NISE Network Blog

2015 Mini-Grant Application Opens August 1, 2015! (Applications Due October 1, 2014)

July 16, 2014

Christina Akers

What’s a mini-grant? The NISE Network is making available a limited number of small, one-time awards to support initiatives by NISE Net partners to engage their local audiences in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology topics. Requests can be made for...

Evaluation and Research Finding: Staying Current

July 1, 2014

Liz Rosino, OMSI

The NISE Network’s online annual survey was created to learn more about the experiences of participants in NISE Net and how the Network might better support their activities. Many of you have participated over the past couple of years (thank...

NISE Net: The Biggest Story in the Smallest Presentation!

July 1, 2014

Larry Bell

Paul Martin and I presented the accomplishments and capabilities of the NISE Net at our "reverse site visit" at NSF on June 9. Ray Ostman, Brad Herring, Emily Maletz, and others created slides, graphics, and videos for us to use...

Partner Highlight: Mission: Nano

June 19, 2014

Aaron Guerro, Children's Museum of Houston and Ennio Tasciotti, Houston Methodist Research Institute

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to play the Mission: Nano game. Funded by a NISE Network mini-grant , the Houston Methodist Research Institute ( HMRI ) and Rice University's Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning...

Evaluation and Research Finding: Valued Aspects of the Network

June 9, 2014

Liz Rosino, OMSI

The NISE Network’s online annual survey was created to learn more about the experiences of participants in NISE Net and how the Network might better support their activities. Many of you have participated over the past couple of years (thank...

Partner Highlight: Girls Full STEAM Ahead! at the Leonardo

June 9, 2014

Erika DuRoss, The Leonardo Museum

We’re all familiar with STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) — it’s a buzzword that continues to build momentum in education. There are dozens of studies on how to improve STEM education at all levels. But what happens when you...

Recent changes to the nisenet.org website

May 22, 2014

Catherine McCarthy

We have recently made some major improvements to the nisenet.org website. The new site features all the same popular content from the existing website but with a fresh new look, much faster load times, and improved content filtering. All of...

Evaluation and Research Finding: Use of NISE Net Materials:

May 1, 2014

Liz Rosino, OMSI

The NISE Network’s online annual survey was created to learn more about the experiences of participants in NISE Net and how the Network might better support their activities. Many of you have participated over the past couple of years (thank...

Partner Highlight: Nano Beyond NanoDays! Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC)

May 1, 2014

Ali Jackson

Like many communities around the country Rochester, New York goes all out celebrating NanoDays . Visitors to the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC) joined museum staff and volunteers as well as staff and students from the Rochester Institute of...

Changes coming to the nisenet.org website

April 25, 2014

Catherine McCarthy

We’re making some major improvements to the nisenet.org website. The new site features all the same popular content from the existing website but with a fresh new look, much faster load times, and improved content filtering. All of these changes...