STEM Grants
One More to Grow! STEM Grant 2016
This grant is closed.
The Oklahoma Department of Libraries is pleased to announce the availability of this IMLS through LSTA and the State of Oklahoma competitive grant to Oklahoma Public Librarians who serve youth ages 0 - 18 and were one of the fifty-two (52) recipients of the Lego STEM Grant and the Kid IS the Rocket STEM Grant.
Proposals for this grant opens August 1, 2016 and closes August 31, 2016. The grants will be awarded by or before September 30, 2016. The grant period ends September 15, 2017. The competitive grant amount is $15,860.
The purpose of this grant is to support STEM programs and activities in Oklahoma libraries. These IMLS funds aim to provide an opportunity for the fifty-two (52) Lego STEM and Kid IS the Rocket STEM grant recipients to extend and enhance their current programs. ODL will award up to ten (10) recipients at no more than $1,500 each. Less than ten (10) recipients will increase the amount awarded.
Download the grant announcement (PDF).
Awarded libraries:
- Ada Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Alva Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Duncan Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Donald W. Reynolds Library & Community Center (Durant) - knowledge base posts
- Enid Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Hennessey Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Watonga Public Library - knowledge base posts
- Mabel C. Fry Public Library (Yukon) - knowledge base posts
- Southern Oklahoma Library System in Ardmore - knowledge base posts
- Muskogee Public Library (Eastern Oklahoma District Library System) - knowledge base posts
The Kid IS the Rocket STEM Grant 2015
This grant is closed. You can download a copy here, Kid is the Rocket Grant PDF
Rocket Grant Recipients
ROUND 1: $103,628.91 was awarded to Oklahoma Public Libraries. 75 libraries applied and 21 were funded. Of the funded libraries: 12 libraries are system branches: Eastern Oklahoma District Library System, 5 branches; Pioneer Library System, 5 branches; Chickasaw Regional Library System, 1 branch; and Southern Prairie Library System, 2 branches, for a cumulative $57,124.54. Nine municipal libraries were awarded a cumulative $44,706.37. All 75 applicants applied for a cumulative $253,002.11.
ROUND 2: *Additional funding was made available and awarded. **Libraries that were previously capped at $10,000 in round 1 were funded the remaining requested amount. Total additional funds awarded was $53,086.44. The grand total of round 1 and 2 grant funding awarded is $156,715.35.
Excel listing of all awarded libraries with amounts, and items (no links included in the file)
- Mabel C. Fry in Yukon - $6,204.40 - Bee-Bot Hive, LEGO's, Squishy Circuits, Cubelets - Excel File
- Purcell Public Library - 2,795.55 - littleBits, Makey Makey, LEGO Robotics - Excel File
- Hennessey Public Library - $10,000.00 **$6,123.46 - Tablets, and LEGO's - Excel Final
- Muldrow Public Library - $4,001.89 - Makey Makey, LEGO's, 3D Doodler, etc. - Excel File
- Piedmont Public Library - $1,874.79 - Sphero, Ozobot, Makey Makey, etc. - Excel File
- Altus Public Library - $5,655.00 - 3D Printer, LEGO, STEM kits, and etc. - Excel file
- Chickasaw Regional Library System Headquarters in Ardmore - $10,000.00, **513.68 3D Printer & accessories - Excel File
- Hinton Public Library - $3,526.27 - LEGO's, littleBits, K'Nex, OWI Solar Robot, Telescope, etc. - Excel File
