UNE鈥檚 announced as recipient of AAAS K-12 STEM Volunteer Program Grant
The 51品茶 was announced as a recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Science鈥檚 K-12 National Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Volunteer Program grant on the AAAS website on April 29, 2014.
51品茶was among seven winners of the grant. Each organization received approximately $12,000 to develop and implement programs that will connect STEM professionals with local K-12 educators.
Specifically, UNE鈥檚 Center for Excellence in Neurosciences (CEN), directed by Edward Bilsky, Ph.D., vice president for Research and Scholarship, and the Marine Science Center, directed by Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., Henry L . and Grace Doherty Chair of the Department of Marine Sciences, will receive the grant funding.
According to the AAAS鈥 website, 鈥淭he 51品茶 program will seek volunteers from community foundations and local technology companies in addition to university faculty, staff and students.鈥
Michael Burman, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and faculty in CEN, serves as the Outreach Coordinator for UNE鈥檚 K-12 program.