This workshop is for 3rd-12th grade educators, CTE educators, agriculture educators, and food science educators.
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Applications for the 2026-27 fellowship cycle open on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025.
View our fellowship overview to see if this opportunity is right for you.
Questions? Email kenanfellows@ncsu.edu.
Guidelines
- Applications must be completed online.
- You must submit written or video responses to the prompts and two letters of recommendation.
- The first group of fellowship opportunities is listed in the table below. Additional opportunities will be announced in mid-to-late October and again in mid-to-late November.
- Fellowships are offered in specific counties or districts. You must be an educator employed in one of the listed counties or districts. Click on the opportunities table to see all eligible districts.
Application Process
- Click the button below to register and begin your application.
- View the application guide for detailed instructions.
The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership will never ask for personal financial information for processing stipends via email, phone, or text.
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Daylight Savings Time ended November 2, 2025.
What exactly is Daylight Savings Time?
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Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy
In partnership with Appalachian State University and STEM West, ARC’s Appalachian Entrepreneurship Academy (AEA) prepares the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and thinkers.
Chosen via a competitive application process, 26 high school students from across the Appalachian Region participate in experiential learning designed to develop essential entrepreneurial skills. Students develop and implement their own business ideas, refine those ideas and deliver pitches to a panel of entrepreneurs.
From July 11-24, 2025, AEA participants will, at no cost, reside on Appalachian State University’s campus and immerse themselves in the surrounding town of Boone, North Carolina. (Students will also receive a $250 stipend for attending!)
This unique location provides students with opportunities to celebrate local culture and diversity, and develop ideas to maintain and sustain these critical aspects of Appalachian communities. In addition to the work of developing their businesses, students will engage in recreational activities throughout the experience, including activities on-campus and in the region.
Applications Now Open!
Who: Current 9th-11th grade high school students in Appalachia
When: July 11-24, 2026
Where: Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina
Application Deadline: December 3, 2025
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Invitation to apply for the Advancing STEM Research Teaching Program.
This professional development program for high school teachers is completely free thanks to funding from Regeneron and Carl Zeiss Microscopy. Over the past 7 years, individual teachers, groups of teachers have applied, been accepted, and benefitted from this program.
If one or more of the “Top 10 mistakes teachers make….” (attached) have impacted you when guiding your students through planning, working on, and presenting STEM Research projects, you/they should consider applying for the free, in-person, Advancing STEM Research Teaching Program.
The Advancing STEM Research Teaching Program:
- is a multiple day, in-person, professional development workshop to support high school teachers involved in providing science/STEM research opportunities for their students.
- is FREE, for 6-7 selected applicants, thanks to funding from Regeneron and Carl Zeiss Microscopy. Alternatively, several school districts and Science Fair regions have successfully secured independent funding to cover the cost of the workshop.
- takes place at a location that you choose, which is typically in/near your school/office or where your science fair is hosted.
- can be held during the summer. In this case it is typically 4 to 4.5 days of in-person professional development with follow-up support, as needed, via Zoom during the school year.
- can be held during the school year. In this case it is typically 3 to 4 days of in-person professional development with additional online sessions during the school year.
- provides a curriculum, filled with hundreds of activities, tips, guides and rubrics that can be customized by teachers who provide research opportunities within a traditional STEM classroom setting, or those with a small, growing research program/club, or even those with more established Science Research Programs/Clubs.
- covers all stages of the STEM research process and presentations including:
– Recruiting students
– Year-by-year research activities
– Calendars and timing for short-term and long-term projects
– Recruiting and working with mentors
– Research papers and poster/PowerPoint presentations
– Data analysis, statistics, and databases
– Competitions and STEM showcases
– Branding (Making it a “thing”)
– Organizing school-based symposiums/showcases
- has helped teachers/Fair Directors from urban, suburban, and rural areas and from a wide variety of states including Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
- Testimonials can be found at https://www.asrtprogram.com/testimonials
The ASRT Application:
- opens in October and closes on Monday, November 10, 2025.
- is open to all High School Teachers who support students involved in science/STEM research projects from small, medium or large schools.
The ASRT selection process:
Applicants will be evaluated by a committee from Regeneron and/or ZEISS, based on several different criteria including:
- Student Skill Development:
A strong interest in helping students improve their understanding of science, critical thinking, data analysis, use of technology, and communication/presentation skills.
- Equity and Access:
Efforts to increase participation in STEM research from students of all backgrounds, academic levels, and communities—including those historically underrepresented in STEM.
- Program Growth and Impact:
Clear goals for expanding the number of students involved, raising the quality and depth of student projects, or diversifying research topics.
- School/Community Support:
Evidence of support from school leadership or local partners to promote and sustain STEM research opportunities.
- Leadership and Sustainability:
Potential to build a lasting STEM research culture in your school or region, and possibly support other educators in doing the same.
The application will remain open until November 10, 2025.
** Link to apply for High School Teachers: https://forms.gle/BWJz4b6rYb2E6eKw8
A copy of the application to preview the questions is available upon request via email.
