DoD STEM Calendar

Advising for Future-Ready Careers is a monthly webinar series, hosted by NCWIT Counselors for Computing (C4C), providing information and resources to help counselors join the front line of the computing conversation. This free webinar will focus on intersections between computer science (CS) and health services.

The Army Educational Outreach Program's Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) is an educational program for 5th - 8th grade students with the goal of creating the fastest, most interesting, and best crafted solar-vehicle possible. Students design, build, and race solar-powered cars using hands-on engineering skills and principles of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; develop teamwork and problem-solving abilities; investigate environmental issues; and gain hands-on STEM skills. For more information and to register for national, state or local JSS events, please visit the website.

This scholarship recognizes two MATHCOUNTS alumni each year who start competition programs at underserved schools. Winners earn $3,000 scholarships, plus resources and free registration for the schools where they coach. The deadline to apply for the 2022-2023 program year is Friday, June 3, 2022 at 5:00pm ET. To learn more, please visit the website.

RoboNation's annual international SeaPerch Challenge is an invitation-only event for teams that excel at registered regional competitions and earn a slot to compete in the season's culminating event. For more information about SeaPerch and the 2022 season, please visit the website.

STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice Spring Convening, “Planet, People, Prosperity,” will explore practical strategies for how communities can use STEM to drive gains in equity, social mobility, and efforts to safeguard the environment.

Join us for SMART’s annual 3-day symposium! The SMART Scholarship is a combined educational and workforce development opportunity for undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students currently pursuing a degree in one of the 21 STEM disciplines. Listen, engage, and collaborate with Department of Defense (DoD) science and technology leaders who are charting a course on future priorities, while SMART scholars present their own journeys and technical contributions towards these goals. Representatives from DoD and Academia will meet to discuss how to leverage SMART to expand access to, and broaden diversity within, the future DoD technical workforce. The symposium is open to the public, including: - Past, present, and future SMART scholars - DoD laboratory and agency stakeholders - Members from Academia, particularly HBCU/MIs - SMART and DoD STEM advocates

The Society for Science's annual Middle School Research Teachers Conference brings 75 middle school STEM teachers to Washington, DC, all-expenses-paid, for a weekend of peer-led professional development. The conference focuses on leading students in research projects that can be entered in local science fair, Broadcom MASTERS, eCybermission, and other STEM research competitions.