The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation awards grants of up to $500 to middle and high schools to facilitate the teaching of hydraulics and pneumatics in their classrooms. These grants can be used to defray the costs of participating in the Fluid Power Action Challenge—a design/build competition program that challenges students to solve an engineering problem using fluid power. Eligible expenses include either those associated with bringing Action Challenge kits into the classroom or those associated with participating in an Action Challenge event.
For more information on the Fluid Power Action Challenge, click here.
Grants are currently available for schools or classrooms interested in hosting or attending an Action Challenge and purchasing Fluid Power classroom work kits. Apply here.
Contact Stephanie Scaccianoce at (414) 778-3345 or sscaccianoce@nfpa.com with any questions.
To date, more than 90 schools have been awarded these grants, helping to introduce fluid power to more than 6,300 students.
Past grant recipients include:
