GET GRANTS Heritage University receives $2.1M NSF grant for STEM education | News AdminSeptember 18, 202501 views The Brief • Heritage University received a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve STEM education over five years • The “SAGE” program will provide tutoring, mentorship and research opportunities to help students recover from pandemic learning losses • Students will have access to local research partnerships and an international research trip to Panama TOPPENISH, Wash. — Heritage University has received a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance STEM education for its students through a comprehensive five-year program. The university will use the funding for its “SAGE” grant program, designed to help students catch up in science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses that were particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant will allow Heritage to hire additional support staff to provide tutoring and mentorship services for students in STEM fields. The program also includes funding for an international research trip to Panama and various local research opportunities. “We have a number of funds built in for students to do local research. We have partners at the USD lab in Wapato, at the WSU IREC facility in Prosser, and also with the Yakima Nation and their natural resource programs,” said Dr. Black. The new grant will build on a previous grant Heritage University received from the National Science Foundation. COPYRIGHT 2025 BY APPLE VALLEY NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. Source link