultivating a workforce of critical thinkers.
Adler Planetarium / Chicago – The Adler Girls Technology Camp encourages participants to explore their role as users and developers of technology in a supportive environment.
American Chemical Society / Washington, D.C. – Summer Research Fellowships for High School Chemistry Teachers provides a hands-on research experience to science teachers to inform instruction of their students. This program is an extension of Project SEED, a science internship and mentoring program for low-income high school students.
American Indian Science and Engineering Society / Albuquerque, New Mexico – The AISES National American Indian Science and Engineering Fair and Expo inspires American Indian and Alaska Native students from all 50 states to pursue their interest in science and engineering through in-person and virtual presentations of research, access to role models and mentors and hands-on demonstrations of scientific and engineering innovations across industries.
American Society for Engineering Education / Washington, D.C. – ASEE’s “Engineering, Go For It!” website engages middle- and high-school students in interactive learning tools for STEM activities.
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum / Tucson, Arizona – Earth Camp engages teens interested in environmental issues in a Youth Environment Summit and Summer Camps to learn about local research and conservation opportunities.
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries / New York – A hands-on STEM module in which ninth-grade students design, build and test their own environmental water sensors, making use of the Hudson River as a laboratory to develop student skill sets in math and natural science.
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School / Washington, D.C. – FIRST Robotics enables engineering club participants to apply math and science concepts to building robots for competition.
Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools Foundation / Boston – Boston Teacher Residency prepares and sustains excellent teachers in and for the Boston Public Schools, particularly in high-needs areas such as math and science.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County / Fort Lauderdale, Florida – The hands-on Sky Is NOT the Limit! program teaches scientific principles through aviation and aerospace.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago / Chicago – After-school and summer science activities led by trained mentors will engage low-income Chicago middle schools students in hands-on science activities.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, Inc. / Miami – AIM High for Math and Science works with teachers to provide web-based academic enhancement and hands-on, inquiry-based activities to students in inner-city Miami schools.
Brooklyn Children's Museum / Brooklyn, New York – The Museum Team Afterschool Program prepares young people for college and their future careers by combining environmental science, traditional science, technology and cultural opportunities into one curriculum.
Camp Vacamas Association, Inc. / West Milford, New Jersey – Vacamas LEGO League engages students from New York City public schools in hands-on science and math learning in an interactive robotics program.
Carnegie Mellon University / Pittsburgh – The Summer Academy for Mathematics and Science engages under-represented minorities entering math-, science- and engineering-related fields in a pre-college summer program.
Center for Teaching Quality, Inc. / Hillsborough, North Carolina – The National Board Certified Teachers Leadership Initiative delivers content-rich and individualized virtual mentoring and professional development support to math and science teachers in California and Illinois.
Challengers Boys & Girls Club / Los Angeles – Girls Empowered through Math and Science introduces young women to math and science through hands-on field trips and lab experiments. Mentors and speakers also illustrate the real-life applications of STEM, inspiring curiosity and a love of learning.
Chicago Math and Science Academy / Chicago – CMSA River Keepers’ school-wide, hands-on exploration and analysis of the Chicago River imparts students with knowledge and understanding of the natural resource, while improving math, science and problem-solving skills.
Chicago Urban League / Chicago – Global Tech Biz Camp helps Chicago-area high school students learn how technology plays a role within the global economy.
Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center / Chicago – Future Founders offers students in Chicago’s underserved neighborhoods a rare opportunity to interact with high-growth entrepreneurial companies to create and present complete business plans.
Children's Home + Aid / Chicago – The Motorola After-School Science Club serves at-risk elementary school students with hands-on science activities.
Chinese American Service League, Inc. / Chicago – The Study of Weather program provides hands-on weather and nature exploration for young children in Chicago.
City Parks Foundation / New York – Green Girls Summer Institute encourages middle school girls from East Harlem and the Bronx to excel in the sciences and to take an interest in science-related careers, through hands-on STEM activities and trips to parks, wildlife refuges and cultural institutions.
Community Resources for Science / Berkeley, California – Expanding K-5 Science Connections empowers teachers to expand science education in their classrooms and mobilizes community scientists as mentors to encourage students to pursue science education opportunities.
CSU Fresno Foundation / Fresno, California – MESA Saturday Academies offers hands-on STEM projects to middle school and high school students throughout the Central San Joaquin Valley.
