The New York Hall of Science (NYHOS), in partnership with the University of Michigan (UM), the Miami Museum of Science (MMOS), the National...
The Sepa Program
The Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program funds grants for innovative educational programs. Such projects create partnerships among biomedical and clinical researchers and K-12 teachers and schools, museums and science centers, media experts, and other educational organizations. SEPA is sponsored by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
SEPA 2012: NIH SciEd Annual Conference For Science Education Projects
The National Institution of Health for Science Education Projects will hold its annual conference in Washington D.C. May 13th - 16th, 2012. This year’s keynote address will be delivered by Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director, National Institutes of Health, and is aptly titled "Culturally-Nuanced Science Education". Other conference highlights are an update on the Federal STEM Strategic Plan, professional development and networking.
New Website Launch
The Science Education Partnership Award continues to improve on the Web front. These last few months have seen a blast of improved performance to the hardware. Now grant program searches and page loads take milliseconds. February saw the return of the much improved United States funding map in the ‘SEPA Programs by State’ view. The navigation and content have also improved. In March NIHSEPA launched pages on Twitter (www.twitter.com/#!/nihsepa) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/NIHSEPA),