Y-12 accepting applications for a $5,000 classroom grant to foster STEM activities

Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) announced it is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom.

The goal of the grant, designated for grades K-12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in the classroom and to help develop Y-12’s future workforce, a news release said. CNS manages and operates the Y-12 National Security Complex for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

Public and private school teachers or school administrators in 20 East Tennessee counties may apply: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union.

Grant application information is available on the Y-12 website , and applications will be accepted through Oct. 4, 2024. Educators who are immediate family members of Y-12 employees are not eligible.

Y-12 staff will evaluate the grant applications and make recommendations for grant allocations. Once a final decision is made, the $5,000 grant will be made payable to the individual school and will be disbursed to the teacher or administrator in accordance with school protocol.

Grants will be awarded during Nuclear Science Week , Oct. 21-25, and all funds must be spent in the 2024-2025 academic year.

This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Y-12 accepting applications for a $5,000 classroom grant to foster STEM activities