{"id":23294,"date":"2022-08-29T21:28:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23294"},"modified":"2022-08-29T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:28:36","slug":"faa-awards-231000-in-grants-to-expand-outreach-to-under-represented-students-in-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/kansas\/faa-awards-231000-in-grants-to-expand-outreach-to-under-represented-students-in-stem\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Awards $231,000 in Grants to Expand Outreach to Under-Represented Students in STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation\nAdministration (FAA) awarded $231,000 in grants to support Science, Technology,\nEngineering and Math (STEM) outreach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/STEM-Grant.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23295\" width=\"221\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/STEM-Grant.png 500w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/STEM-Grant-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/STEM-Grant-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/STEM-Grant-60x60.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf kids can dream it, they can do it. It\u2019s up to us to\nlight the path for them,\u201d said FAA Deputy Administrator Bradley Mims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three grants are for universities to facilitate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/education\">STEM outreach<\/a> to students, especially those who are under-represented in STEM and aviation fields. The schools will design and conduct drone-centered immersion programs, summer camps, after-school programs and community outreach efforts that will educate and inspire youth from elementary, middle, and high schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The STEM outreach grants are awarded to the following\nuniversities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>North Carolina State University $125,000<\/li><li>Kansas State University $100,000<\/li><li>Sinclair Community College in Ohio $6,000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s grants build on the FAA\u2019s efforts to inspire the next generation of aviators. Specific initiatives include the FAA Adopt-A-School Program, Airport Design Challenge where students in K-12 design airports using the video game Minecraft, the Aviation Career Education (ACE) Academies and the Youth in Aviation Task Force. Earlier this year, the FAA awarded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/faa-awards-5m-grants-develop-next-generation-pilots\">$5 million in grants<\/a> to fund aviation classes at higher-education institutions, high schools, state and local governments and flight schools to develop the next generation of pilots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded $231,000 in grants to support Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) outreach. \u201cIf kids can dream it, they can do it. It\u2019s up to us to light the path for them,\u201d said FAA Deputy Administrator Bradley Mims. 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