BBBTV12 Serving Anderson, Roane, and Morgan Counties
Oak Ridge, Tenn.—In recognition of Engineers Week during the last week in February, Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) is sponsoring $1,000 grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classrooms. The goal of the grants, designated for grades 6–12, is to foster advancement of STEM activities in the classroom and to help develop Y-12’s future workforce. CNS manages and operates the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Public and private school teachers or school administrators in the following East Tennessee counties may apply:
Anderson
Blount
Campbell
Claiborne
Cocke
Cumberland
Grainger
Hamblen
Jefferson
Knox
Loudon
McMinn
Meigs
Monroe
Morgan
Rhea
Roane
Scott
Sevier
Union
Grant application information is available on the Y-12 website, and applications will be accepted through Feb. 25, 2022. Educators who are immediate family members of Y-12 employees are not eligible to apply for or receive a grant.
Y-12 staff will evaluate the grant applications and make recommendations for grant allocations. Once a final decision is made, five grants of $1,000 each will be made payable to the individual school and will be dispersed to the teacher or administrator in accordance with school protocol.
Grants will be awarded in March, and all funds must be spent by June 1, 2022.
