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Hello members of the NIH SciEd community, We are excited to announce that we will hold a NIH SciEd virtual mini-conference on November 9 – 12, 2020 (Monday through Thursday), with 1-2 hours of conference sessions per day. The conference schedule is listed at the end… [More]

The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (National Institutes of Health) has made 14 grant awards to project representing institutions in 12 different states. The SEPA program supports PK-12 and informal science… [More]

Webinar Interactive Digital Media STEM Resources for Pre-College and Informal Science Education Audiences (SBIR) (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-244, https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-20-244.html Interactive Digital Media STEM Resources for Pre-College and Informal Science Education Audiences (STTR) (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) PAR-20-239,… [More]

SEPA has participated in Serous Play since 2013 and has a growing portfolio of SEPA and SEPA-SBIR/STTR funded STEM games This year there will be a funding workshop/panel of ~5 fed agencies, NIH SEPA included, with gaming programs.  Likely to… [More]

NIGMS ZoomGov workshop for (SEPA) PAR-209-153 Held on June 1, 2020 Agenda 2:00 – 2:10 Overview of the SEPA program 2:10 – 2:25 Human Subjects and Inclusion 2:25 – 2:35 Review process 2:35 – 2:50 Budget issues explained 2:50 –… [More]

The USA Science & Engineering Festival team is working hard to reschedule our postponed events. While we await the opportunity to bring back our live Festival, we are excited to offer a FREE virtual version of our X-STEM conference to students across the country! X-STEM… [More]

The COVID19 crisis brings home the importance of learning about new diseases and how we can protect ourselves and populations. This set of five activities uses video and simulations to engage students as disease detectives and public health decision-makers as… [More]

The NIH SciEd 2020 Conference, scheduled for May 26-29,  is canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Louisa Stark and Dina Drits-Esser, SciEd 2020 Conference Co-Chairs, express their appreciation to members of the Organizing Committee for all of their work in planning for… [More]

COVID-19, a disease caused by a novel coronavirus, is forcing many communities to be on high alert. Educators can find detailed information about this important public health challenge on websites of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH)… [More]

The University of Washington Newsroom reported on the work being done by the Genes, the Environment, and Me: Health and STEM Network (GEMNET) SEPA project. The article features insights from high school biology students who took part in a series… [More]