Professional Development Institute

Discovering the Science of the Environment has benefitted from wide ranging support from private and public partners. Veolia Water Indianapolis made the lead philanthropic gift to create the program in 2007.  Additonal major donors for creating and sustaining the program have included the Duke Energy Foundation, Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Eli Lilly and Company Foundation, Citizens Water, NASA, Indianapolis Power & Light, Dr. Laura Hare Charitable Trust, Dow AgroSciences, UPS, and DJ Angus-Scientech Education Foundation, Inc. 

A significant grant from the Duke Energy Foundation in 2016 allowed us to build a new mobile technology vehicle; the new mobile unit is enabling CEES to expand the DSE curricula to include energy programs as well as environmental programs. Support from DowAgroSciences in 2013 allowed us to expand our mobile technology trailer programming, provide enhanced STEM support in IPS schools, and offer informal education experiences, including after-school and summer programming. A major gift from Citizens Energy in 2012 provided broad support of CEES programming, including support for the mobile trailer and special event programming. A grant from NASA in 2013/14 supported upgrades to the mobile technology equipment.