The following applicants have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the T-STEM Academies Start-Up Grant Program Cycle 5.

Contact:	Donnell Bilsky (Funding) Discretionary Grants Phone: (512) 463-9269 donnell.bilsky@tea.state.tx.us	Stacy Avery State Initiatives (512) 463-8211 stacy.avery@tea.state.tx.us
Program Description:	The purpose of this program is to establish academies that are designed to increase student achievement by engaging students through innovative science and math instructional techniques. The academies are also intended to act as demonstration sites to inform a math and science teaching and learning statewide. Every academy will provide students with outstanding science and math instruction as part of a rigorous, well-rounded education that integrates technology across the curriculum.
Grant Period:	March 1, 2010 – May 31, 2012

List of Awardees:

Austin ISD

Edgewood ISD

Huntsville ISD

IDEA Academy, Inc. - Alamo

Sinton ISD