Teachers who have applied will receive an email regarding whether they were selected or not by early/mid December.
The online application deadline is Monday, November 10th at 11:59 pm (Pacific Time).
Let me help you make it a “thing” until it becomes a THING.
Michael Blueglass
Advancing Science/STEM Research Teaching Program Director (ASRT)
Regeneron-Westchester Science & Engineering Fair President (WESEF)
Science Fair Directors Institute Director of Communications (SFDI)
website: www.ASRTprogram.com
email: STEMResearchConsulting@gmail.com
mobile: (914) 447-3568
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Help Shape Science Curriculum
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We are looking for your help in discovering what science topics interest students. This will help us decide what topics to explore in upcoming resource development.
How does it work?
Share with educators in your community (or your own students!)
Have their students fill out a survey on which topics they are most curious about. Students or teachers will start with a cluster of topics based on these themes: Plant Systems, Biological Engineering, Natural Resources, Animal Systems, and Food Science, and then vote from there. Answers are anonymous!
Phenomena Farm! is a new collaboration between Boston University’s Center for STEM Professional Learning at Scale, the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, and Relevant Classroom. The project engages students and educators in identifying which scientific phenomena spark the most curiosity, creating a “curiosity map” to inform instructional design.
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How does a clock work?
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Earn Money for Your STEM Programs with
a Classroom Grant
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Apply today to earn up to $500 for your STEM programs! In the words of an educator and previous classroom grant recipient, “The AIAA grant writing process made this the easiest grant I’ve ever applied for.”
STEM education is important in shaping the future of the next generation of aerospace professionals. By providing classroom grants for STEM programs, the AIAA Foundation is actively working to bridge the gap in funding and support for these crucial areas of education.
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| Exploring Wildland Fires, Smoke and Health is the newest lesson from the UNC Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement with Science.
Designed for NC high school environmental science classrooms, this lesson explores the factors that influence the frequency and intensity of wildfires, the health effects of exposure to smoke from wildland fires, and solutions that individuals and communities can implement to prepare for and respond to wildland fires and smoke events.
This timely and engaging lesson also highlights current scientific research examining the composition of smoke from wildfires, including fires occurring in the wildland-urban interface, and assessing the impacts of smoke exposure on human health.
Register to receive the lesson and companion slide set:
https://unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_25jqfiIeNp7xvmK |
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What is the Learning Happens Here Field Trip Fund?
Teachers from public schools and public charter schools will use this page to learn about and apply for field trip funding from the Learning Happens Here Field Trip Fund.
This fund reimburses for field trips to over 100 educational sites managed by the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR). You can choose from state parks, historic sites, museums, aquariums, the NC Symphony, the Zoo, and more! Funding is provided by the State of North Carolina.
Approval rates for first time applicants to this fund are 98% positive. Requests that are realistic and not exorbitant, aligned with classroom learning goals, and meet the funding requirements as detailed in the application, are highly likely to receive funding.
Application Cut-Off Date
The Fund is accepting applications for field trips scheduled before May 31, 2026, not after. Please email the Field Trip Fund Manager, if seeking funding for a Fall 2026 trip.
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Registration Now Open for
Fundamentals of Cancer Workshop
December 11 at UNC Chapel Hill
Dear K-12 Educators,
NCABR is partnering with the UNC School of Medicine to host the following Rx for Science Literacy workshop. Because a limited number of seats is available, we encourage you to register as soon as possible. Registration is completely free.
UNC Cancer Research and
Clinical Pathology Day
Thursday, December 11, 2025
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Come learn the fundamentals of cancer, the latest cancer research methodologies and about a spectrum of pathology careers at UNC Cancer Research and Clinical Pathology Day, a one-day workshop at The UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill.
At the workshop, UNC scientists will discuss:
1. Cancer Fundamentals:
- What is cancer and how do we define it?
- The importance of identifying specific subtypes of cancer
- Cancer categories: Hereditary, Chemical/environmental/radiation, Sporadic, Inflammatory/immunosuppression, Oncogenic virus, Hormone imbalances
- Therapy overview: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Hormone therapy, Targeted Therapy
- Examples: Solid tumor and hematologic malignancy
2. Novel Cancer Research Methodologies:
- Introduction to molecular/clinical genetics (diagnostic applications)
- Spatial analysis & proteomics (exciting new research methods, non-diagnostic)
3. Pathology Careers through a Panel Discussion, to Include:
- Veterinary Pathology
- Pathology PA
- Clinical Lab Scientist
- Pathologist
- Research
The workshop also will include small group, hands-on activities with scientists, and a brief overview of the updated Rx for Science Literacy curriculum manual, which will be provided to all attendees at no cost (a $178 value).
Register Now →
Funding for this workshop has been made possible by:
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SAVE THE DATES 2026:
EdCamp STEM West 2026
January 31 at NCSSM-Morganton
(door prizes needed)
STEM Trek 2026 at Catawba Science Center
Saturday, April 18 10 AM — 2 PM
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| Watch for more STEM opportunities in the STEM West Newsletter! |
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