Numerous programs and initiatives to create gender equity in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have been implemented only to lose effectiveness or fade away. Had these programs had the benefit of collaboration with other girl-serving projects, organizations and institutions, and tools to assess and evaluate the impact of their efforts, their capacity for continuation and/or broader impact could have been substantially increased.
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Collaboration, as an interactive process, enables professionals across projects and communities to generate and carry out creative solutions and strategies that maximize benefit beyond that which one project or community could accomplish. This model includes a number of strategic activities that provide value and incentives to encourage organizations and individuals to work together and to use the leverage of a network or collaboration of individual girl-serving STEM programs to create the tipping point for gender equity in STEM.
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USA Science & Engineering Festival The USA Science & Engineering Festival will be the country's first national science festival and will be in Washington, D.C. from October 10-24, 2010. The Festival promises to be a multi-cultural, multi-generational and multi-disciplinary celebration of science. The culmination of the Festival will be a two- day Expo on October 23-24 with more than 500 science and engineering organizations from all over the United States presenting hands-on, fun science activities to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. Mini-Grant Engineering Gets Girls "Dancing" Jitter Bugs became a fast favorite for girls participating in the "GECOS" (Girls Engineering Club of ScienceWorks) after school program at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland, Oregon. Customized creatures developed from an electric motor and controlled by girls, danced around when the circuit was completed. The GECOS program, sponsored in part by a mini-grant from the Pacific Northwest Girls Collaborative Project and in collaboration with the Ashland branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), engaged 36 elementary and middle school girls in designing and creating STEM learning projects. Engineering for Girls at ScienceWorks Annual Conference of the Indiana-Great Lakes Girls Collaborative Project |
The National Girls Collaborative Project brings together organizations throughout the United States that are committed to informing and encouraging girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).The Collaboration Conference is an opportunity for representatives from these organizations to connect and learn from each other and national level experts. Thanks to funding provided by the Noyce Foundation, NGCP is able to provide the opportunity for 50 practitioners, representing 25 organizations serving girls in STEM, to attend the Collaboration Conference at no cost. Scholarships will be provided to teams of two from selected organizations. Regional collaborative leadership members will be in attendance as well as representatives from a wide variety of NGCP partners. For more information, please visit the Conference Web site. NGCP Regional Collaborative Mini-Grants NGCP mini-grants are designed to enhance access to and build collaboration between programs and resources. Mini-grant application resources, including a sample application, research based strategies, and evaluation requirements are available online. Several collaboratives are offering mini-grants this fall. View the mini-grant schedule for application opening, closing and decision dates.
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