# Joint Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) K-12 Education

**R-2A activity** of project 120 — National Defense Education Program (NDEP)  
**Program element:** 0601120D8Z — National Defense Education Program (NDEP)  
**Component:** Defense-Wide · **Budget Activity:** 1  
**Vintage:** President's Budget PB2027  
**Canonical URL:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601120D8Z/120/a3  
**Parent:** https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601120D8Z

> **NEW START.** $30.3M requested in FY2027 with no prior-year and no current-year funding.

## Summary

This activity requests $30.3M in FY2027, 18% of project 120 — a new start with no prior-year and no current-year money. The R-2A exhibit describes it across FY2027, including what the FY2027 money is planned to buy.

## What the FY2027 request buys

**FY2027 planned work.** • Develop the framework for the Joint K-12 STEM Education effort in collaboration with the research and engineering arms of the military departments. • Implement Joint K-12 STEM Education effort with select effective and scalable continuum of programs for K-12 students and educators under existing awards. • Finalize, solicit, and award joint K-12 STEM education program requirements through a Notice of Funding Opportunity • Conclude K-12 STEM initiatives under existing awards and agreements and transition efforts fully to joint award NLT 30 Sept 2027.

**FY2026 to FY2027 change.** The increase between FY 2026 and FY 2027 of $30.273 million reallocates K-12 STEM Education efforts into a new pending NDEP Pcode from efforts previously conducted under Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Development.

## Funding

| Fiscal Year | Estimate Type | Amount ($M) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2027 | Request | 30.3 |

> Prior, current and budget year only — an R-2A activity carries no five-year plan. It sums exactly into its project in the request year and not necessarily in any other.

## Other activities in project 120

- [Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Defense Education Program](https://hitchintel.com/programs/0601120D8Z/120/a0) — FY2027 130.7
- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education and Workforce Development — FY2027 4.5
- Biotechnology (BIOTECH) Education Program — FY2027 —

## Source & machine access

- **Source:** FY2027 Office of the Secretary of Defense RDT&E Budget Justification, Exhibit R-2A, PE 0601120D8Z project 120 (PB PB2027). Narrative is the government's own text.
- **No marks, no contractors at this grain** — congressional marks land on the program element and R-3 performers on the project.
- **MCP:** `mcp.hitchintel.com` — `budget_get_activity`.

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