NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

The NASA Office of Education is pleased to announce the selected sites for the second and final phase of applications for the Summer of Innovation Mini-Grant opportunity in partnership with the National Space Grant Foundation for 2011. The mini-grant aspect of the SoI enables local organizations to infuse NASA-themed science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, content and activities to middle school students through existing summer and/or afterschool programs and anticipates engaging over 8,000 students in this fiscal year! The selected sites from the second application period are as follows:

Organization	City	State
Boys and Girls Club of Fairbanks	Fairbanks	Alaska
McNeil Canyon Elementary School	Homer	Alaska
S.T.E.P.S- Students Taking Excellence Personally = Success	Athens	Ala.
Boy Scouts of America, Golden Empire Council, Sacramento	Sacramento	Calif.
Boys and Girls Club of Malibu Teen Center	Malibu	Calif.
Discovery Museum Science and Space Center	Sacramento	Calif.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center Foundation	Lafayette	Calif.
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center	San Diego	Calif.
San Diego Space Society	San Diego	Calif.
Vintage Math Science Technology Magnet School	North Hill	Calif.
Yuma County Extension Office	Wray	Colo.
Discovery Museum and Planetarium	Bridgeport	Conn.
Mauro-Sheridan Magnet School for Technology, Science and Communications	New Haven	Conn.
Meriden YMCA	Meriden	Conn.
'When Robots Fly' Robotics Team	Mansfield	Conn.
Children & Charity International	Washington	District of Columbia
Mount Airy in Action	Washington	District of Columbia
Providence Creek Academy Charter School	Clayton	Del.
Apollo Middle School	Hollywood	Fla.
Conway Middle School	Orlando	Fla.
Global Engineering Math and Science Explorers	Orlando	Fla.
The DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests, Inc.	Miami	Fla.
Center for Sustainable Communities	Atlanta	Ga.
Dr. D.T. Walton Jr Omega Foundation, Inc.	Juliette	Ga.
Heart to Hart Learning	Stone Mountain	Ga.
Hephzibah Middle School	Hephzibah	Ga.
Langston Chapel Middle School Lego League Robotics Club	Statesboro	Ga.
Rex Mill Middle School	Rex	Ga.
Stephenson High School	Stone Mountain	Ga.
Technology Student Association	Rex	Ga.
TSA Cedar Grove Middle School Dekalb County Schools	Decatur	Ga.
Kauai Robotics Alliance	Lihue	Hawaii
Wahiawa Middle School Robotics Team	Wahiawa	Hawaii
Waianae High School	Waianae	Hawaii
Burley Junior High School Science Club	Burley	Idaho
Daarul Uloom	Peoria	Ill.
Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, Inc.	Rockford	Ill.
XSTREME Learning Foundation	Calumet City	Ill.
The Stanley Clark School	South Bend	Ind.
Louisiana Art & Science Museum	Baton Rouge	La.
Sci-Port Discovery Center d/b/a Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center	Shreveport	La.
Edward Bellamy Middle School	Chicopee	Mass.
Haverhill Robotics	Haverhill	Mass.
Design Engineering Club C/o Buck Lodge Middle School	Adelphi	Md.
Innovative STEM Foundation (ISF)	Reisterstown	Md.
Mid-Atlantic Institute for Space and Technology (MIST)	Pocomoke City	Md.
Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore (GSMISTS)	Grand Rapids	Mich.
Seaborg Mathematics & Science Center	Marquette	Mich.
B.H.A.L.D.I. (Balloon-based, High-Altitude Digital Imagery)	Plymouth	Minn.
Battle Creek Middle School	St. Paul	Minn.
Dakota County 4-H	Farmington	Minn.
Field GEMS	Minneapolis	Minn.
The Works	Edina	Minn.
Washington Technology Magnet School	St. Paul	Minn.
Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis	Ferguson	Mo.
Saint Louis Science Center	Saint Louis	Mo.
The Space Museum	Bonne Terre	Mo.
Bolivar County Extension Services- 4H Robotics	Cleveland	Miss.
Trout Creek RoboManiacs	Trout Creek	Mont.
Nebo Science Club	Nebo	N.C.
Piedmont Community Charter School	Gastonia	N.C.
Bismarck State College	Bismarck	N.D.
McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center	Concord	N.H.
Las Vegas Summer Robotics Camp	Las Vegas	Nev.
Al-Ihsan Academy	Queens	N.Y.
