There are several opportunities for funding of K-12 activities from within the IEEE:
IEEE-USA
IEEE Foundation
IEEE EAB (Educational Activities Board)
IEEE-USA
- The IEEE-USA’s K-12 Literacy Committee’s K-12 STEM Activity Fund that helps teachers to sponsor innovation and creativity in or outside of the classroom. These funds provide small amounts of money for novel ideas that introduce engineering to students. See https://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/committees/pec/teacher-grants.html
- Region 6 makes PACE Project funds available for the support of professional activities such as K-12 in IEEE Sections, and Chapters. To obtain funding, Section or Chapter PACE Chairs must complete a Section Project Plan and Financing Request form, obtain supporting signatures, and file the form with their Regional or Divisional PACE Coordinator. When a project is completed, the related Final Project Report form must be filed with the same individuals. Click here for Forms for IEEE R6 Pace funding Contact the Region 6 PACE Chair with any questions: (contact: Amber Orr aorr@ieee.org)
IEEE Foundation
- The IEEE Foundation works with IEEE Organizational Units in order to enable programs that bring the promise of technology and the knowledge to use it to the world. The IEEE Foundation invites grant applications exclusively from IEEE organizational units for projects that address the pre-defined theme identified by the IEEE Foundation for each year. See http://www.ieeefoundation.org/ieee-units and https://www.ieeefoundation.org/file/IEEE-Grants-Matrix.pdf
- The IEEE Life Members Fund of the IEEE Foundation supports IEEE activities of interest to Life Members, potential engineers, and engineering students. Generous donations are invested in initiatives that:
- Excite students about STEM – science, technology, engineering, and math
- Empower young minds to purse careers in IEEE fields of interest
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Annually, the IEEE Life Members Committee provides funding; see https://www.ieeefoundation.org/Grants
IEEE EAB
The IEEE EAB Pre-University Education Coordinating Committee (PECC) is pleased to announce the establishment of Maker Event Seed Funding to assist IEEE Sections, Chapters, Student Branches, affinity groups, and individual IEEE members in engaging pre-university students through participating in maker events in their local community. https://www.ieee.org/education_careers/education/preuniversity/maker_funding.html