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Presentation on NSF grant DRL-1114481 (""Full-Scale Development: Science STARS-Nurturing Urban Girls' Identities Through Inquiry-Based Science"") presented at the CAISE Convening on Professional Development and Informal Science Education, February 2nd, 2012....

This research and development project would inform and engage audiences (especially middle school age girls) about the fundamental research under investigation at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in...

This full-scale development project will address the need for creative models to support STEM learning in underserved rural communities that lack traditional infrastructure such as science centers. The project will...

A Fulldome Planetarium Show for Space Science: A Pilot Project was designed to immerse and engage middle school students (grades 5-8) in space exploration, comparative planetology and the importance of...

Challenged by a National Science Foundation-funded conference, 2020 Vision: The Next Generation of STEM Learning Research, in which participants were asked to recognize science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning...

Contemporary radio is under-studied by academic researchers, while on the contrary it expresses great exigencies of knowledge. Media studies examined deeply radio when it was the mainstream medium, i.e. in...

I argue in this article that the tangible proximity, the sensual evocative power of things is lost in a visit to the museum. Too often the aesthetic form of the...

In 2009, the North Carolina Virtual Public Schools worked with researchers at the William and Ida Friday Institute to produce and evaluate the use of game creation by secondary students...

The many facets of fundamentalism. There has been much talk about fundamentalism of late. While most people's thought on the topic go to the 9/11 attacks against the United States,...

The National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program has recently awarded funding to a wide range of projects. The AISL Program funds five types of projects: (1) Synthesis; (2) Conference; (3) Partnership Development and Planning; (4) Integrating Research and Practice; and (5) Research in Support of Wide-reaching Public Engagement with STEM. You can ... Read more

This funder reflection was provided to stimulate conversation at the June 20-21, 2013 CAISE Evaluation Convening. It describes the importance of evaluation to funders, and provides some prompts and questions...

The US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is currently accepting applications for its Museums for America and National Leadership Grants for Museums programs. The Museums for America (MFA) program supports projects that strengthen the ability of an individual museum to serve its public. National Leadership Grants for Museums support projects that address critical needs ... Read more

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is now accepting proposals for Public Humanities Projects, Media Projects: Development Grants, and Media Projects: Production Grants. The deadline for all three programs is August 9, 2017. Public Humanities Projects grants support projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences. Projects ... Read more

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking proposals for the 2024 NASA TEAM II Community Anchor and STEM Innovator Awards. Eligible proposers include U.S. nonprofit science museums, planetariums, youth-serving organizations, and libraries. Selected parties will offer inquiry- or experiential-based opportunities that include NASA education and research and directly align with space exploration, aeronautics, ... Read more

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a Dear Colleague Letter calling for proposals aimed at “Capacity-building, Community-building, and Direction-setting for Public Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research (PPSR).” Specifically, NSF encourages proposals for Research Coordination Networks (RCNs), conferences, and PPSR-focused supplements for existing awards. Proposals are due on April 11, 2017. Informational ... Read more

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released a call for proposals to the Competitive Program for Science Museums, Planetariums, and NASA Visitor Centers Plus Other Opportunities (CP4SMPVC+). From NASA: The NASA Office of Education invites proposals from museums, science centers, planetariums, NASA Visitor Centers, youth-serving organizations, and other formal and informal education institutions via ... Read more

The National Science Foundation is accepting proposals to conduct education-related research and development to prepare a diverse microelectronics workforce beginning with the early preparation of K-12 students in and outside of school settings and extending through undergraduate, graduate and other levels of adult learning. This DCL encourages proposals that will inspire, study and support learners’ ... Read more

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to increase the scientific and environmental literacy and problem-solving skills of youth in the Gulf of Mexico region. This funding opportunity will support the next generation of STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) leaders in the field of environmental justice (EJ) ... Read more

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP) aims to increase the scientific and environmental literacy and problem-solving skills of children and youth in the Gulf of Mexico region. This funding opportunity will support the next generation of informed citizens, scientists, engineers, and decision-makers in understanding the socio-environmental challenges of their ... Read more

NASA is seeking proposals for the 2023 NASA TEAM II Community Anchor Awards and Full Awards. Through TEAM II – a competitive, high-quality, national program that supports NASA-themed STEM education – NASA seeks to enhance the ability of informal education institutions and partners to deliver and participate in NASA-based activities, and to increase the capacity of institutions ... Read more

Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES) is a comprehensive national initiative designed to enhance U.S. leadership in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) discoveries and innovations focused on NSF’s commitment to diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in these fields. NSF INCLUDES supports efforts to ... Read more

This slide describes historical trends in museum funding, showing the changing shares of government, private, earned income, and investments in museum business models....

This article examines how effectively a curriculum designed for a sixth grade classroom in a low income urban middle school was adapted utilize the funds of knowledge that existed among...

This presentation was part of the session "A Scientist Walks into a Bar: Humor in STEM Education" at the 2014 ASTC Conference in Raleigh, NC. The session explored strategies to...

Underrepresented minorities (URMs) represent 33% of the US college age population and this will continue to increase (1). In contrast, only 26% of college students are URMs. In the area...