i-STEM Strand Provider Grant

Overview

Opportunity Goals and Objectives:

To empower Idaho educators to gain STEM content knowledge, pedagogical skills, and build local communities of learning to increase student excitement for and interest in STEM.

Want to share your STEMazing knowledge with Idaho educators? Apply to be a strand instructor at i-STEM 2025! We are looking for passionate leaders to teach 4-day strands (workshops) at the i-STEM institutes. Institutes take place the last two weeks of June at six locations across the state.

What is i-STEM?

i-STEM is a summer professional development opportunity for formal and informal Idaho educators. During four days, participants attend a strand, participate in general sessions, hear from keynote speakers and network with their peers. Strand instruction is focused on hands-on, project-based learning with content that focuses on local topics of interest. Each participant receives a kit of instructional material so that they can implement what they have learned in their teaching environments.

Max funding per award

If instructor(s) is a public formal or informal Idaho educator – lead instructors will receive a $2000 stipend and financial support to create a kit for materials and to support your strand. NOTE: Strand providers DO NOT have to be Idaho educators.

Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* You do not have to be an Idaho educator. If you are from industry or representing a vendor, we invite you to be part of i-STEM; however, we will not provide funding for instructor stipends and kits.