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Dedicated to providing training opportunities to undergraduate educators to inspire the transformation of STEM education.

What's Happening at NIST

Save the Date!
National Meeting 2025

We are pleased to announce the first NIST National Meeting, August 8-10, 2025 at the University of Denver, Denver, CO. The meeting will include workshops and talks supporting NIST’s mission to transform STEM education through the implementation of evidence-based teaching practices. It will also be an opportunity for you to present your work to enhance student engagement and success and to network with our diverse community.

Are you also interested in presenting some work, reviewing abstracts, or helping with other aspects of organization?

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Who We Serve

In addition to our primary audience who are faculty and future faculty teaching in Higher Education, NIST also provides consultant work to campus change agents and administrators.

What We Offer

National Institute on Scientific Teaching is dedicated to promoting equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education classrooms and offers both pedagogical training for STEM faculty and community network opportunities. Our flagship program is the five-day training program on Scientific Teaching, which can be offered in different formats: in-person, online, hybrid, campus-based, etc. NIST also offers shorter programs, such as Scientific Teaching Short Course to meet the diverse needs of our community.  In addition, NIST offers community network opportunities, such as Faculty Learning Community of NIST (FLACoN), Solve-My-Problem event, to support faculty to implement evidence-based teaching practices.

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"It was a wonderful experience, and I hope that more of my colleagues attend next year, so that an entire army of faculty are equipped with the latest weapons to make STEM education meaningful and a joy for all students."

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