Constellation Accepting Applications for 2023 Energy to Educate Grant Program
01 Agosto 2023 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Grants have provided nearly $5.5 million to
date for STEM education and research programs, reaching nearly
270,000 students nationwide
Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG), the nation’s largest producer of
carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy products and
services, announced today it is now accepting applications for its
2023 E2 Energy to Educate grant program, which provides funding for
student projects focusing on energy innovation. Educators and
students in grades six through 12 can apply for program grants of
up to $25,000, and those in two- and four-year colleges can apply
for grants of up to $50,000. Oct. 1, 2023, is the deadline for
applications.
“Year after year, we continue be inspired by the enthusiasm and
ingenuity exhibited by the students and teachers who submit
applications for E2,” said Kathleen Barrón, executive vice
president and chief strategy officer, Constellation. “This program
is one of several ways Constellation is investing in growing the
clean energy workforce of the future, but the foundation of E2 is
the dedicated organizations and educators getting students excited
about and involved in the STEM fields.”
The E2 program granted more than $500,000 across 23 projects and
reached about 20,000 students nationwide in 2022. Last year’s
selected projects, which spanned 10 states, included construction
of a solar-powered net-zero home, hydroelectric generators,
electric vehicle kits and youth-focused STEM teaching programs. To
date, the grant program has provided nearly $5.5 million for
research and education projects that have fueled the exploration of
STEM fields for nearly 270,000 students.
Among E2 winners in 2022 was the Peer Outreach with Energy
Resources (POWER) program, a collaboration between the Montgomery
County (Maryland) Department of Environmental Protection and Nature
Forward.
“Funding from Constellation allowed us to double the number of
high school students we engage around energy efficiency education
to develop and lead ‘Energy Express’ presentations for younger
students and community members,” said Jeff Chandler, who helps lead
the POWER program. “The grant enabled us to meet regularly with
students throughout the year to grow their understanding about the
importance of energy savings, hear from experts in the field,
practice public speaking and community engagement and turn learning
into action.”
National nonprofit EcoRise also received grant funding through
E2 in 2022. The organization offers a range of learning
opportunities for students, teachers and school districts designed
to advance environmental literacy, sustainable schools and
equitable access to clean energy career pathways.
"A climate-resilient future cannot be achieved without a clean
energy system,” said Jon Stott, executive director, EcoRise. “With
support from Constellation through E2, we’ve created a robust set
of curricular resources that allow us to encourage students to
design decarbonized electric grids for their communities.
Constellation’s support is also helping us use those resources to
provide a growing number of U.S. educators interested in energy
management with high-quality energy-equity professional development
that ultimately helps students bring energy-saving innovations to
communities disproportionately impacted by climate change.”
To be eligible for funding, a project must align with the
following energy innovation themes:
- Equity in Energy: A focus on the importance of engaging
underrepresented groups in the energy sector and creating pathways
to STEM and energy careers for students of color, women and other
underrepresented groups. Projects spotlight the best ways to engage
and support underrepresented communities and foster environmental
justice. With intentionality, the goal is to increase diverse
perspectives and representation in energy careers and reach
underserved communities with clean energy innovations.
- Sustainability as a Lifestyle: Centered on how new
technologies and artificial intelligence will transform home energy
usage and transportation options in the future. Projects will
address how daily choices in transportation and home life can
create a more sustainable future. New technologies can power a
cleaner energy future via electrification and sustainable
choices.
- Clean Energy & Less Waste: Emphasizing the energy
sources and choices that will have the greatest current and future
potential to mitigate climate change, such as harnessing and
storing clean energy to reduce waste. Applicants are challenged to
explore how businesses, schools, governments and communities can
take action through policies and programs to move the U.S. toward a
cleaner energy future. Innovative technologies and climate advocacy
are helping achieve a carbon-free future.
Grant recipients are announced each year in November during
American Education Week. To learn more about the program and
application criteria, visit the Community section of
constellationenergy.com.
In 2022, Constellation and its employees donated more than $12.5
million to nonprofit partners and 87% of the company’s direct
giving supported organizations, programs events targeted
specifically to diverse populations.
About Constellation
A Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation
Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) is the nation’s largest producer
of clean, carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy
products and services to businesses, homes, community aggregations
and public sector customers across the continental United States,
including three fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual
output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar
facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the
generating capacity to power the equivalent of 15 million homes,
providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are further
accelerating the nation’s transition to a carbon-free future by
helping our customers reach their sustainability goals, setting our
own ambitious goal of achieving 100% carbon-free generation by
2040, and by investing in promising emerging technologies to
eliminate carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy.
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