Overview
Regional collaboratives host a variety of events for girl-serving organizations, educators, and business professionals in their areas. The project begins with a kick-off conference to announce the project and begin networking among the participants. The kick-off conference is followed by topic forums that provide professional development activities, highlight local programs, and continue the valuable networking experience. During this time, mini-grants are being awarded and carried out by local programs. An annual conference is held after the mini-grants are complete that allows the grantees an opportunity to present their projects to a large group. More professional development and networking activities are also offered at this event.
In addition to in-person events, NGCP hosts a series of free webcasts that present effective strategies for working with girls in STEM, including current research, program models and useful resources.
Collaboration Conference
October 21 & 22, 2010
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
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.
USA Science & Engineering Festival
October 10-24, 2010
Washington, D.C.
The USA Science & Engineering Festival will be the country's first national science festival. 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.
