Grants for Empowering Teachers (GET) - Due May 21, 2023
As a benefit to membership, MAST has established the GET opportunity for educators (formal and informal) to purchase non-consumable items that engage and enrich student learning. This grant opportunity is open to all MAST members, and each year five $200 awards will be presented to applicants who demonstrate the use/value of a particular item for their students and science education.
Within a year and a half, recipients are required to share evidence of student engagement. Possible presentation forms may include photographs or videos and a short write for social media, a poster for the MAST annual fall conference, or a presentation at that conference. Evidence may include photographs, drawings, quotes, videos, essays, artwork, etc. Recipients are encouraged to post on social media and include a link to the grant. Awardees will receive one day complimentary membership to the MAST Annual conference to share their work.
If you would like to see a list of previous winners and the items they purchased please view this document: https://tinyurl.com/GETExamples
Some examples of non-consumable items:
- Science equipment: microscopes, balances, etc
- Lab Materials: rocks and mineral samples, motors, etc
- Technology: Probes, thermal camera, build-able technology kits, robotics kits
- Resources: textbooks/leveled readers/non-fiction texts
