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Precollege Science Education Program
Through its Precollege Science Education Program, HHMI seeks to nurture children's interest in and knowledge of science. HHMI supports innovative classroom, laboratory, and field activities for pre-K to 12th-grade students, programs that provide teachers with opportunities for professional development, and outreach activities that reinforce the important role that parents and communities play in science education.
Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions
This grant initiative enables medical schools, academic health centers, and independent research institutions to engage in community outreach to pre-K to 12th-grade students and teachers. The initiative seeks to take advantage of these institutions' specialized labs, research scientists, and other unique resources. Grants are awarded through competitions held every five years. Participation in the competitions is by invitation only.
Washington, D.C., Area Initiatives
HHMI provides special grants to institutions in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, where HHMI's headquarters and Janelia Farm Research Campus are located. These include Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools, Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools, Loudoun County (Virginia) Public Schools, the Audubon Naturalist Society, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools
HHMI is partnering with the school district on four projects: internships at the National Institutes of Health for teachers and students, a biotechnology teacher training and equipment loan program, after school science clubs, and a science leadership project for elementary school teachers.
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Prince George's County (Maryland) Public Schools
HHMI is partnering with Eleanor Roosevelt High School's Science and Technology magnet program on a statistics manual for students, a national student research conference, a student research course, a science ethics curriculum, a high school engineering curriculum, and student internships at the National Institutes of Health.
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Loudoun County (Virginia) Public Schools
HHMI is partnering with the school district on the following projects: a scholarship program for outstanding science students, a science academy, a summer program for middle school teachers, an elementary science curriculum initiative, and an initiative to expose more students to authentic research.
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Audubon Naturalist Society
This grant funds environmental education workshops for teachers and support for schools to incorporate the environment into their instructional programs.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation
This grant provides outdoor field experiences for students and teacher professional development at 15 environmental education centers throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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