2012 Summer of Innovation Mini-Grant Announcement
July 18, 2012
The NASA Office of Education is pleased to announce the selected sites for the applications for the Summer of Innovation Mini-Grant opportunity in partnership with the National Space Grant Foundation for 2012. 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 20,000 students in this fiscal year! The selected sites are as follows:
| Anchorage Museum | Alaska |
| Fairbanks Boys & Girls Clubs | |
| Juneau Economic Development Council/STEMAK.org | |
| McNeil Canyon Elementary School | |
| Excalibur Christian School | Alabama |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama - Gulf Region | |
| Grace Lutheran School Robotics Club | |
| Tuscaloosa Magnet Middle Robotics Club | |
| Winchester LEGO Explorers | |
| Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts | Arkansas |
| Museum of Discovery | |
| Arizona Science Center | Arizona |
| Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona | |
| Northland Preparatory Academy Space Spartans | |
| Pinal County 4-H | |
| BSA Troop 14, Albany, CA | California |
| Chabot Space & Science Center | |
| Discovery Museum Science & Space Center | |
| FIRST team #2493, Robokong | |
| GO-NEST | |
| Jose M. Hernandez Reaching for the Stars Foundation | |
| SciTech | |
| Think College Now | |
| Vintage Math Science Technology Magnet School | |
| Durango Discovery Museum | Colorado |
| LAUNCH | |
| Math Pioneers | |
| Roy J. Wasson H.S. Freshman Transition Program | |
| Yuma County Extension Office | |
| Grace Academy | Connecticut |
| Green Energy Robotics | |
| Math Pioneers | |
| Mauro Sheridan Magnet School | |
| Wallingford Youth and Social Services | |
| Children & Charity International | District of Columbia |
| Youth Organizations United to Rise Community Center | |
| Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation | Delaware |
| Pencader Charter High School | |
| Providence Creek Academy Charter School | |
| Future Generation Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Academy, Inc. | Florida |
| Global Engineering Math & Science Explorers, Inc. | |
| Science & Discovery Center of Northwest Florida | |
| YMCA of Greater St. Petersburg | |
| Youth Force | |
| 100 Black Men of Rome-NWGA, Inc | Georgia |
| Langston Chapel Middle School Robotics Team | |
| Lanier Middle School | |
| Rex Mill Middle School | |
| WizKidz Science and Technology Centers, Inc. | |
| YELL! Academy (Youth Engaged in Learning and Leading) | |
| Friends of the Future | Hawaii |
| Haili Christian School | |
| Wahiawa Middle School Robotics Team | |
| Waianae High School Searider Robotics | |
| H.W. Grout Trust (dba Grout Museum District) | Iowa |
| Young Emerging Scientists | |
| Sage International School of Boise, A Public Charter School | Idaho |
| Wings Charter School District #467 | |
| Discovery Center Museum of Rockford, Inc. | Illinois |
| Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois | |
| Greater Chicago Neighborhoods, Inc. | |
| Thomas J. Kellar Middle School | |
| Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy | |
| Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana | Indiana |
| Fort Wayne Urban League | |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | |
| Banner Creek Science Center | Kansas |
| Children First: CEO Kansas, Inc. | |
| Liberal Memorial Library | |
| Mid-America Air Museum | |
| Topeka Collegiate School | |
| Betsy Layne Elementary School | Kentucky |
| Breckinridge County Middle School | |
| Clinton County Middle School | |
| Pride Ave Elementary (Courtyard of Curiosity Club) | |
| Kenilworth Science and Technology Charter School | Louisiana |
| Louisiana Methodist Childrens Home | |
| Red Stick Robotics | |
| Sci-Port: Louisiana's Science Center | |
| SciTech Academy (Middle School) | |
| St. Clement of Rome School | |
| Bourne (MA) PTA | Massachusetts |
| Edward Bellamy Middle School | |
| Haverhill Robotics | |
| Society of Women Engineers - Boston | |
| Innovative STEM Foundation (ISF) | Maryland |
| Lewisdale Elementary School Engineering Club | |
| Links Incorporated, Silver Spring Chapter (Services to Youth Facet) | |
| Meade Middle School - MESA | |
| Challenger Learning Center of Maine | Maine |
| L.C. Bates Museum | |
| Learningworks | |
| Avondale Middle School | Michigan |
| Huda School and Montessori | |
| Raven Hill Discovery Center | |
| Battle Creek Middle School | Minnesota |
| Headwaters Science Center | |
| Hidden Oaks Middle School-Science Department | |
