February 24-26, 2026
Virtual (online)
The REVISE Center is excited to host the 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) Awardee Meeting. The meeting will be held virtually from February 24-26, 2026.
A biennial event since 2008, the meeting is a convening of projects funded by the NSF AISL program. This community comes together to share goals, process, progress, challenges, and opportunities of their work. As an “awardee” meeting, we invite project community partners in addition to project principal investigators (PIs). This is part of the ongoing work of the AISL program and REVISE to be more visible to, learn from, and support community partners.
Learn about past NSF AISL Awardee meetings.
Meeting Theme: Storytelling for Impact
The 2026 AISL Awardee Meeting centers on the power of storytelling to drive change. We invite you to explore how sharing your project’s journey, lessons, and outcomes can inspire action, build understanding, and amplify the impact of your work. Storytelling for Impact can take many forms: personal narratives, data-driven stories, community voices, or creative communication strategies, and we encourage you to highlight how your story connects to broader goals in informal STEM education.
Who should attend?
In accordance with updated NSF policy requirements, participation in this AISL awardee meeting is limited to active AISL awardees only. Projects include team members in varying roles and with a wide-range of expertise with respect to the project, such as PIs, co-PIs, and community partners. The online format for this Awardee Meeting offers an opportunity to expand participation to include this range of project team members.
More Information To Come!
We are working to shape the meeting agenda, programming and other details! In the meantime, if you have any questions, you can reach out to us at revise@informalscience.org.