Meggers Project Award granted to PhET Interactive Simulations
Grant and Award Announcement
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Apr-2026 20:16 ET (28-Apr-2026 00:16 GMT/UTC)
AIP has awarded $25,000 to the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder for the team’s proposed project, “Electricity and Magnetism with PhET Interactive Simulations: A Professional Learning Course and Community for Teachers.” PhET Interactive Simulations is an open educational resource that allows students to simulate science experiments online and hosts more than 170 free interactive simulations in physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and math.
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