Round Rock campus awarded $1 million for STEM-for-All partnership

By Christian Martinez News

Contributor

Texas State President Kelly

Damphousse and Texas Representative John Carter secured a $1 million funding grant for the Round Rock STEM-for-All Partnership and research initiative. The grant came from the 2022-2023 general appropriations bill of Texas.

The grant will go toward funding internships for teacher and student training, professional development sessions and more.

"This grant will be used greatly for a research component that is currently getting worked on," Leslie Huling, director of the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Research said. "It’s research for the workforce needs and figuring out what are the educational demands and needs are in order to provide positively for companies."

Huling said more research needs to be done with the workforce not only for its needs but also for how they can make it better by using science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The research could fill in gaps or areas needing more attention to create a better overall workforce for the newer generations.

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