Grant Winners
Congratulations to the students and organizations below, whose proposals were approved to receive One Question grants for 2011-2012.
- William Lucht and Sameer Srivastava - Ethics Extravaganza
- The Computer Security Competition Club
- Karishma Popli - Lighting the Future with Sustainable Technology
- Nancy Ding - The Effect of Simulated Immune Response on the mRNA Production of Defense Marker Genes in Mutant Arabidopsis thaliana
- Michael Sheaffer and Alex Mohrman, with the Environmental Resource Club - Steps Toward a Greener Future
- Robert Wharton- Biogas Reactor
- TJ Book Buddies (Chinmayee Bala and Saritha Attanagoda) - TEXT-plore Truck
- Taylor Culman - Holmes FIRST Leg League Robotics Team
- Ji Hun Kim - Chemistry Education Outreach Initiative
- Nithin Bala - Project Ethicsaware
One Question Grant
The purpose of the One Question Grant is to support your creativity and enthusiasm for exploring the themes of the 2011-2012 One Question, "How can we, the TJ community, take action to help prepare students to confront difficult moral and ethical decisions, both now and in the future?" and/or One Book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Through this grant process, the administration, thanks to the donation from the TJ Partnership Fund, will provide resources to many TJ students and staff to implement new projects in or beyond the TJ community. The grant can be used to support classroom activities, student club initiatives, service activities, and special events (including speakers). Grant awards can be used to pay for almost any expenses that support this year's One Question. Examples of expenses can include, but are not limited to, student research project materials, books for teacher lessons, supplies for an out-reach project, field trip costs, registration at a special conference, a banner for the school, etc. Individual students or a group of students may request up to $250 for expenses, and faculty up to $500 for expenses. Any requests exceeding these amounts will be considered based on funding availability, but you should explain a back-up plan in the event there are a large number of requests.A group of students in a club or activity should submit only one proposal. Individuals can submit only one proposal for consideration in order to give this opportunity to many students and teachers.
Grant awards will be selected by a school committee based on originality of idea, project feasibility, student impact, and support of the school.s academic goals. The administration will try to support as many projects as possible, but some may not be funded due to budget constraints. Grant recipients must be willing to give a presentation or demonstration at this year's tjSTAR.
Complete the form to describe your project, and submit it to Ms. Love in the principal's office by October 28, 2011. Send questions to Dr. Glazer by email (Evan.Glazer@fcps.edu).