| The Works | |
| Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis | Missouri |
| Hillsboro Intermediate | |
| The Space Museum | |
| Bolivar County 4H Stem Club | Mississippi |
| Nicholson Elementary | |
| Team Fusion Robotics | |
| The PERICO Institute for Youth Development and Entrepreneurship, Inc. | |
| Smith Valley School | Montana |
| Southwest Montana Astronomical Society | |
| Trout Creek School | |
| CREATE Workshop | North Carolina |
| Horizons Unlimited | |
| Nebo Science Club | |
| Robeson Planetarium and Science Center | |
| Young Women of Promise, Inc., dba Kinston Youth Enrichment Project | |
| Gateway to Science Center, Inc. | North Dakota |
| Jesuit Academy | Nebraska |
| St. Columbkille Catholic School | |
| Strategic Air and Space Museum | |
| YWCA Lincoln | |
| Margret and H.A. Rey Center | New Hampshire |
| McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center | |
| Oyster River High School FIRST Robotics Team #3499 | |
| Pelham Public Library | |
| Boys & Girls Club of Clifton | New Jersey |
| Matawan Aberdeen Middle School | |
| Morris Museum | |
| Union City Board of Education | |
| Challenger Learning Center New Mexico | New Mexico |
| Madison Middle School Science Club | |
| Girl Scouts of the Sierra Nevada | Nevada |
| Lied Discovery Children's Museum | |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | |
| Baychester Middle School | New York |
| Long Island Science Center | |
| Massena Robotics Club | |
| Sciencenter | |
| The Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York | |
| Vacamas Programs for Youth | |
| Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation (WHEDco) | |
| Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | Ohio |
| iSPACE, Inc. | |
| Mansfield City Schools | |
| P.R.E.P Learning Center | |
| Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach | |
| Bryant Elementary Science/Math Club | Oklahoma |
| Gore Middle School 8th Grade Science | |
| Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum | Oregon |
| Friends of Saturday Academy, dba Saturday Academy | |
| Girls Inc. of NW Oregon | |
| Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory | |
| Children's Center for Treatment and Education | Pennsylvania |
| Greenwood Middle/High School | |
| JTL Science Olympiad Club | |
| NASTAR Foundation | |
| Upper Dublin School District Planetarium | |
| Upper Merion Area Middle School Technology Student Association | |
| G Works Inc. | Puerto Rico |
| Atomic Robotics 4H | Palau |
| Highlander Charter School | Rhode Island |
| Krupowicz Planetarium/Middletown Public Schools | |
| RWP Museum of Natural History and Planetarium | |
| Denmark Olar Middle School Bamberg 2 School District Denmark, South Carolina | South Carolina |
| FIRST Robotics team EnTech 281, The GreenVillains | |
| Laurens County School District 55 | |
| Ronald E. McNair Middle School After School Science Program | |
| The Bridge Tech | |
| Enemy Swim Day School Out of School Time Program | South Dakota |
| Harrisburg Middle School | |
| Mitchell Public Schools | |
| Baylor School | Tennessee |
| Chattanooga Area Mathematics Teachers' Association | |
| Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy | |
| Hands On! Regional Museum | |
| Meigs County - Decatur Public Library | |
| Boerne Independent School District | Texas |
| Cesar Chavez Elementary, PSJA ISD | |
| Cross Plains Public Library | |
| Girl Scouts of Central Texas | |
| H.B. Zachary Middle School Learning Tree After School Program | |
| Hamilton Middle School | |
| Oliveira Middle School | |
| Thornton Elementary | |
| Watauga Middle School | |
| Legacy Preparatory Academy | Utah |
| Library Square Foundation | |
| Summit Community Gardens - Youth Adventures Program | |
| Alternatives, Inc. | Virginia |
| From One Hand To Another: Pharrell Williams Resource Center | |
| Institute for Advanced Learning and Research | |
| Jubilee Family Development Center | |
| MathScience Innovation Center Foundation (501c3) | |
| Portsmouth Chapter, The Links, Incorporated | |
| Virginia Air & Space Center | |
| Cascade k-8 | Washington |
| DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE | |
| Key Peninsula Middle School | |
| BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute | Wisconsin |
| Boy Scout Troop 50 | |
| Gilmer County High School | West Virginia |
| Near Earth Object Foundation | |
| Tyler County Girl Scout Troop 5977 | |
| Casper Planetarium | Wyoming |
| Hot Springs County School District #1 Lights On Afterschool |