Ten Hawaii schools receive Science Education Grants

Bayer representatives Maricel Graham and Tim Stevens presented a Bayer Fund – Hawaii Science Education Grant check to Robert Tenison (right) of Lahainaluna High School for the purchase of science lab equipment.
KUNIA, Hawaii — Ten grants totaling more than $9,300 have been awarded to Hawaii public schools from the Bayer Fund – Hawaii Science Education Grant.
Recipients include Ewa Makai Middle School, H.P. Baldwin High School, Iao School, Ilima Intermediate School, Ilima Intermediate School, Kaimuki Middle School, Kihei Charter School, Lahaina Intermediate School, Lahainaluna High School, and McKinley High School.
Funds went to support a variety of science, technology, engineering and math-related activities, including a macro propagation project, drone building program, hydroponics project, community garden, and equipment and supplies for earth science, marine biology, life science, and forensic science classes.
Established in 2005, this Bayer Fund grant program helps provide Hawaii public schools with tools, supplies and equipment to enhance science education and encourage today’s students to consider a future career in the sciences.
This grant program is offered two times a year and is available on the islands of Oahu, Maui and Molokai, where Bayer employees live and work. Public schools serving students in intermediate grades through college for educational purposes related to science are eligible to apply.
For more information and to download an application form for the next funding period in 2024, visit www.bayer.com/en/us/education.
Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the U.S., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the communities where Bayer customers and employees live and work by providing funding for food and nutrition, education, and health and wellness projects. For more Information, visit https://www.fund.bayer.us.