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From MACUL Big Deal Media: Stand Up To Cancer  (SU2C) and  PBS LearningMedia  have announced  The Emperor Science Award Program , an initiative that will encourage disadvantaged high school students to pursue careers in science, with particular emphasis on cancer research, through a year of mentorship with a scientist from a leading research institution or industry. The education initiative is being launched in connection with  Ken Burns Presents  Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies ,  a three-part, six-hour  film  on the history of cancer that will air on  PBS  on  April 1 . Students may apply for awards or may be nominated by teachers. The first 100 awardees (high school students from Title I or similarly “economically disadvantaged” schools) will receive $1,500 grants as well as one-on-one science mentoring over the course of a year or an intensive summer schedule. Students will be connected with  science mentors ...

The application period for the 2015-2016 school year is open now through April 3, 2015 for teacher interested in participating in the Classroom Champions program.   The year-long program pairs your classroom with an Olympian or Paralympian Athlete Mentor - people who are the best in the world at skills like goal setting, perseverance and how to plan steps towards success. Classroom Champions focuses on schools whose students are in grades K-8. To learn more & apply, go to: http://www.classroomchampions.org/apply