CEDAR FALLS, Iowa ( Iowa Capital Dispatch ) - The University of Northern Iowa will use a multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to lead efforts to strengthen math, science and technology education in rural elementary schools throughout the Midwest.

NSF has awarded UNI a five-year, $4.9 million grant for a new initiative titled “National STEM Teacher Corps Pilot Program: Midwest Alliance for Rural Elementary Science,” according to a news release .

UNI associate professor Dana Atwood-Blaine will lead researchers from Iowa State University, University of Kansas and University of Minnesota as principal investigator in identifying and providing aid to “outstanding STEM educators working in high-need classrooms.”

“Through this program, we have the opportunity

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