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (aka Buffalo Museum of Science)	Buffalo	N.Y.
Dr. Nelson Ying Tri Region Science and Engineering Fair	Syracuse	N.Y.
Massena Robotics Club	Massena	N.Y.
Science Center Discovery Museum	Ithaca	N.Y.
The Cradle of Aviation Museum	Garden City	N.Y.
The Place for Learning dba Long Island Science Center	Riverhead	N.Y.
Tully Central School District	Tully	N.Y.
Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland	Cleveland	Ohio
Cincinnati Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.	Cincinnati	Ohio
iSPACE, Inc.	Cincinnati	Ohio
Marion C. Seltzer School	Cleveland	Ohio
Michael R. White STEM School	Cleveland	Ohio
Sisters of Nia Girls' Summer Enrichment Program	Cincinnati	Ohio
Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum	McMinnville	Ore.
Friends of Saturday Academy	Portland	Ore.
Carnegie Science Center	Pittsburg	Pa.
Children's Center for Treatment & Education	Custer City	Pa.
Coatesville Community Education Foundation	Coatesville	Pa.
FIRST Robotics Team 433 - The Firebirds	Flourtown	Pa.
Philly Bot Shop	Philadelphia	Pa.
Upper Dublin School District Planetarium	Dresher	Pa.
Upper Merion Area Middle School Technology Student Association	King of Prussia	Pa.
G Works Inc.	Guaynabo	Puerto Rico
Middletown Public Schools/Krupowicz Planetarium	Middletown	R.I.
Museum of Natural History and Planetarium	Providence	R.I.
CMS Girls STEM Club	Chapin	S.C.
FIRST Robotics team, EnTech 281	Greenville	S.C.
White River Middle School	White River	S.D.
Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy	Chattanooga	Tenn.
After School Science Program at Graham Junior High School	Graham	Texas
Austin Middle School	San Juan	Texas
Curington Elementary	Boerne	Texas
D. U. Buckner	Pharr	Texas
Don Harrington Discovery Center	Amarillo	Texas
Donna High School	Donna	Texas
Edith and Ethel Carman School	San Juan	Texas
Girlstart	Austin	Texas
Johnston Middle School-Space Explorers Club	Houston	Texas
Martin Middle School Student Council	Corpus Christi	Texas
Mission Bend Elementary School - Robotics Club	Houston	Texas
Munoz Elementary	Donna	Texas
National Society of Black Engineers - TSU Chapter	Houston	Texas
The Imaginarium of South Texas	Laredo	Texas
Watauga Middle School	Fort Worth	Texas
Wiley Middle School	Leander	Texas
iWorlds Space Center	Lehi	Utah
Bayside Middle School: Virginia Beach City Public Schools	Virginia Beach	Va.
Beville Middle School Robotics Team	Woodbridge	Va.
Boy Scout Troop 40	Harrisonburg	Va.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 179	Virginia Beach	Va.
Business, Engineering, Service, and Technology (BEST) Mentoring Program	Blacksburg	Va.
Colonial Seaport Foundation	Hampton	Va.
Cub Scout Pack 212	Chesapeake	Va.
Daniel Morgan Middle School	Winchester	Va.
Dinwiddie County Public Schools	Dinwiddie	Va.
Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast	Chesapeake	Va.
Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council	Harrisonburg	Va.
Jubilee Family Development Center	Lynchburg	Va.
Lylburn Downing Middle School Science Club	Lexington	Va.
Mad About STEM- Spotsylvania County Schools	Fredericksburg	Va.
MathScience Innovation Center	Richmond	Va.
Newington Forest Elementary School	Springfield	Va.
Pittsylvania County 4-H	Chatham	Va.
Digivations Institute	Point Roberts	Wash.
Future of Flight Foundation	Mukilteo	Wash.
Biopharmaceutical Technology Center Institute	Madison	Wis.
Robotics Team of Follansbee Middle School	Follansbee	W.Va.
STEM Career Club	Martinsburg	W.Va.
Tyler County Girl Scouts Troop 5977	Sistersville	W.Va.
HSCSD #1 Lights On Afterschool	Thermopolis	W.Va.
Laramie County Community Partnership	Cheyenne	W.Va.

First Round of Summer of Innovation Mini-Grant Selections Announced


NASA looks forward to forging ahead with these important collaborations to engage and inspire students across the country.

For more information about these collaborations and the mini-grant portion of the project, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions page of the Space Grant Foundation website: › http://soi.spacegrant.org/faq#faq-expand-all-link.