Tools and resources to provide support for potential as well as funded AISL projects.
Featured News from the Field
Read blogs, reports, and other news from the informal STEM Education community
Project Planner
A resource for developing informed proposals
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
A new interactive resource
Belonging: A Weekly Practice
A PDF and Weekly drop-in space from the Othering & Belonging institute. Belonging: A Weekly Practice
Broadening Participation Toolkit
A suite of professional learning tools to support your work
CAISE Newsletter Archives
2021-2022 funding opportunities, key events and new publications
Design Evaluation
Explore approaches and techniques for ISE
About CAISE
Review a brief summary of CAISE activities from 2007-2022
Discover Research
Learn what's applicable to the design, implementation, and assessment of ISE
STEM Identity, Interest, and Engagement Interviews
A deep dive into constructs
Year in ISE
Annual compilations of trends and accomplishments from the ISE field
Principal Investigator’s Guide: Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects (2011)
Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects
NSF AISL Program: Applying for Funding
Informational webinars and key documents
REVISE Newsletter Archive
REVISE newsletters about the informal sciences community
Diversifying Museum Boards
Tools to support diverse museum board trustees
Dialogue & Deliberation Toolkit
Understanding an approach to facilitating conversations to bring community members together
STEM in Libraries Toolkits
Guides to implementing STEM programs in libraries
Making Earth & Space Science More Relevant and Inclusive
A guild developed by the National Informal STEM Education Network
IF/THENĀ® Gender Representation Toolkit
A toolkit that helps institutions collect data on the representation of gender in museum content. IF/THENĀ® Gender Representation Toolkit
Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education
An open-access book on academic ableism.
Do No Harm Guide: Collecting, Analyizing, and Reporting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data
The current state of data around gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation
REVISE Webinars
We welcome you to explore our REVISE-led webinars that cover a variety of topics for the Informal STEM Education community. You can view all of
NSF Resources
Various NSF resources to guide your project. Working with NSF: Resources, tools, and training to strengthen proposal competitiveness. Resources, tools, and training to strengthen proposal
Connected Learning Research Tools
Featuring tools and instruments from 10 connected learning studies and projects. Connected Learning Research Tools
Guidelines for Equitably Scaling Informal STEM Programs
A set of resources for anyone interested in equitably scaling informal STEM learning programs and curricula for program developers, implementers, researchers, evaluators, funders, and more.
Lending Library Educator Resource Center
The Lending Library is a collection of educational materials for teachers and other education professionals to check out and use to engage their students in
Toward Ethical and Just AI in Education Research
AI in education has many potential uses as well as limits, challenges, and dangers. This brief offers guidance to researchers and developers for responsible AI