School teachers and college faculty members in areas served by Dominion companies now can apply for $1.3 million in educational grants to fund energy, environment and workforce related programs.  Applications are due May 1 for new projects for the 2014-2015 school year.

"Our youth have a very important task ahead of them – to continue developing and sustaining advances in the sciences, particularly in the energy field," said Hunter A. Applewhite, president of the Dominion Foundation. "We support their efforts, progress and achievements."

The grants are given by the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources, the parent company of Dominion Virginia/North Carolina Power, Dominion East Ohio, Dominion Hope and Millstone Power Station in Connecticut.

The available grants include--

-- K-12 Educational Partnership Grants are available in awards up to $10,000 each. These awards help students strengthen their mathematics and science skills by studying energy and the environment.

The majority of the grants will range from $1,000 to $5,000, with a few grants ranging from $5,000 to $10,000 for exceptional projects. The program also offers smaller grants up to $1,000 for projects that enhance the teaching of mathematics or science.

Applicants from these Pennsylvania counties are eligible: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Elk, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lawrence, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Tioga, Union, Venango, Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland and York.

-- The Higher Educational Partnership Grants are for programs in business, skilled craft, energy, engineering, environmental and technical studies and for student-led conservation programs in colleges, community colleges and post-secondary training schools. Grants up to $50,000 each will be awarded for exceptional programs, based in part on having immediate benefits for students, the campus and the community.

All localities within Pennsylvania are invited to apply.

For more information, visit the Dominion Education Programs webpage.

4/7/2014