This year the societies awarded $40,000 to 22 area schools via the Elementary School Science Olympiad Program. This program provides information, manuals, training, and grant money for teachers and administrators to promote Science Olympiad programs in their schools or districts.
Approximately $25,000 was distributed through the High School Equipment Grant which provides science equipment to regional high schools to help enhance their science curriculum.
Two $40,000 Starter Grants were awarded to beginning chemistry professors to encourage high-quality, innovative research. One award was in the area of analytical chemistry and the other in spectroscopy. The goal of the grants is to promote the training and development of graduate students in the fields of spectroscopy and analytical chemistry.
The Pittsburgh Conference Memorial National College Grant awarded a total of $116,956 to 13 colleges across the country based on predetermined selection criteria and guidelines. The following are the 2018 recipients:
- Alverno College
- Dominican University
- Keystone College
- LaGrange College
- Marian University of Wisconsin
- McPherson College
- Millikin University
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- North Park University
- Northcentral Technical College
- Penn State Beaver
- Regis University
- Roanoke College
Additionally, these funds support lecture series for children and adults, continuing education opportunities, scholarships, museums, libraries, science fairs and festivals, and much more.
We extend a sincere thank you to all of our exhibitors, sponsors, attendees and volunteers for participating in Pittcon 2018 and making our mission possible.
For more information contact:
Kim Palastro
800-825-3220 x 202
412-825-3220 x 202