University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Ursinus College, Pennsylvania 
Vassar College, New York 
Villanova University, Pennsylvania 
Wabash College, Indiana 
Wake Forest University, North Carolina 
Wayne State University, Michigan 
Wellesley College, Massachusetts 
Wesleyan University, Connecticut 
Whitman College, Washington 
Williams College, Massachusetts 
Xavier University of Louisiana 
Yale University, Connecticut 
PRECOLLEGE AND PUBLIC SCIENCE 
EDUCATION 
Precollege Science Education 
In May 1991, the Institute announced its newest 
program in the area of elementary and secondary 
school education, a precollege science education 
initiative for museums. With a major focus on ele- 
mentary school-age children, this initiative comple- 
ments the outreach activities funded by the Institute 
through the undergraduate science education pro- 
gram, which have been geared primarily to second- 
ary school students and teachers. The museums ini- 
tiative was launched in recognition of the important 
role that museums have played in making science 
attractive and interesting to children and youth and 
in strengthening the science literacy of the general 
population. A total of $6.4 million in grants was 
awarded under this program in June 1992 to 29 in- 
stitutions, including children's museums, natural 
history museums, and science museums and science 
and technology centers. Over the next five years, 
these awards will support early childhood and 
youth activities, curriculum enhancement, and 
teacher training, with special attention to minority 
and disadvantaged populations in rural and urban 
areas. 
1992 Grant Awards to Museums 
American Museum of Natural History, New York 
City, New York 
Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan 
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York 
Carter House Natural Science Museum, Redding, 
California 
Children's Museum, St. Paul, Minnesota 
Cleveland Children's Museum, Cleveland, Ohio 
Cumberland Science Museum, Nashville, Tennessee 
Discovery Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 
Discovery Place of Birmingham, Inc., Birmingham, 
Alabama 
Fernbank Museums, Atlanta, Georgia 
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon 
Imaginarium, Anchorage, Alaska 
Lab 3000, Littleton, Colorado 
Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, California 
Memphis Pink Palace Museum, Memphis, Tennessee 
Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont 
Museum of Science and History, Jacksonville, 
Florida 
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois 
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, 
Durham 
North Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman 
Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington 
Santa Fe Children's Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico 
Science Museum of Long Island, Manhasset, 
New York 
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 
Scotia Glenville Children's Museum, Scotia, 
New York 
University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln 
Virginia Tech Museum of Natural History, 
Blacksburg 
Local Precollege Education Initiatives 
In 1992 the Institute awarded three grants for the 
continuation of precollege life science education 
projects initiated over the last several years in the 
greater Washington, D.C., area, the local commu- 
nity of the Institute headquarters. A primary goal of 
these local science education grants is to increase 
the interest in science and science-oriented careers 
of girls and minorities underrepresented in the 
sciences. 
Two of the 1992 grant awards link area high 
school students and teachers with biologists at the 
National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, where par- 
ticipants are involved in intensive research experi- 
ences for a full year. The Montgomery County Pub- 
lic Schools Educational Foundation, Inc., received a 
$150,000 grant in support of a third year of the 
student and teacher intern program that was initi- 
ated in 1 990 as a pilot project with support from the 
Institute. The grant is providing 15 students and 3 
teachers from Montgomery County high schools 
with the opportunity to work full time in the sum- 
mer of 1992 and part time during the 1992-1993 
school year. 
A grant of $30,000 was also awarded in 1992 to 
the Foundation for Advanced Education in the 
Sciences at NIH in support of activities related to the 
student and teacher intern program. A major portion 
of the grant is for distribution of a videotape (devel- 
oped with funds awarded by the Institute in 1991 ) 
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