The STEM Expert Facilitation of Family
Learning in Libraries and Museums (STEMeX) is a National Leadership
Grants Special Initiative. National Leadership Grants for Libraries
(NLG-Libraries) and National Leadership Grants for Museums
(NLG-Museums), under which this special initiative falls, support
projects that address challenges faced by the library and museum
fields and that have the potential to advance practice in those
fields. Successful projects will generate results such as new
tools, research findings, models, services, practices, or alliances
that can be widely used, adapted, scaled, or replicated to extend
the benefits of federal investment. This special joint
NLG-Libraries and NLG-Museums initiative invites proposals for
research on informal educational approaches that leverage community
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) professionals in
the broadest sense. Funded research projects will create a
foundation for reaching children and families from diverse
economic, social, and cultural backgrounds, with different levels
of knowledge about STEM.
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