$1000 USD Awarded to Further STEAM in Malaysia

Sabah, Malaysia — The Awesome Foundation STEAM (STEM + Arts) chapter awards its 1st $1,000 grant to help fund STEAMathon, a female-led educational group in East Malaysia. The group intends to use the funds to help more females gain interest in STEAM careers.

In their application, Alesyah, a student of the construction technology program at Keningau Vocational College, stated, “We run a program called STEAMathon where we carry out a series of activities involving 3D pens, drones, robotics, and mobile app development. We create situations such as operating drones to rescue survivors from a fictional miniature city or controlling robots to battle monsters and save the world. The participants are also learning their elevator pitch, language and entrepreneurial skills. We organize this activity at a local school and each activity usually consists of a training session (day 1) and a competition (day 2).”

The Awesome Foundation STEAM chapter gives monthly, no-strings-attached grants to people all over the world dedicated to making the world more awesome through science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics! STEAM was launched in August 2020 by a group of friends distributed across the globe with a passion for funding awesome projects. The chapter currently has trustees who each give $100/month to fund these projects.

We will award our next grant in January, but you can apply anytime. If you are interested in donating or becoming a trustee and helping us work towards our goal of giving monthly grants, please reach out: https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/steam