Programs in STEM
Use the links on this page to browse different types of programs
K-12 Programs
- High School Opportunities: Search our database of STEM programs for High School students.
- RET: Research Experience for Teachers (RET) works to build long-term collaborative partnerships between K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, community college faculty, and the NSF university research community
Undergraduate Summer Research:
Baccalaureate Degree Programs:
- LSAMP: Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation programs emphasize baccalaureate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, & mathematics.
- T-CUP: Degree programs in the STEM fields at Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaskan Native-serving Institutions and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions.
Graduate Programs:
- AGEP: fellowship programs offer minority students fellowships in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
- GK-12: The NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program supports fellowships and training for graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
- IGERT: fellowship programs offer a $30,000 stipend plus tuition and fees. Over 100 programs nationwide emphasize interdisciplinary studies in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering.
Other Opportunities:
- RDE: The Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program works to broaden participation and achievement of people with disabilities through Alliances for Students with Disabilities in STEM, research projects, as well as demonstration, dissemination, and enrichment efforts. Recently-funded RDE projects are based at a variety of universities, colleges, community colleges, research foundations and non-profits located throughout the United States.
- STC: Science Technology Centers (STC) are interdisciplinary collaborations of academic institutions, national laboratories, industry groups, and other organizations. STCs promote research as well as educational opportunities from the K-12 through the graduate level. STCs include a particular focus on increasing diversity in the sciences.