STaRS Experience
Middle and high school science teachers and community college instructors are encouraged to apply for the 2025 NIEHS Science, Teachers, and Research Summer (STaRS) Experience. STaRS 2025 is a one-week virtual professional development program, designed and conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
The goals of the program are:
- To enhance participants’ understanding of basic research in the environmental and biomedical sciences and its applications in biotechnology; and
- To enable participants to transfer knowledge received from this program into classroom applications and to better support their students.
The 2025 STaRS Experience will be held at NIEHS in Research Triangle Park from Monday, July 14, to Friday, July 18, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. STaRS participants will receive a $1,000 stipend.
Requirements:
- Applicants must currently teach science in a middle school, high school or community college;
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Applicants must be available for the full one-week virtual program (July 14-18, 2025); and
- Applicants must have reliable internet connection.
Applications due by 11:59 pm on Monday, March 17, 2025.