Thirteen grants totaling $9.6 were awarded to organizations and colleges to support programs that recruit, prepare, place and retain educators in schools with teacher shortages in the STEM subject areas. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced the grants today, saying they support efforts to find and train teachers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
2016 STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund Award Recipients
- Conexus – $226,788*
- Independent Colleges of Indiana – $2,140,353*
- Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts – $237,556*
- Nextech – $277,283
- Purdue Research Foundation (three grants awarded) – $1,109,947*
- Teach for America – $2,154,539*
- TNTP – $1,034,036
- University of Notre Dame – $370,972
- University of Southern Indiana Foundation (two grants awarded) – $763,437*
- Woodrow Wilson Foundation – $1,294,801*
