Employees can contribute their science and engineering skills by participating in the GASSSS (GA Scientists/Engineers Supporting Science/Engineering for Students) program. Employees are reimbursed for purchases.
Employees can volunteer as on-line reading tutors to at-risk 1st graders via the Chapter One program. The tutoring is done from your desk for 30 minutes per week, and includes the reading of science stories.
GA scientists have developed education modules, education presentations, hands-on materials, posters, and have published articles.
The Foundation provides a limited number of grants, mostly to regional science related non-profits. Guidelines for requesting support are provided here..
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The General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation has been actively involved in improving K-12 science and engineering education since 1992 by providing outreach support to GA employees, funding STEM non-profit organizations, and developing educational resources.
The Foundation supports employees to engage in education outreach via the GASSSS program, where they can receive a charge number for up to 9 hours as well as reimbursement for up to $500 in STEM purchases per calendar year. For additional information, see the GASSSS Details and Application Form on the GASSSS web site.
If you are a GA employee and want to participate in education outreach but don’t know where to start, click here.
If you are a teacher or science educator and would like a GA employee to work with your class/school/program, you can place your request on the GASSSS Matchmaker site or you can contact Dr. Larry Woolf to communicate your request to GA employees.
Chapter One registration is now open for the 2025-2026 school year. There is a limit of 20 tutors this year. Please see the Chapter One tab for additional registration information.
Congratulations to the following GA employees who have recently completed a GASSSS activity: Anh Hoang, Laura Tran, Christina Tran, Rick Lee, Michael Ross, Christopher Mifflin, Bonnie Neptune, Levi Parsell, Derrick Knox, Kevin Jiang, Giovanni Sardina, Michael K. Petrucci, Jameelah Serrano, Evan Czaja, Edward Grunloh, Rick Lee, Clayton Gray, Jason Flores, Andrew Hnat, Micah Baxter, Michael Pires; Magaly Juarez, Oscar Gutierrez, Karen Lopez, Magaly Juarez, Zebediah Krantz, Don Czechowicz, Shahin Pajoom, Tina Reuter, Nina Langley, Ruben Santana, Alberto Nunez, Carole Christian, Erwin Castillo, David Guzman, Jason Floquet, Kevin Williams, Mark Davis, Suman Dwarakanath, Adam Agundes, Ryan Adams, Eisenhower De Leon, Chad Rutherford, Drew Washburn, Fernando Martinez, Ronalyn Concepcion, Vanessa Swope, Jose Castro, Nicole Edlauer, Joshua Hicok, Tyler Elsey, Chris Murphy, Kyle Teixeira, Christian Cugnetti, Pallavi Herle, Zachary Simon, Belarmino Garcia, Anna Sophia Rorrer Warren, Daniel Scheuer, Zachary Koch, Max Warren, Federico Halpern, Daren Wade, Jason Flores, Thomas Dittmann, Timothy Fasel, Bhumika Hasan, Cory Cottonaro, Oscar Gutierrez, Kathryn Ryerse, Kyle Aven, Bret Keller.