STEM Scholarship: Funding Match Up DIY Fest 2025

STEM Scholarship: Funding Match Up

Let us find the right level of support for you!
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - OH MY! STEM can take many forms, and we want to showcase all of them.

That means that no matter the barrier, we will examine all the options available to you! This questionnaire will help us find the right level of help to suit your needs, so please fill out the information below as thoroughly as possible.

Please note: completing this application does not guarantee funding. The DIY Festival provides valuable access to an engaged creative community. While we strive to help everyone in need, we also ask that our partners acknowledge the value that we bring to this exchange. By ensuring that everybody pays their fair share, you support our year-round programming and ensure that funding can get to the people who most need it - and we get to grow DIY love everywhere!

Before you can be considered for any of our funding match up options, you will need to complete & submit both this application AND an official DIY Fest application, accessible here:

craftlakecity.com/apply/event.php?event=11

The deadline for applications is April 2, 2025. For questions regarding this or any STEM topic, please reach out to STEM Coordinator Sergio - STEM@craftlakecity.com or call/text 435-237-9489.
Your First & Last Name*
Name of Business or Institution*
Make sure this matches your application; we will use it to ensure you have aplied.
Email*
example@example.com
Have you received scholarship funding for your application in previous years?
To complete this form, choose the exhibitor label that best applies to you from the following descriptions. Then, fill out the remaining questions in the associated drop down menu below.

Tinkerer/Engineer/Scientist/Solo Business: Utah-based scientists, tinkerers and/or start-up entrepreneurs who are hobbyists or who own and operate a small business single-handedly. Participants in this category want to showcase their technology and/or product ideas.

Non-Profit/Academic STEM Exhibitor/Associations or Club: Established STEM-based university programs or institutionally-affiliated organizations, non-profits or government agencies. Additionally, clubs that require support fall into this category.

Business STEM Exhibitor: Established local Utah businesses or companies that would like to showcase their technology and/or products.

DIY Tinkerer/Engineer/Scientist
What is your project/product/small business about, and how long have you been creating?
Including yourself, how many people participate in the day to day operations of your project/product/small businesses?
Is your project/product/small business your primary source of income or a hobby?
Do you currently sell your work online and/or in-person? If so, please describe where you sell your products.
Give us an elevator pitch! We want to know how our help will bring your unique voice to the world, and what you hope to say to the audience you find at our festival.
What kind of assistance would be most helpful to you in this process?
Ideas can include: funding support, fee waivers, application assistance, or whatever else you have identified as a barrier to your participation.

Business or Institution
Normally, funding is not available in this category. However, if you will not be able to participate under normal circumstances we still really want to know your story. We hope you'll use this space to tell us about any extenuating circumstances, the kind of support that would help you, and what you can offer to our audience in return.
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STEM Scholarship: Funding Match Up

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math - OH MY! STEM can take many forms, and we want to showcase all of them.

Before you can be considered for any of our funding match up options, you will need to complete & submit both this application AND an official DIY Fest application, accessible here:

To complete this form, choose the exhibitor label that best applies to you from the following descriptions. Then, fill out the remaining questions in the associated drop down menu below.