NASA Inspires Futures for Tomorrow's Youth (NIFTY)

Request for Participation (RFP)

Resources:

Link to RFP Details, Program Requirements, and Scoring Rubric

Engaging Latinx Families Guide (English)

Engaging Latinx Families Guide (Spanish)

The project goal is to connect NASA STEM Role Models with youth-serving STEM programs for underrepresented youth (ages 9-14) in STEM, with a critical focus on girls and other historically excluded genders in STEM, which includes cis girls, trans youth, gender non-conforming, and/or non-binary youth, youth of color, and their families.

Outreach programs will run July - December 2023 and January – June 2025. Each partner will receive $5,000 for participating in the project, including pre-program training and evaluation activities.

The NIFTY project is funded by NASA.

For questions related to this RFP, please email Julie Noyes at jnoyes@tpt.org.

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* 1. Does your organization have capacity to attend the professional development, host two rounds of NASA and space science-themed STEM programs (of 20 hours each), and complete the evaluation activities? Please consider whether you would be able to host virtual and/or socially distanced events if needed?

Yes

Unsure

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* 2. What organizations do you work with?

National Girls Collaborative (NGC)

SciGirls

Both NGC and SciGirls

None of the above

Contact Information

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* 3. Project Point of Contact

First and Last Name

Job Title

Phone Number

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

EIN/Tax ID

Program and Community Information

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* 4. Program Type

Afterschool

Weekends

Summer Camp

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Community Type

Rural

Rural/Suburb

Suburb

Suburb/Urban

Urban

Please answer the questions below based on data available through the U.S. Census Bureau's QuickFacts.

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* 6. Population Estimate

<4,999

5000-9,999

10,000-24,999

25,000-74,999

75,000-149,999

150,000-499,999

>500,000

Demographics

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* 7. Hispanic or Latino, percent

<18%

18-30%

31-50%

>50%

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* 8. Black or African American, percent

<13%

13-25%

26-40%

>40%

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* 9. American Indian and Alaska Native, percent

<1%

1-5%

6-10%

>10%

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* 10. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent

<1%

1-5%

6-10%

>10%

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* 11. Additional Demographic Information (Optional)

Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+

Persons in poverty, percentage

Median household income (in dollars)

High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+

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* 12. Alternate Population Estimate (Optional): If you know that your community’s above demographics are significantly underreported, please use the space provided to describe a rationale for your alternative population estimate.

Program Details

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* 13. What time of year do you typically run programs? (Note that the project requires programs to run from July – December 2023 and January – June 2025.)

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* 14. Describe the type of program you generally run? Check all that apply.

Afterschool programs

Weekend camps

Camps (summer/week long)

Virtual programs

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Additional Information (Optional): If you would like to provide additional information regarding your community and/or library capacity to participate that was not already captured above, please use this space to do so.

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