BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The Tennessee Valley Authority, in partnership with Bicentennial Volunteers Inc., a TVA retiree organization, is awarding $1.5 million in awards to educators to develop science, technology, engineering, and math education projects across the Tennessee Valley region.
According to the release, the competitive STEM classroom award program is operated in partnership with the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network. The program received 528 applications, and 339 were selected for funding.
Since 2018, TVA/BVI has provided over $9 million in STEM grants supporting over 845,000 students.
The following Kentucky schools were selected:
Allen County High School (Scottsville, KY)Alvaton Elementary School (Alvaton, KY)Auburn Elementary School (Auburn, KY)Butler County High School (Morgantown, KY)Chandler’s School (Russellville, KY)Drake’s Creek Middle School (Bowling Green, KY)Fulton County Elementary/Middle School (Hickman, KY)Gateway Academy to Innovation and Technology (Hopkinsville, KY)Glasgow Middle School (Glasgow, KY)Graves County Central Elementary School (Mayfield, KY)Millbrooke Elementary School (Hopkinsville, KY)Edmonson County High School (Brownsville, KY)North Calloway Elementary School (Murray, KY)R E Stevenson Elementary School (Russellville, KY)Rockfield Elementary (Bowling Green, KY)Sedalia Elementary School (Mayfield, KY)South Christian Elementary (Herndon, KY)South Green Elementary (Glasgow, KY)South Warren Middle School (Bowling Green, KY)Warren County Area Technology Center (Bowling Green, KY)Warren East High School (Bowling Green, KY)Warren East High School (Bowling Green, KY)
Warren RECC will help Warren County Area Technology Center, Warren East High School and Warren East High School.
Grants up to $5,000 were awarded in a competitive process. Preference was given to applications that explored TVA’s primary areas of focus: environment, energy, economic development, and community problem-solving.
Any school that receives their power from a local power company served by TVA was eligible to apply.
A full list of the grant recipients can be found at tva.com/stem.
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