STEM Mavericks
Grant
Overview
abstract
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The proposed project's objective is to support the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) pilot of creating STEM Defense Support Civilian Agencies. The project will train three East Carolina University instructors and five high school instructors in delivering the STEM Mavericks content and organizing STEM Mavericks hackathons. It will recruit and train 40 students from underserved high schools in a combination of NC-designated Tier 1 and federally designated Persistent Poverty counties in Eastern North Carolina. The project will support their participation in a five-day training session and a two-day capstone hackathon and will collect relevant data to support future pilots and development of a sustainable, scalable, and impactful program.
date/time interval
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December 2023 - August 2024
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