Partnership Grant Opportunities
The Minnesota STEM Ecosystem is excited to support innovative STEM education initiatives across the state!
As part of the investment from the Minnesota Legislature, the STEM Ecosystem will be awarding grants to nonprofit organizations supporting youth STEM career exploration and workforce development through STEM internships, AI Pedagogy, the creation/expansion of robotics teams, drone programs (intra-curricular and out of school time), development/expansion of VR learning programs and other emerging technology learning programs, the development of educator externships in emerging technology and in-demand career pathways.
The initial Letter of Interest (LOI) portal was open from August 11 to September 12, 2025, and received an overwhelming response—more than 120 submissions from across Minnesota. These submissions were evaluated by a highly-qualified, cross-sector, cross-system review committee composed of experts from education, workforce, and industry.
We are pleased to announce the organizations invited to complete the (full) partnership grant application. They are:
30,000 Feet (30K)
3D Robotics, Duluth
ACES (Athletes Committed to Educating Students)
Arrowhead Robotics Coalition
Byron Robotics STEAM Association
Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC)
Century College
Code Savvy
Columbia Heights Public Schools
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES)
EMERGE Community Development
FIRST in Upper Midwest, Inc.
GMCC (founded as Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches)
High Tech Kids
Hoover Elementary for Biomedical, Health Science and Engineering
Ignite Afterschool
Lakes Country Service Cooperative
Martin County KnowHow
Minnesota Diversified Industries
Minnesota FFA
Minnesota State Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence
Minnesota State Energy Center of Excellence
Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence
Minnesota State HealthForce Center of Excellence
Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota STEM Partnership
Northeast Range School ISD 2142
Owatonna Robotics Booster Club
Project Sweetie Pie
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Relentless Academy
Resource Training & Solutions Service Cooperative
Saint Cloud Technical College/VEX Robotics
Saint Paul Public Schools
Science from Scientists
Science Museum of Minnesota
SciMathMN
Smart North
Sourcewell Service Cooperative
South Central Service Cooperative
Southeast Service Cooperative
STARBASE Minnesota, Duluth
STEM Forward
Stewartville Public Schools
The Neighborhood Hub
The Works Museum
Twin Cities PBS (TPT)
YWCA of Minneapolis
Grant award recipients will be publicly announced the end of December; funding projects and programs January 5, 2026 through June 30, 2027.
