Meet Julia Li at the 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Annual Meeting at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado on March 23rd and 24th. The meeting will be attended by the NRT community, which includes project PIs, co-PIs, project coordinators, evaluators, and graduate student trainees. If you are attending the meeting, look for Julia at the evaluator sessions. If you are interested in learning more about the NSF NRT program, please reach out.

Meet Nisaa Kirtman at the Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment (CREA) convening in Scottsdale, Arizona from March 1st-2nd. The theme of the convening is Cultivating Evaluation Leadership & Building Capacity Through a Time of Urgency. Please reach out if you would like more information about this event.

Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be attending the virtual 2026 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program awardee meeting from February 24th – 26th. The theme for 2026 is Storytelling for Impact. This meeting is by invitation only, however please reach out to us if you would like more information on the AISL program.

Meet Nisaa Kirtman at the Ready Kids East County Big Table Event hosted by the First 5 Contra Costa at the Antioch Community Center in Antioch, CA on Wednesday, October 29th from 5:30-7:30 PM PST. Nisaa will be speaking about culturally-tailored outreach and engagement approaches.

If you are interested in attending events hosted by First 5 Contra Costa or are interested in hearing more about our work, please reach out.

Meet Kristin Bass, Alison Allen, Scott Burg, Nicole Jarvis, Safa Asad, Claire Quimby, Camellia Sanford-Dolly, and Maggie Deagon at the annual National Institute of Health’s (NIH) SciEd 2025 meeting held virtually from Monday, October 20th through Wednesday, October 22nd. Kristin serves as a Co-Chair of the SciEd Conference, and Alison serves on the Organizing Committee as part of the Research and Evaluation Strand.

Join Scott on Wednesday, October 22nd as he co-presents Summer Healthcare Experience In Oncology: Leveraging Cross-Institutional Partnerships To Enhance STEM Programming from 2:30-3:30pm EST. Alison will be co-presenting Evaluation 101 on Wednesday, October 22nd from 3:45-4:45pm EST.

If you are attending the SciEd conference or are interested in hearing more, please reach out.