DePaul University / Chicago – Inquiry-based Science and Technology Enrichment Program (InSTEP) engages urban seventh-grade female students in hands-on/minds-on activities with DePaul science education faculty, Chicago Public School teachers and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory science education staff.
Destination ImagiNation, Inc. / Chicago, Forest Park/Melrose Park and Waukegan, Illinois – Destination ImagiNation® provides a process-based program that helps young people apply their science knowledge by solving an engaging curriculum-based challenge and creating a fun presentation of their solution. Students build lifelong skills in creative and critical thinking, research, teamwork, time management and problem-solving.
District Fifteen Educational Foundation / Palatine, Illinois – The FIRST LEGO League program will provide students with hands-on experiences building and programming robots, which will enable students to solve real-world problems through the application of math, science and technology concepts.
Dr. Ronald E. McNair Educational (DREME) Science Literacy Foundation / Houston – The DREME Summer Teacher Workshop offers teachers an opportunity to increase their understanding and lesson presentation of STEM through training of innovative methods, creative lesson designs and hands-on activities at the follow-up DREME Youth camp.
DonorsChoose.org / Chicago – Addressing the scarcity and unequal distribution of learning materials and experiences in public school across the county, DonorsChoose.org helps public school teachers secure funding for STEM classroom projects.
Edheads / Columbus, Ohio – A highly interactive website for middle school girls interested in engineering design will be used nationally by schools and after-school programs
El Valor Corporation / Chicago – Go! Team engages Latina girls in Chicago’s Pilsen and South Chicago communities in the field of environmental science by engaging them with new media, including blogs and e-journals.
Field Museum of Natural History / Chicago – The High School Transformation Project will engage 18,000 Chicago Public School teachers and students in the study of biology, chemistry and physics using the museum's scientists, real artifacts and specimens, exhibitions and educational materials.
George Westinghouse High School / Brooklyn, New York – Embedded Science Phenomena Inside the Classroom uses interactive technology to simulate scientific phenomena and focus students on the scientific method, experimental design, data analysis, presentation skills and related research.
Girl Scouts of the USA / New York – Sixty FIRST LEGO League teams comprised of 1,800 girls at 12 councils throughout the United States receive hands-on science and math learning in an interactive robotics program.
Girls Inc. / New York – The Girls Inc. FIRST Lego League teams allow girls to apply their engineering skills in a real-world setting as they build functioning robots and compete in regional competitions.
Girls, Math & Science Partnership / Pittsburgh – “The Girl Solution: Science Survival and Success Kit for Teens,” a unique kit for teen girls across the country, will connect them to science in a way that captures their imagination and cultivates their long-term interest in the sciences as a career.
Girlstart / Austin, Texas – Girlstart Community Workshop Series for girls in first through eighth grades and their parents empower and inspire participants to achieve in math, science and technology.
Hadley School for the Blind / Winnetka, Illinois – This program teaches the Nemeth braille code used for math and science to students who are blind, and it provides all students who are visually impaired with the practical math skills needed for independent living and further studies in mathematics.
HENAAC - Promoting Careers and Education in STEM / Los Angeles – The Viva Technology Program engages inner-city and rural K-12 students, teachers and parents in the applications of technology as a means of creating understanding, appreciation, motivation and access to STEM-related education and career fields.
Hunter College-CUNY / New York – Intuitive Experiences Before Formalism implements a technology-driven curriculum through the use of locally developed lab activities to teach geometry to 10th-grade students at Manhattan Hunter Science High School.
IMSA Fund for Advancement of Education / Aurora, Illinois – IMSA Problem-Based Learning Initiative provides professional development in regional institutes and local support to teams of teachers so they can design powerful inquiry learning experiences.
The Intrepid Museum Foundation Inc. / New York – Camp GOALS offers underserved and minority girls from the NYC Young Women's Leadership public schools a summer day camp at the museum.
Junior Engineering Technical Society / Alexandria, Virginia – Classroom Tools for Educators – UNITE develops hands-on activities for educators to use within the classroom at universities to reach minority students.
The Long Island Science Center / Suffolk County, New York – Boundless Environments (BE) involves student teacher teams in environmental citizen science clubs for middle- and high-school students, working to BE the ones to create change in their communities.
Mass Insight Education and Research Institute, Inc. / Boston – The Mass Math & Science Initiative provides training and support for science and mathematics teachers to increase student participation and performance in Advanced Placement (AP) and Pre-AP courses across Massachusetts.
