 From 1999 to 2012, the college received 20 National Science Foundation grants the first of which provided scholarships to low-income students studying computer science, engineering, and math.A subsequent NSF grant established a National Resource Center for Materials Technology Education to study ways to increase the recruitment of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematic STEM fields.In 1998, when the college hired its first grant writer (a temporary position initially funded by the Edmonds Community College Foundation), the college generated revenues of $9.5 million in grants and contracts.