Research!America
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Questions of the Day Program1 month agoSTEM Unbarred: What the initiative is learning about hands-on science for incarcerated youth
In the fifth episode of Season 8 of Questions of the Day, I reconnect with the STEM Unbarred team to ask: what does it take to...
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Questions of the Day Program3 months agoCharlotte Vaughn says research debriefings are an overlooked public engagement opportunity
On this episode (S8E4) of Questions of the Day, I sit down with Dr. Charlotte Vaughn, Assistant Research Professor at the University of Maryland and Founder and...
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The Observer7 months agoResearch!America selects 17 grantees from 132 applicants for the 2026 Civic Engagement Microgrant cohort
Take-home points Research!America just announced its 2026 Civic Engagement Microgrant cohort, selecting 17 projects from 132 applicants to fund early-career scientists building local civic science initiatives...
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The Observer8 months ago“What are you going to do on Monday?” SNAP challenges leaders at the 2026 AAAS conference
"Our goal really is to mobilize for large-scale initiatives in science policy and science communication to reconnect scientists to the communities they came from and the...
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Questions of the Day Program1 year ago“If you don’t know where to start…” Brean Prefontaine is building an evaluation workbook for science engagers
One of the most persistent challenges I encounter across the civic science landscape is evaluation. Whether I am speaking with scientists, museums, universities, or nonprofit organizations,...
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Questions of the Day Program2 years ago
Part time bartender & scientist, JP Flores, talks about new funding to support a community engagement project in North Carolina
BOSTON — At the 2025 AAAS Annual Conference in Boston, we interviewed JP Flores, an HHMI Gilliam Fellow & PhD candidate in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology...
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Questions of the Day Program2 years ago
Decoding Research!America’s Civic Engagement Microgrant program that funds student groups across the US
Fanuel Muindi travels to Washington DC to interview Jenny Luray, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement at Research!America, about their mission to strengthen federal...
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Questions of the Day Program2 years ago
Science Unlocked: Empowering incarcerated and system-impacted learners
In this Questions of the Day interview, I sit down with Anagha Krishnan and Hannah Dada, co-founders of Science Unlocked, designed to bring hands-on science education...
Photo Essay: A guided tour of DC’s historic National Academy of Sciences Building with Dorothy Goldsmith
Illinois State experiments with workshops to help STEM faculty explore the civic nature of their disciplines
Did You Know: Rice University has launched a new center for science communication called SCOPE?
How Canadian early-career researchers organized to improve funding for future scientists
Photo Essay: Junior Scientists at Harlem BioBus celebrate a year of discovery
Did You Know: Boston’s Museum of Science is opening a Public Science Common? Here are some questions to consider
US-based nonprofit Engineers & Scientists Acting Locally (ESAL) receives a $100k unrestricted gift to support its civic engagement work
How Canadian early-career researchers organized to improve funding for future scientists
Photo Essay: Junior Scientists at Harlem BioBus celebrate a year of discovery
Did You Know: Rice University has launched a new center for science communication called SCOPE?
Did You Know: Boston’s Museum of Science is opening a Public Science Common? Here are some questions to consider
Did You Know: A museum dedicated to the brain is being developed in Southern California?
STEM Unbarred: What the initiative is learning about hands-on science for incarcerated youth
Exploring workforce needs and intergenerational learning in informal STEM education
