Key highlights
- 120,000 euros committed over two years to support STEM chemistry education.
- Funding supports the Beta Tournament lab competition for VMBO students, reaching up to 1,450 participants.
- Grants fund classroom modules such as The Paint Experiment and The Sustainable Paint Factory digital lessons and teacher training.
- Funding will develop the online STEM platform exactwatjezoekt.nl to provide learning support and career orientation.
Partnership and funding
PPG extended its collaboration with Dutch education nonprofit C3 for two years, committing €120,000 (about $140,000) to support STEM education in chemistry, life sciences and process technology.
Beta Tournament
Funding supports C3’s national Beta Tournament for VMBO students, a team-based lab competition with practical challenges and PPG-developed paint and coatings experiments using SIGMA COATINGS paints, expected to reach up to 1,450 students during the partnership.
Educational resources and teacher support
Grants will fund classroom modules (The Paint Experiment; The Sustainable Paint Factory digital lessons), teacher training, the annual national chemistry teacher conference and development of the online STEM platform exactwatjezoekt.nl for student learning support and career orientation.
