NASA Announces 2012 Summer of Innovation Mini-Grants Opportunity

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June 7, 2012

Ann Marie Trotta 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-1601      
ann.marie.trotta@xxxxxxxx 

RELEASE: 12-188

NASA ANNOUNCES 2012 SUMMER OF INNOVATION MINI-GRANTS OPPORTUNITY

WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting proposals until June 29 for the 
mini-grants component of the agency's 2012 Summer of Innovation (SoI) 
project. 

Proposals may be submitted through the National Space Grant Foundation 
for NASA-themed content in a variety of programs geared toward middle 
school students. The foundation is administering the grant program 
for NASA. 

Mini-grants are designed to engage a wide variety of education 
partners - such as museums, schools or school districts, and youth 
organizations - to infuse science, technology, engineering and math 
(STEM) content in existing summer and after-school student programs. 
The maximum award value for each 2012 mini-grant is $2,500. 

"This is an outstanding opportunity for a diverse group of 
organizations to work with NASA and share STEM learning through 
summer and after-school activities," said Leland Melvin, associate 
administrator for education at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Even 
non-traditional providers like church groups and Girl Scout troops 
can join the NASA team and help us fuel students' curiosity about 
exploration." 

In 2011, 180 mini-grants were awarded in 46 states, the District of 
Columbia and Puerto Rico to organizations including museums, 
non-profit organizations, public schools and youth organizations. 
This year, NASA anticipates making approximately 200 awards. 

For more information about SoI mini-grant eligibility, timeline and 
application, visit: 

http://soi.spacegrant.org/about 

For more information about the Summer of Innovation project, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/soi 

For more information about NASA education programs, visit: 

http://www.nasa.gov/education 

	
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