NISE Network Blog

NISE Network announces 2013 Mini-Grants - applications due November 4, 2012

August 22, 2012
Catherine McCarthy
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...

Partner Highlight: Informal Science Learning Associates (ISLA)

August 9, 2012
Aaron Guerrero
The Informal Science Learning Associates (ISLA) is a newly-formed nonprofit organization dedicated to improving educational opportunities for all children. A museum without walls, ISLA provides interactive programming in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to promote life-long learning in the community...

Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 3

August 2, 2012
Eli Bossin
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org...

Partner Highlight: Cincinnati Museum Center and Liberty Science Center

July 5, 2012
Jayatri Das
It’s always fun and inspiring to hear how partners modify NISE Net programs as they present them during NanoDays and beyond. This month, the Cincinnati Museum Center and Liberty Science Center , both partners in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Hub...

Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 2

July 2, 2012
Eli Bossin
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org...

Broader Impacts, Revisited

June 11, 2012
Carol Lynn Alpert
It’s been a tumultuous 18 months for the Broader Impacts Criterion (BIC), the NSF merit review standard that gets a lot of grant-seeking scientists and engineers thinking about including plans for education, outreach, and diversity. First, Congress asked the NSF...

Partner Highlight: Mining, Metallurgy, and Moving with the Duluth Children's Museum

June 8, 2012
Christina Akers
In April, the Duluth Children’s Museum joined forces with the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) to represent the NISE Network at the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration conference held in Duluth, MN. The conference, hosted by the University of...

Evaluation and Research Findings: Communication Study part 1

June 2, 2012
Eli Bossin
Over the past year, the evaluation team has been conducting A Study of Communication in the NISE Network (Network Communication Study) to learn about how the Network's primary communication components, NanoDays, face-to-face meetings, the regional hub structure, and the nisenet.org...

MRS Call for Papers- Deadline Approaching!

May 24, 2012
KC
The 2012 MRS Fall meeting in Boston takes place November 25-30, but the deadline for abstract submission is just around the corner! All abstracts must be submitted by June 19th. Click here for more information on abstract submission guidleines and...

NanoDays 2012 report - winners chosen

May 22, 2012
Catherine McCarthy
Two winners! We have two randomly drawn winners who submitted their online NanoDays reports by the May 1st deadline. Both will be receivinig additional educaitonal materials to use with their visitors: Barbara McMillin, Program & Volunteer Coordinator the Children's Museum...