Miami Dade College Foundation / Miami – STEM Careers for the 21st Century engages under-represented minority high school students from low-income areas of Miami in hands-on learning in natural science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Michigan State University / East Lansing, Michigan – The Research Experience for Teachers Design Day competition will immerse middle- and high-school students and teachers in hands-on design projects. This experience will provide teachers with tools to inspire future students to pursue engineering degrees and excite our next generation of thinkers to study engineering.
Museum of Science / Boston – Putting Learning to Work: Youth Growing Roots in STEM brings students from Boston Day and Evening Academy to the museum for courses and work experiences.
Museum of Science and Industry / Chicago – Teacher Professional Development Workshops improve student performance in science by enhancing teachers' science content knowledge, instructional strategies and museum skills.
Museum of the Moving Image / Astoria, New York – The Moving Image Future Lab brings young women together to learn computer programming skills and create 3D computer animations, virtual worlds and video games.
National Center for Women & Information Technology / Boulder, Colorado – The “Why IT?” Talking Point Series provides free resources that help educators, parents and counselors across the country interest girls in IT careers.
National Engineers Week Foundation / Alexandria, Virginia – Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day introduces engineering to girls by enabling interaction with role models, mostly by woman engineers.
National Science & Technology Education Partnership / Arlington, Virginia – NSTEP Study Buddy provides online peer-to-peer math tutoring to students in Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.
National Science & Technology Education Partnership / Arlington, Virginia – TechXplore technology competition for middle- and high-school teams pairs students with volunteer mentors working in the science/technology field to address a common problem and develop a new solution using existing technology.
National Society of Black Engineers / Alexandria, Virginia – The Summer Engineering Experience for Kids is a free camp for elementary and middle school students that uses hands-on activities to spark their interest in the STEM fields. The camp is taught by African-American engineering students who are NSBE members.
National University / LaJolla, California – Sally Ride Science Classroom Sets bring science to life in the classroom and introduce science and engineering careers to more than 3,000 students.
North Lawndale College Preparatory High School / Chicago – The Fresh Start Algebra program smoothes the transition from middle school to high school math through a summer bridge program.
Northern Illinois University, College of Engineering / De Kalb, Illinois – Girl Scouts participate in hands-on activities, field trips and discussion forums, complemented by a strong mentoring chain including women faculty, female graduate students and undergradute students from the College of Engineering and woman engineers from the corporate world.
Office of Mathematics and Science / Chicago – The Chicago Science television show will air programs on scientific and engineering activities around Chicago and how students can learn to be scientists and engineers.
Perspectives Charter Schools / Chicago – A new science lab at the Math & Science Academy features desktop PC stations, mobile notebook PCs and handheld devices to help students easily record lab data.
Philadelphia's Children First Fund on behalf of the School District of Philadelphia / Philadelphia – Making Our Team Outstanding invites seventh- and eighth-grade students to participate in a collaborative, year-long, after-school program involving creative problem-solving in real-world scenarios that strengthen their STEM skills.
Polytechnic University / Brooklyn, New York – The Brooklyn FIRST LEGO and Robotics teams bring science and math clubs to 10 public schools for hands-on learning and teamwork exercises.
Project Exploration / Chicago – Discover Your Summer is a comprehensive online and print resource guide that lists science education programs across the United States.
Public Education & Business Coalition / Denver – Boettcher Teachers Program prepares and supports exceptional math and science teachers for urban students and schools.
Purdue University Department of Computer Science / West Lafayette, Indiana – The Linking Mathematics and Computer Science Summer Workshop enables high school teachers to explore the connections between the disciplines of mathematics and computer science.
Purdue University Women in Engineering Program / West Lafayette, Indiana – Women in Engineering members mentor K-12 students to inspire pursuit of science and engineering among girls.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center / San Diego, California – SciTech University increases interest and participation in STEM activities among underserved girls in San Diego-area schools.
Rochester Institute of Technology / Rochester, New York – TechGirlz weeklong camp for girls who are deaf and hard-of-hearing entering seventh, eighth and ninth grades fosters their long-term interest in STEM and enhances awareness of the opportunities available to them in these disciplines.
Rutgers University Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology / Piscataway, New Jersey – High school students participate in exciting engineering courses taught by Rutgers faculty that include stimulating challenges, such as modeling a lunar settlement, that inspire a passion for engineering and technology careers.
