Corporate
Corporations can help TJ by advancing research through grants.
Corporations spend millions of dollars in Research each year. TJ is the top high school in the nation for basic research in Math and Sciences. Cooperation between TJ and selected corporations can be a win-win.
How have our corporate partners helped us in the past? View the video from the 2008 Annual Awards Dinner. Click play below to watch.
- Benefit to Corporations
- Access to the top high school students in the country for science
- Ability to focus research to the needs of the company
- Cost is shared between corporations and selected system
- All projects are pre-approved
- Benefit to TJHSST
- Cooperation will focus research on real world problems
- Will give the Labs additional funding
- Research is pre-approved by the school
- Research can be continued multi years
- TJ Mentoring Program can be expanded
- Procedures can be worked out between the corporation and TJ:
- The company and TJ agree to form a research partnership
- Program administrative guidelines are agreed upon
- A Research Board is designated:
- Corporation – 1 chair
- TJ Labs – 1 chair
- Outside areas expert – 1 chair
- Corporation agrees to amount of dollars for program
- Corporation identifies general areas for study
- TJ Lab Directors submit specific research proposals
- Research Board selects proposals and decides on the dollar amount
- Research Board monitors progress, awards, follow-on monies
Corporations can help TJ by donating funds for specific items on the needs list.
Corporations have found they can donate funds to purchase items on TJ’s needs for equipment. As the list expands and contracts, faculty and students can continue to identify what is required for their academic pursuits. Review the list to see how you can help.
Contact Gary Bottorff at gary.bottorff@fcps.edu or call him at 703-750-8317.