Expand Energy STEM Grants
Forecasted
Expand Energy STEM Grants support public school K–12 teachers with creative classroom STEM projects beyond school budgets, funding planned lessons and activities to enrich student learning.
Funder: Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley
Due Dates: September 1, 2026 (Applications open) | October 1, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $2,000 per award
Summary: Supports creative public school K–12 classroom STEM projects not covered by school budgets.
Key Information: Limited to teachers in Brooke, Ohio, Marshall, Tyler, and Wetzel county schools, with one request per classroom.
Description
Expand Energy STEM Grants, offered through the Community Foundation for the Ohio Valley, support public school K–12 teachers bringing science, technology, engineering, and math concepts into their classrooms. The program funds defined classroom projects and programs that school budgets do not cover, encouraging innovative and creative approaches to improve, advance, and enrich student learning.
Projects may be formative ideas that explore learning concepts or fully tested models ready to be adopted and disseminated. Activities should be age appropriate, and requested resources must be integral to a well-planned classroom project or lesson plan and important to its success. Projects that leverage additional funds are among those considered. Grants may also support outside experts who work directly with students.