Schaumburg Township Elementary School Foundation / Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Elk Grove Village and Hanover Park, Illinois – Girls Excelling in Mathematics and Science provides a series of after-school science and math clubs for girls.
The School District of Hatboro-Horsham / Horsham, Pennsylvania – Scientific Inquiry through Nature educates more than 5,500 students in the Hatboro-Horsham School District on scientific and natural science principles.
Science Club for Girls / Boston – K-12 girls from diverse and underserved populations in Boston, Lawrence and Framingham, Massachusetts, work with mentor-scientists in out-of-school-time science clubs.
Science Festival Foundation / New York – The annual World Science Festival, which makes the universe of science accessible and exciting through a broad spectrum of novel, creative and carefully produced events in New York City, will deliver a digital learning environment to make the festival’s innovative science programming available for student audiences everywhere.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation / Dearborn, Michigan – An innovative documentary/reality special will follow the exciting team process as viewers experience how its members creatively find solutions and tackle important challenges.
Solar One / New York – The Green Innovator professional development program helps teachers engage high school students to better understand the complexities of sustainable design and manufacturing through experiential learning strategies and adaptable lesson plans.
Spencer Technology Academy / Chicago – Young Women Investigating Science club will allow 6th-8th graders an opportunity to explore science issues in their community and serve as leaders to improve their community's environment.
Stevens Institute of Technology / Hoboken, New Jersey – BUILD IT uses a hands-on underwater robotics project to engage students in increased STEM learning to foster interest in science and technical careers.
Stony Brook University / Long Island, New York – TechPrep makes IT outreach and education programs directly available for young women in Long Island high-need school districts to raise awareness of IT among students, parents and administrators.
Tallahassee Community College Foundation, Inc. / Tallahassee, Florida – The Green Guide Girls outdoor workshops introduce high school girls and their parents to hands-on environmental training.
Teach for America - Chicago – The Math and Science Initiative recruits outstanding math and science teachers for some of the highest-need schools in Chicago.
Township High School District 211 Foundation / Palatine, Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates, Illinois – The Foundation will purchase equipment for district schools to teach about the engineering profession through both academic and practical experiences for the general high school population as well as young women and minority students.
University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc. / Orlando, Florida – My Sports Pulse engages Florida middle- and high-school students in a youth mobile learning initiative that imparts science and technology concepts through interactive sports games and tests.
University of Illinois / Urbana, Illinois – Girls Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering and Science (G.A.M.E.S) Summer Camp is a residential annual week-long camp, designed to give academically talented middle school girls an opportunity to explore math, science and engineering careers through demonstrations, classroom presentations, hands-on activities and contact with women in these technical fields.
University of Illinois at Chicago / Chicago – Women in Science and Engineering Women in Nanotechnology introduces young girls and women to nanoscience through e-mentoring, in- person events and K-12 teacher trainings in the Chicago area.
University of Massachusetts - Lowell / Lowell, Massachusetts – Vibes and Waves in Action brings research methods and findings into high school classrooms and engages students in interactive experiments on audio and radio communications, encouraging them to question, experiment, discover and communicate.
University of North Texas / Dallas – Robocamp gives youth from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to engineer robots, design computer programs and learn about higher education and career opportunities in the STEM disciplines.
Wireless Philadelphia / Philadelphia – Digital Inclusion provides Philadelphia high school youth pursuing a technology-focused education with refurbished laptops, one year of wireless Internet access and support to help them advance learning and achieve post-secondary degrees through connectivity.
Wissahickon Charter School / Philadelphia – The Biodiesel Crew team engages middle school students in designing, building and operating a biodiesel processor that converts used vegetable oil into diesel fuel to teach key principles of STEM that address a real-world problem.
Working In The Schools / Chicago – WITS after-school Workplace Mentoring program promotes literacy and the love of reading among Chicago’s youth through a science based curriculum.
YWCA Lake County / Waukegan, Illinois – TechGYRLS® in Action and TechGYRLS on the GO! provide girls ages 9-14 opportunities to learn about science, technology and math through hands-on activities, clubs, competitions, mentoring, job shadowing and field trips.
YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago / Chicago – TechGYRLS brings enhanced STEM training to girls ages 9-17 on the south side of Chicago, with plans to expand to a west side location.
YWCA of Minneapolis / Minneapolis – The Girl Power® after-school and summer program builds math and science skills in urban girls from low-income households through girl-centric, experience-based learning in math, science, financial literacy and exposure to non-traditional careers.
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