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K-12 Educator Mini-Grants

Mini-grants are open to North Dakota formal and informal educators who are teaching, hosting, or participating in research or education initiatives related to STEM and/or NASA. Mini-grants may be applied to, but are not limited to, STEM-relevant field trips, materials and resources that enhance the STEM classroom, and participation in NASA-relevant or STEM challenges. Educator mini-grants are competitively awarded; the NDSGC reviews all applications using a rubric to evaluate scientific/technical merit, budget reasonableness, NASA-relevance, North Dakota-relevance, student involvement, and diversity and inclusion initiatives. All funds must be spent within the semester they are awarded.

Funding

  • Up to $2,500

Eligibility

  • The mentor/educator must teach or work at a public North Dakota K-12 school, museum, non-profit, or club
  • Students must be directly involved in, or directly benefit from, proposed activities
  • The mentor/educator must be a U.S. Citizen if receiving direct funding (contact the NDSGC team with questions)
  • The mentor/educator may be awarded every two years (e.g. if an educator received a mini grant in the fall of 2025, they would be eligible to reapply in the fall of 2027)

See NDSGC homepage for general eligibility and funding details.

Deadlines

Applications open one month prior to deadline:

  • Spring: November 1st
  • Summer: March 1st
  • Fall: May 1st

How to Apply

Review Forms & Spending to learn more about spending down funds and award expectations. Please reference the application guidance and informational video for more details. Contact the NDSGC team with questions.

Apply Now!

Pre-College Competition Teams

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium proudly provides funding to student teams participating in NASA and STEM relevant competitions at local, regional, national, and international levels. Mentors may apply for funding to cover materials and travel related to competitions.

Funding

  • First-year NDSGC-funded teams: up to $4,000
  • Returning NDSGC-funded teams that have met all deliverables: up to $12,000

Eligibility

The mentor/educator:

  • must teach or work at a public North Dakota K-12 school, museum, non-profit, or club
  • must be a U.S. Citizen if receiving direct funding (contact the NDSGC team with questions)

See NDSGC homepage for general eligibility and funding details.

Deadline

Applications open one month prior to deadline:

  • November 1st

How to Apply

Review Forms & Spending to learn more about spending down funds and award expectations. Please reference the application guidance and informational video for more details. Contact the NDSGC team with questions.

Apply Now!

Past Funding Recipients

Cando, Devils Lake, Fargo, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Northwood, and Rolla FIRST Robotics teams

Cando, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Northwood, and Rolla FIRST Robotics teams

Plant the Moon

The Plant the Moon Challenge is a global science experiment for elementary, middle, and high school students to examine how vegetable crops grow in lunar or Martian soil. This challenge supports NASA's new lunar exploration program, Artemis, and gives students the chance to help astronauts learn to grow their own food on the moon!

Funding

  • NDSGC pays the Institute of Competition Sciences to send requested kits

Eligibility

The mentor/educator:

  • must teach or work at a public North Dakota K-12 school, museum, non-profit, or club
  • must be a U.S. Citizen if receiving direct funding (contact the NDSGC team with questions)

See NDSGC homepage for general eligibility and funding details.

Deadlines

  • Fall and spring deadlines vary

How to Apply

Review the Institute of Competition Science's Plant the Moon website and complete the application. Contact the NDSGC team with questions.

Apply Now!

Past Funding Recipients

The NDSGC has sponsored over 100 Plant the Moon teams in North Dakota since 2022.

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