Oak Ridge, Tenn.—Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) is sponsoring a $5,000 grant for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classroom. The goal of the grant, designated for grades K–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 for the National Nuclear Security Administration.

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 Oct. 4, 2024. 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, the $5,000 grant 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 during Nuclear Science Week, Oct. 21–25, and all funds must be spent in the 2024-2025 academic year.