{"id":1072,"date":"2024-10-04T13:54:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/?page_id=1072"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:54:00","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1072\" class=\"elementor elementor-1072\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be40f2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"be40f2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb47004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb47004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768e729 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"768e729\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c9875f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c9875f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Founded in 2021 in New Jersey, the PIERIS Fund was established as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) with a belief that quality STEM education can <b><i>inspire the future <\/i><\/b>of Armenia.<\/p><p>Our first major initiative was a collaborative partnership with Armenia\u2019s A. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, specifically the Advanced Center for Detection Technologies (ACDT), aimed at strengthening scientific research capabilities and connecting students with cutting-edge STEM research.<\/p><p>Building on this foundation, the STEMAR program launched in 2022 in Armenia, quickly gaining momentum by partnering with the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports to bring modern, hands-on STEM learning to students in underserved regions.<\/p><p>By the end of the 2024-2025 academic year, the STEMAR program had reached 19 schools across 3 regions (Tavush, Gegharkunik, Ararat) and is expanding to 27 schools across 5 regions in 2025\u20132026. In recognition of its impact, the NCEDI Foundation officially endorsed STEMAR as a recommended project-based learning model for educators.<\/p><p>Today, PIERIS continues to grow, building partnerships, and fostering connections that open doors for young learners everywhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History Founded in 2021 in New Jersey, the PIERIS Fund was established as a non-profit, tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) with a belief that quality STEM education can inspire the future of Armenia. Our first major initiative was a collaborative partnership with Armenia\u2019s A. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory, specifically the Advanced Center for Detection Technologies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pieris.fund\/hy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}