The second phase of the STEM Council’s @Scale Initiative
with a Request for Proposals (RFP) targeting Postsecondary Graduation Rates
and Workforce Development, addressing Goals 4 and 6 of the state STEM Plan, is currently underway.
This RFP commits $400K of state funds targeting $1.2M in matching non-state
funds supporting projects that replicate or scale-up successful initiatives to
benefit many more students and workers, quickly.
The
purpose of the @Scale initiative is to provide a framework to select and fund
projects that:
·
Effectively
use data to identify, quantify and measure outcomes in context of STEM
education/workforce development challenges,
·
Are
grounded in research, designed for replication and scale-up, and have demonstrated
prior success in achieving student and worker outcomes related to these
challenges,
·
Promote
partnerships with school districts, colleges and universities and workforce
development organizations to address the needs of significant numbers of
students and workers pursuing careers in
key industry sectors and demonstrate confirmed and sustainable commitments of
time and resources from partners and key stakeholders and,
·
Successfully
secure matching private/other funds to support scale-up implementation projects
that achieve widespread, measurable student and worker outcomes.
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