TVA Awards Grants to Area Schools

THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BICENTENNIAL VOLUNTEERS INC., A TVA RETIREE ORGANIZATION, IS AWARDING $1 MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO EDUCATORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH EDUCATION PROJECTS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THE COMPETITIVE STEM CLASSROOM GRANT PROGRAM IS OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TENNESSEE STEM INNOVATION NETWORK AND THE PROGRAM RECEIVED 458 GRANT APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, OF WHICH 238 WERE SELECTED FOR FUNDING. GRANTS UP TO $5,000 WERE AWARDED AND PREFERENCE WAS GIVEN TO GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT EXPLORED TVA’S PRIMARY AREAS OF FOCUS: ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY PROBLEM-SOLVING. ANY SCHOOL THAT RECEIVES ITS POWER FROM A LOCAL POWER COMPANY SERVED BY TVA WAS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. AREA SCHOOLS RECEIVING GRANTS INCLUDE FLORENCE HIGH SCHOOL, MUSCLE SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL IN ALABAMA AND IN TENNESSEE, MAURY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL, SOUTH LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LORETTO HIGH SCHOOL, LEOMA ELEMENTARY, LAWRENCEBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL, LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, EO COFFMAN, SUMMERTOWN ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL, FAYETTEVILLE CITY SCHOOL, AND LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOL.

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