prize

[nibot]

Hey, I won a prize! The "Breakthrough Prize" -- which I had never heard of before, but which is being touted as some kind of new Nobel Prize -- was just awarded to the three inventors of LIGO and the 1000 authors of the discovery paper. My share of the prize is approx $2000.

I want to donate it... Who would be a worthy and impactful recipient? Something about STEM education.

Comments

[bluepapercup]

From Dr. Kimberly Tanner at SFSU (who I know personally, and is an amazing STEM advocate in the Bay Area):

SEPAL service-learning SPIKE Program, which brings SFSU undergraduate science students into partnerships with local, public K-8 teachers and their students.
http://www.sfsusepal.org/programs/spike/

Community Resources in Science, Berkeley
http://www.crscience.org

Project Astro
https://www.astrosociety.org/education/k12-educators/sf-bay-area-project-astro/

I've posed the question to an online group of women in STEM that I belong to, and I'll update this comment with their suggestions as they come in.

Girls on Ice
http://girlsonice.org/

Water Girls
http://iutahwatergirls.weebly.com/