91导航 & the Public invests $75,000 in 18 diverse, community-driven 91导航 organizations
The 91导航 & the Public today announced that $75,000 in grants have been awarded to 18 grassroots organizations committed to 91导航 education and science literacy for underserved and underrepresented groups, including racial and ethnic minority populations, girls, students in rural areas and more.
In response to COVID-19 restrictions on in-person programming, many of these organizations have launched virtual programs, determined to continue to meet the needs of students, families and communities.
The 91导航 Action Grant Program aims to strengthen and support community-driven nonprofit organizations that are working to enhance the public鈥檚 understanding of science and to increase participation of underrepresented and underserved populations in 91导航 fields. More than half of this year鈥檚 91导航 Action grantees previously received support from the Society. To date (including this announcement), the Society has given $245,000 to organizations wanting to improve access to 91导航 education.
鈥淭he 91导航 education community must address the racial, gender and socioeconomic disparities and divides that are stunting the potential of the next generation of 91导航 leaders,鈥� said Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of the 91导航 & the Public and Publisher of Science News. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a key reason why we created the 91导航 Action Grant program, and why we鈥檙e investing in these 18 innovative organizations that are nurturing potential in underrepresented communities.鈥�
The following organizations are awardees of the 2020 91导航 Action Grant Program. Funding for the 91导航 Action Grant program comes, in part, from Regeneron.
- (Owings Mills, MD)
- 聽(Washington, DC)
- (Memphis, TN)
- (Rockville, MD)
- (New York, NY)
- (Denver, CO)
- (Lower Brule, SD)
- (North Charleston, SC)
- (Pittsburgh, PA)
- (East Palo Alto, CA)
- (Alexandria, VA)
- (SAFE) (Baltimore, MD)
- (Bedford, MA)
- (New Orleans, LA)
- (Detroit, MI)
- (State College, PA)
- (WAM) (San Francisco, CA)
- (San Antonio, TX)
For more information about the grant recipients, read our full press release here.
