The ORAU STEM Accelerator's vision is to be the nation’s leading catalyst for advancing STEM education. Through transformative and innovative approaches, our goal is to strengthen national economy, global economic and technological leadership, national security, and our quality of life through STEM.
East Tennessee teachers who work at a public school within 50 miles of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and teach a STEM subject in 3rd – 10th grade are eligible to apply for ORAU’s $25,000 Extreme Classroom Makeover competition. The deadline to apply for the 2025 cycle is Friday, Jan. 31. A grand prize winner, a runner-up and a viewers’ choice winner will be selected to receive funds for technology upgrades.
Ken Tobin, chief research officer, and Cathy Fore, senior director of university partnerships, sit down with hosts Michael Holtz and Abbey Becker to discuss the state of research at ORAU. As an institution, ORAU has its hands in more research than ever before, involving our own subject matter experts, as well as that of our government agency partners and our university consortium members. This episode includes discussion of recent research successes and the matchmaking that Fore does to increase the value proposition for consortium members. We discuss ORAU's current research priorities and the topics of recently awarded ORAU-Directed Research and Development projects. We also do a quick wrap up of the 2024 annual meeting, which focused on STEM education and look ahead to the 2025 meeting and its focus on advanced manufacturing.
