Launched in Denver in 2015 at an international global conference, the STEM Learning Ecosystems is a Global Community of Practice with extensive sharing of resources and expertise among leaders from education, business and industry, non-profits, philanthropy and others. The 100+ communities selected from across the world compose a global Community of Practice and have demonstrated … Read more
The National Girls Collaborative Project (NGCP) is pleased to announce that applications are now open to join NGCP Youth Advisory Board (YAB) for the 2023-2024 school year! The YAB is a collective of high school students from diverse regions and backgrounds who have a passion for STEM. The YAB’s mission is to provide input on current NGCP initiatives … Read more
Young Voices of Science (YVoS) is a free science communication training program designed to prepare and empower science scholars to share their knowledge, concerns, and hopes for the future with the wider world. The program provides participants with a launch pad for public engagement, early in their scientific careers. What: FREE science communication training and real … Read more
Cosmic Picture, with support from the National Girls Collaborative Project, is seeking proposals from organizations to participate in Einstein’s Incredible Universe, an exciting new media and engagement program designed to catalyze interest in space science and spark scientific curiosity in lifelong learners, especially young women. Organizations must be located in the US within the path of totality for the 2024 total … Read more
Polar STEAM is recruiting educators for 2024/25 collaborations with polar researchers in creating educational resources about polar regions and science. Applications are open for Arctic and Antarctic deployments as well as virtual collaborations in both regions. This opportunity is open to community college and minority serving institution faculty, middle and high school educators, and informal … Read more
Are you looking for ways to engage your community in solar eclipses coming to North America in 2023 or 2024? NASA Earth Science Education Collaborative (NASEC) is seeking library partners to involve their patrons in a NASA citizen science project that will contribute to understanding of what happens on Earth when the Sun’s light is … Read more
If you are leading a summer program with a STEM club or group with middle school girls/non-binary youth this year, you may be able to join a research project testing a new engineering and Social-Emotional Development curriculum as part of the Million Girls Moonshot initiative. Project EDGE (Engagement and Development for Girls through Engineering) is … Read more
Carbon Day 2023 will be the first reporting milestone in the work to build sector-wide capacity and commitment to calculating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from energy use. This effort is part of Culture Over Carbon, an IMLS National Leadership grant studying energy use in museums, zoos, gardens, aquariums and historic sites. Environment and … Read more
A PhD student at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University is conducting an exploratory study which aims to understand the perceptions of science communication practice and research in the context of reaching historically excluded audiences in diverse contexts around the world. This project will use surveys … Read more
A graduate student and the University of California Santa Barbara is conducting their dissertation which investigates the current and idealized diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion (DEAI) practices of science and technology centers. This study will help the ASTC community better understand what DEAI practices are being implemented, what works, and common challenges the field faces. … Read more