Closed · MDA-2020-STEM-0002 · CFDA 12.330 · Discretionary
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub's Teacher Professional Development (HTPD) 2020
Federal grant opportunity posted by Missile Defense Agency, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $295-$3K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 31, 2020
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub's Teacher Professional Development (HTPD) 2020 is a closed discretionary listing from Missile Defense Agency that offered $295 -- $2,975. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 13 other opportunities from Missile Defense Agency.
- $295-$3K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 12.330
- CFDA program
- 13
- other opportunities from Missile Defense Agency
Archived opportunity record
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub's Teacher Professiona… is closed (last close May 31, 2020). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. Missile Defense Agency still indexes 13 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 31, 2020
Est. Total Funding
$60,000
Instrument
Grant
Description
The purpose of this announcement is to allow Official Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology (BEST) Robotics Inc. Local Competition Hubs the opportunity to obtain financial support for providing direct teacher professional development to teachers within their first three (3) years of being a team teacher for a BEST Robotics team. Teacher professional development ensures general Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) training for teachers and a successful experience during their local BEST Robotics season, advancing the awareness of and engagement in STEM with K-12 teachers and students.
Campus–civic applicant bridge · 3 doors
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub's Teacher Professiona… bridges educational institutions with civic applicant types (3 doors: Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education; Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs); Private institutions of higher education). Expect campus and public/nonprofit operators in the same printed set. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Education (ED). 3 other Missile Defense Agency listings share this eligibility-code string (21% of 14).
- Code 06
- Public / state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Code 12
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than IHEs)
- Code 20
- Private institutions of higher education
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Agency Contact
Andrea Mitchell Contract Specialist Phone 256-450-1375
What to do next
BESTRobotics Grant: Hub's Teacher Professiona… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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