EarthEcho: 2024 OurEcho Challenge

The OurEcho Challenge is a STEM competition that empowers young changemakers to take a closer look at biodiversity in their communities. Young leaders will first identify threats to local ecosystems and then propose solutions to help preserve, protect, or repair those natural resources. During the 2023-24 school term, the OurEcho Challenge will open to youth … Read more

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity & Inclusion in STEM

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) aims to promote the inclusion and progression of people from diverse backgrounds in STEM, and to encourage government, parliamentarians, academics, businesses and other stakeholders to work towards a STEM sector that is representative of the population. Since its formation … Read more

Opportunities for Students: Battelle Climate Challenge

The Battelle Climate Challenge asks students to research past and future impacts of climate-related hazards in their community, and then develop a proposed action to help build a more resilient community. The grand prize winner will present their poster at the Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference in Washington, D.C., and receive a $5,000 STEM grant for a U.S. … Read more

Opportunities for Students: Power to Explore Challenge

NASA is calling on K-12 students in the United States to research Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), a type of nuclear “battery” used in space exploration, and dream up a new RPS-powered space mission to a destination with limited or obstructed access to light. Grand prize winners from each grade category (3 total) will receive a trip … Read more

Techbridge Girls: Spring 2024 STEM Equity Learning Community

Techbridge Girls is excited to announce that applications are being accepted to join the Spring 2024 STEM Equity Learning Community. All out-of-school time (OST) supervisors and administrators for programs that serve Black, Indigenous, and Latina girls and gender-expansive youth are encouraged to apply. The STEM Equity Learning Community is designed to equip OST program managers, … Read more

Brite 2024 Application

BRITE Girls Online STEM Practices: Building Relevance and Identity to Transform Experiences is a Research in Service to Practice National Science Foundation Grant led by Florida State University, in partnership with the National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) and Smart Girls HQ. The project examines the STEM identity development of girls via the implementation of an online … Read more

Eclipse Ambassadors Off the Path

Do you love eclipses and want to share the wow of space science with your community? Apply to become a NASA Partner Eclipse Ambassador!  On April 8th, 2024 a total solar eclipse will be crossing the United States. In an exciting new partnership, Undergraduate Students and Eclipse Enthusiasts will engage their local communities, providing solar viewing glasses as well … Read more

2024 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers

The Annual Survey of Museum-Goers, conducted in partnership between Wilkening Consulting and the American Alliance of Museums, provides your museum with a cost-effective way to gain insight into your visitors and compare your institution to others in your locale, of similar type, and the museum field writ large. By participating in the Annual Survey of … Read more

2024 National STEM Challenge

U.S. students in grades 6-12 are invited to craft a STEM project that tackles a real-world challenge.  Create a PDF presentation about your project, keeping it to 3 pages maximum with a minimum of 12-point font. You may include text and images to explain your ideas, but no faces or names in your PDF. Your project … Read more

Community of Practice: Considerations for Centering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Research Syntheses

The Evidence Quality and Reach Hub (EQR) at the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE) is offering a free, three-part virtual community of practice on centering diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in research syntheses. This community of practice will focus on building STEM education researchers’ awareness of DEI considerations when designing and implementing … Read more