PARTNERS IN SCIENCE EXCELLENCE

FUNDING FOR HANDS-ON STEM PROJECTS 

Elementary and secondary science teachers in Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula Counties are eligible to submit funding requests. Funds up to $500 are available for either an individual teacher or a multiple-teacher group project. Teachers may participate in either one individual funding request or one group funding request each year. Applications are due by November 1. 

New: Optional 5-minute Quick Form to share your project idea for funding with PSE any time (if you are new to PSE funding). It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!   We'll send you an email letting you know if you qualify and to get the ball rolling. 

Required Teacher Information Form (Teacher information is not provided to reviewers of submitted applications.)

Online Funding Application (You may want to write the information in a digital format that you prefer (like Microsoft Word or Google Docs), save it on your computer, then copy/paste that information into the actual funding application.)

Helpful Hints Link

In accepting funding from Partners in Science Excellence, you agree to:  

• Spend the monies as detailed in their Funding Proposal

• Provide PSE details of how funds were spent*

• Submit a Project Report describing the success of the project and recommendations for improvement, if applicable

• Attend a Project Symposium to demonstrate project**

• Provide necessary guidance to ensure the project is completed, if personally unable to finish (e.g. transfer, new job, retirement, etc.). PSE MUST be notified of the changes and provided contact information of the new responsible teacher.  Also, if the Administrator that you list on your proposal changes, that contact information also needs to be shared with PSE.

*Past recipients should keep in mind that PSE has retained all past proposals.  All proposals should be novel and not just a variation of a previous submission.

**Following the school year in which the funding was awarded, the recipient is required to provide PSE with a brief presentation that gives other teachers and those providing funding for the grants an opportunity to see what was accomplished. The presentation should generally show the hands-on science that was done by the students and serve as inspiration for others to pursue inquiry science.