Building STEM Classrooms Initiative
Free STEM classroom supplies, training, and STEM grants
The Synopsys Outreach Foundation aims to ignite, empower, and nurture students and educators to participate in project-based STEM. Each fall, we provide FREE STEM classroom supplies, teacher trainings, and project-based STEM program/event grants to Greater Bay Area (CA) educators.
Program open to the Greater Bay Area
Please note: Our fall 2021 applications will be limited to educators in the Greater Bay Area (California) in line with our organization’s new vision and mission. It has been an honor to serve the needs of teachers throughout the state of California and Hillsboro, OR over the past 20 years and we are grateful for your partnership and dedication to your students. Moving forward, these programs will now serve educators in the following counties: Sonoma, Napa, Solano, Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, San Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito. For more information about the changes to our programs, please visit our FAQ and reach out to us at hello@outreach-foundation.org.
Available Resources & Applications
Materials Packages:
Empowering students with STEM Classroom supplies
SOF is proud to provide FREE professional development for 20 elementary and middle school teachers from the Greater Bay Areaduring Summer 2022. We will be partnering with The Krause Center for Innovation (out of Foothill College) on a version of their STEAM Leadership Program. This course is designed for pre-service teachers and educators who want to grow as STEAM educators and focuses on interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, and math topics and how one is able to integrate those disciplines into all of their curriculum.
- Project boards (up to 60)
- Science notebooks (up to 48)
- RAFT membership (1 per teacher for first 300 applicants)
- RAFT STEM project kits (up to 35 kits for first 200 applicants)
- New teacher stipend ($100 for first 150 applicants)
- Apply for SJSU college students to lead an engineering workshop at your school! Materials and inspiration provided free of cost
The application deadline is December 15th, 2021.
Event Grants:
Grants for project-based 2021-2022 STEM events and programs
Eligible educators and nonprofits may apply for grants to help support 2021-2022 programs or events that help engage Greater Bay Area marginalized students in project-based STEM.
Please review the grant qualifications before applying.
SOF is proud to make available grants for programs and events that serve the following grade bands:
STEM Grants
The project based STEM grants available are max $2,500 for elementary school and $5,000 for middle and high school
RAFT Maker Van
a 1-day experience with the RAFT Maker Van (4 spots available)
The application deadline is November 15th 2021
Teacher Training:
Introducing project-based STEM into your classroom
SOF is proud to provide FREE professional development for 20 elementary and middle school teachers from the Greater Bay Areaduring Summer 2022. We will be partnering with The Krause Center for Innovation (out of Foothill College) on a version of their STEAM Leadership Program. This course is designed for pre-service teachers and educators who want to grow as STEAM educators and focuses on interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, and math topics and how one is able to integrate those disciplines into all of their curriculum.
More opportunities for middle and high school – coming soon!
2021 Important Dates
September 15th
Grant Applications open for elementary, middle, and high school STEM program and event grants
October 15th
November 15th
Grant applications close
December 1st
Grant recipients notified
December 15th
Close of package and training applications
January/February 2022
Materials shipped to schools
For more information about the Building STEM Classrooms Initiative, please see our FAQ or reach out to us at hello@outreach-foundation.org. Thank you for all that you do for Bay Area students.
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