NITIC Launches its First Round of Mini-Grants with Six Awardees
This past October, NITIC opened the mini-grant application to member schools. The grant awards $10,000 to individual institutions to complete a project within the next 12 months. The goal of the program is to continually support innovative technician-level focused emerging technology projects. The awards are tentative based on execution of contract terms. Please see details on the awardees below:
| School Name | Project Lead | Project Name |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lauren Campbell | AI Future League: Assessing AI Skills and Curriculum Needs Through Cross-Disciplinary Collaborative Problem-Solving |
| Forsyth Tech Community College | Thomas Brown | Career Exploration in IoT with Automation, Cybersecurity and Robotics |
| Grand Rapids Community College | Jonnathan Resendiz | AI Capstone Project for Technician Education: Solving Real-World Problems with Industry Data |
| Johnston Community College | Greg Rasner | AI Program Development |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology | Marcelo Guerra Hahn | Flipped Classroom with ChatGPT |
| North Arkansas College | Nell Bonds | Artificial Intelligence Summer Institute |
Thank you to all the schools that submitted applications. The process was highly competitive, and NITIC is excited to support these projects and see how they develop!