Fund Your Makerspace with the 2025-2026 Indiana DOE STEM Integration Grant

The Indiana Department of Education (DOE) has released the STEM Integration Grant for the 2025–2026 school year, and your school can benefit from it. This grant is open to public school corporations, charter schools, and accredited non-public schools. It aims to boost student achievement in STEM learning experiences, and we want to make the application process as easy as possible for you. The deadline to apply is August 15th, so act NOW!

1st Maker Space STEM Lab

IDOE STEM Integration Grant Application Wording for

1st Maker Space (Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1 and 2.2)

1st Maker Space provides customized support specific to Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1 and 2.2

Directions:

  1. Open the PDF document from the link above.

  2. Copy and paste the wording in this document as you complete each section of the STEM Integration Grant. Information in the document highlighted in yellow is specific to your school and will completed by the person completing the grant.

  3. Contact 1st Maker Space to create a specific estimate for the items you are wanting.

  4. Complete all sections of the grant application.

  5. Submit the grant by 4:00 pm on August 15, 2025.

For additional help in the grant writing process, contact Amber Hudson: amber@1stmakerspace.com.

For a personalized budget to be included with the grant, please contact Lisa Keaffaber: lisa@1stmakerspace.com.

Indiana Department of Education STEM Integration Grant Information

  • Aim: The STEM Integration Grant is designed to expand access to high-quality instruction across K-12 schools in order to enhance student participation and achievement in STEM disciplines.

  • Supports: Implementing sustainable STEM professional development, creating learning environments that promote growth in critical thinking and problem-solving, developing STEM leaders and educators, increasing access to high-quality STEM courses, programs, and resources

  • Funded by: Indiana Department of Education

  • Grant uses: K-12 training opportunities, administrator training, materials and curricular support, hands-on problem-solving, developing STEM leadership team, trans-disciplinary STEM approach, implementing STEM pedagogy in non-STEM disciplines, and more

  • Grant amounts:

    • < 1,000 students: $12,000

    • 1,000 - 1,999 students: $25,000

    • 2,000 - 9,999 students: $37,500

    • 10,000+ students: $50,000

  • Priorities for funding: Specific STEM training, grant activities sustainability, expansion of integrated STEM coursework and programs, strong alignment with Indiana’s Priorities for STEM Education and the Integrated STEM Standards

  • Eligibility: Open to public school corporations, charter schools, and other entities that meet specific criteria; must agree to grant assurances and submit a sustainability plan

  • Applicants must create an ECIVIS account to apply. Directions for creating an account can be found here.

  • Deadline for submission: 4 p.m. ET, Friday, August, 15th, 2025

  • Award administration details: Notifications Fall 2025

IDOE STEM Integration Grant Application Steps

Application Steps:

  1. Appendix A: Grant Terms and Clarifications
  2. Appendix B: Grant Narrative
  3. STEM Program Alignment
  4. Implementation and Sustainability
  5. Budget Narrative and Summary

Apply for the Grant

Need Help in the Grant Writing Process? Contact Us