- Moore Public Library - $8,461.58 - Osmo Game System, Tablets, LEGO, etc. - Excel File
- Grove Public Library - $4,945.35 - Ozobot, Makey Makey, Sphero, LEGO WeDo, etc. - Excel File
- Blanchard Public Library - $1,400.00 - K'Nex Simple Machines - Excel File
- Guthrie Public Library - $3,852.00 - 3D Printer & Accessories, and 3D Printing Books - Excel File
- Hollis Public Library - $2,350.00 - LEGO Sets, Makey Makey, Raspberry Pi Computer, etc - Excel File
- Waurika Public Library - $1,212.51 - Mr. McGroovy's Rivets, and Tablets - Excel File
- Noble Public Library - $2,950.75 - LEGO's, etc. - Excel File
- Q.B. Boydstun Public Library in Fort Gibson - $562.42 - LEGO Sets - Excel File
- Alva Public Library - $5,139.46 - STEM Kits - Excel File
- Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library in Sallisaw - $4,002.00 - Makey Makey, LEGO Robotics, 3D Doodler - Excel File
- Muskogee Public Library - $10,000.00, **$3,464.40 - Arduino, Makey Makey, Oculus VR, littleBits, Kepler Inspire etc. - Excel File
- Enid Public Library - $10,000.00, **$5,623.41 - Makerspace Tools & Equipment - Excel File
- Stillwater Public Library - $2,896.94 - Arduino, Park Tool Home Mechanic Starter Kit, Circuits, Makey Makey, Raspberry Pi, Finch Robot, LEGO Robotics, littleBits, etc. - Excel File
- *Eufaula Public Library - $3,450.00 - LEGO Robotics, and Filmmaking Equipment - Excel File
- *Shawnee Public Library - $1,062.31 - Makey Makey, etc. - Excel File
- *Newcastle Public Library - $1,585.88 - Kano Kit, etc. - Excel File
- *Norman Public Library - $7,129.73 - Video/Film Production - Excel File
- *Pawhuska Public Library - $1,688.70 - LEGO's Center Packs, and Robotics - Excel File
- *Duncan Public Library - $9,330.00 - Minecraft & K'Nex - Excel File
- *Beaver Pioneer County Library - $8,384.17 - Robotics, etc - Excel File
- *Edmond Public Library - $4,730.70 LEGO Sets & Robotics - Excel File
Program Items from Submitted Applicants
Listed are Some of the programs libraries submitted for the grant.
- Minecraft EDU for schools and libraries to either host the Minecraft game on their own server or have it hosted on a Minecraft server.
- Roblox
- K'Nex - The world's Most Creative Construction and Building Toys
- Kano - Make a Computer
- Lego Story Starter
- Code.org - Hour of Code
- Lego WeDo
- Lego Mindstorms NXT
- Lego Education Wheels Set
- Made by Dad: 67 Blueprints for Making Cool Stuff by Scott Bedford
- Dad's Book of Awesome Projects by Mike Adamic
- Apollo Tools: 53-Piece Household Tool Kit
- Scratch - Imagine, Program, Share
- Ozobots Robotic Toys
- littleBits: DIY Electronics for Prototyping and Learning
- littleBits Arduino kit
- MakerBot 3D Printing
- Celestron Telescope
- Janome Sewing Machine
- MRE's: Meals Ready to Eat
- Lego Military Cargo Plane model
- Makey Makey
- Simple Machines III Set
- Lego BuildtoExpress Classroom pack
- More to come***
Lego STEM Grant 2014
48 libraries applied. Of the 48 applications, 36 were awarded to: PLS, 7 branches; MLS, 2 branches; EODLS, 4 branches; and 23 municipal. Total funds spent was $58,216.33.
These are the awarded libraries:
Systems -
- EODLS - Eufaula, Tahlequah, Muskogee, and Westville
- MLS - Almonte, and Warr Acres
- PLS - Purcell, SOKC, Blanchard, Norman, Noble, McLoud, Moore
Municipal-
- Mounds
- Ada
- Prague
- Hennessey
- Yukon
- Watonga
- Inola
- Woodward
- Piedmont
- Durant
- Talala
- Laverne
- Alva
- Coweta
- Marlow
- Allen
- Locust Grove
- Wagoner
- Sapulpa
- Fairview
- Antlers
- Pawhuska
- Guthrie