U.S. Department of Education Invests over $200 Million in STEM Education

The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) has invested $279 million in STEM discretionary grant funds in Fiscal Year 2018.

The U.S. ED’s efforts to support STEM education through the STEM discretionary grant priority include funding for the following programs:

1. Education Innovation and Research (EIR) — $66.8 million
2. Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) — $28.2 million
3. Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) — $16.4 million
4. Pathways to Apprenticeship for High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) Students — $3.6 million
5. Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) — $26.7 million
6. Indian Education Discretionary Grants Programs: Professional Development Grants Program — $6.2 million
7. Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs — $1.2 million
8. GEAR UP Competition: New Partnership Awards — $108 million
9. GEAR UP Competition: New State Awards — $20.4 million
10. Center on Early STEM Learning for Young Children with Disabilities — 1.45 million