STEM Outreach Matrix

Lectures, readings and other content covering a number of key topics in neuroethics.

SCAN’s goal is to train future scholars and professionals in diverse fields to work knowledgably with neuroscience.

A Penn student organization dedicated to improving science education for Philadelphia students. Penn students from all schools and majors learn about inquiry-based teaching methods and lead weekly science programming during the school day or after school/weekends.  Currently working in Lea School (K-8), Science Leadership Academy (9-12) and Upward Bound Science (9-12).

 Academic partnership between Penn and the University of Puerto Rico.  Multiple opportunities exist for becoming involved

This is a joint event between Drexel and Penn to promote S&E to K-12 students and the general public.

Summer Research Fellowships to undergraduates from colleges and universities in the United States who are majoring in science or engineering. 

One day program designed for science teachers who are interested in the science behind archaeological objects and covers archeochemistry, archeometallurgy, and archeoceramics. We accept 15-20 teachers and may include museum docents who conduct tours of such objects

The Moelis Access Science (MAS) program seeks to improve STEM education by partnering Penn students and faculty with local K-12 public school counterparts via K-12 Teacher-Fellow Partnerships, STEM-Related Academically Based Community Service (ABCS) Courses, and Educator Professional Development.

 Funded by NSF under grant # 1450467, the Penn I-Corps Site supports the translation of research from STEM areas into the marketplace by providing educational programming, financial support and strategic guidance through offering Penn-affiliated teams access to commercialization programs at PCI and a new entrepreneurial curriculum. The goal of the Site is to expand PCI's startup creation services to Penn-affiliated teams and accelerate start-up creation at Penn.

The AppItUP Challenge collects mobile enterprise ideas from the Penn Community with the goal of turning the best ideas into products. We partner with investors, software developers, and business leaders to make it happen. The AppItUP Challenge provides the opportunity for any Penn student, staff or faculty member to submit their idea and have it turned into reality by professional software developers for free.

 Five Saturdays of hands-on activities at Penn Dental Medicine which culminates in a two week shadowing internship at the dental school during the months of July and August

 Six week summer program run by dental student volunteers from Penn Dental Medicine (PDM) with help from Dr. Andrew Kim, PDM alum.  Vocatio works to provide a high quality, comprehensive academic and vocational program that will place young men and women into a post-secondary educational institution or onto a successful career path.

Graduate student speaker series for high school students interested in STEM subjects, health science and social sciences. Seeks to match high school students with mentors for science research and college applications.

A unique twist on the traditional science fair designed to make scientists better communicators and to interest elementary school students in science: Third and fourth graders from local elementary schools come to Penn to judge the projects that Penn undergraduate,graduate students and post-docs create.

Each spring Biology faculty, graduate students and postdocs host more than 30 students from Philadelphia high schools for a day of research lab visits and conversation about science careers and continued science study.  

EAGR streamline workshop design and management to enable busy STEM experts to maximize the educational impact of community outreach hours and effort through facilitating small group workshops and table demos that unite high school students with graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty members from Penn.

A 3-week summer program with the goal to introduce high school students to the experimental basis of biology, including relevance to disease.  The focus of the program will be on how we know what we know.

A 3-week summer program with the goal to introduce high school students to the experimental basis of mechanics and advanced topics in physics.  The focus of the program will be on how we know what we know.

 A 3-week summer program with the goal to introduce students to the biological foundations of the brain.

A web-based curriculum for science teachers consisting of modules including videos, activities and discussion questions to introduce genomics to students.

GRASP supports STEM education in the Philadelphia region by providing training, mentoring and assistance to local schools. GRASP students mentor teams, train STEM educators and provide tours of GRASP to area schools.

The UNITE Summer Mentorship Program (SMP) is a collaborative effort between Penn's Vice Provost Office and the GRASP Lab and is sponsored by the Army Education Outreach Program. Ninth and tenth grade students participate in a 4-week course with 4 instructors and 3 mentors. Activities include programming lessons, engineering design lessons, engineering projects, robotics competition, career day involving industry speakers, field trips to engineering facilities and tours of GRASP.

 10 week program designed to give undergraduate students the opportunity to work with scientists on the cutting edge of nanoscale research

SUNFEST is a unique program that provides talented undergraduate students with hands-on research during the summer in the area of sensor technologies.

TREES is a unique summer research and mentorship program offering a hands-on environmental research opportunity for motivated high-school students.  

This CPHI group focuses on: 1) Serving as a discussion forum for researchers in current and future projects who are using/planning on using qualitative and mixed methods. 2)Working toward expanding the use, quality and acceptability of qualitative and mixed methods research at Penn and in the broader academic community. This group welcomes members from all areas inside and outside of the Penn community.

Offers high school students the opportunity to explore their interest in dermatology research and clinical practices, and to learn directly from top professionals in these fields. No prior research experience needed. Summer research is also available. 

Project BioEYES utilizes live zebrafish to teach week-long biology experiments in 2nd-12th grade classrooms nationwide. Teacher professional development, classroom co-teaching, and on-going science resources are all provided.

The program is a multi-tiered educational initiative that teaches fundamental principles of medicine, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and veterinary medicine to inner city public high school students in Philadelphia. High school students are taught by undergraduates, who learn from medical students who, in turn, are guided by residents and fellows and faculty.

This program is a 10 week summer research internship, intended for rising college juniors and seniors who are interested in pursuing either a Ph.D or M.D.-Ph.D., with the ultimate goal of a career in cancer research. SUPERS@PENN is open to all students, but emphasizes recruitment of students from underserved populations. The program is funded by the NCI/NIH/DHHS and is hosted in the research division of the Department of Radiation Onclogy. Students complete hypothesis driven research projects, tailored to their own interests and experience, with faculty mentors rom Radiation Oncology, Radiology and/or members of the Abramson Cancer Center Radiation Biology and Imaging Core.

CHA allows participants to peek into the workd of working dogs through training and exposure through search and rescue, ovarian cancer detection, diabetic alert detection, law enforcement and veterinary care.

A federally funded adult college access program. EOC provides West and Southwest Philadelphia residents age 19 and over from primarily low-income, first generation backgrounds with support and referral services that facilitate their entry into higher education programs

This program provides a comprehensive set of services to support success for approximately 450 academically talented students, many from low income, first-generation to college backgrounds, during their entire undergraduate careers at Penn.

The Trio Veterans Upward Bound Program, a federally funded program serving 120 persons annually, enhances the learning experience of military veterans. It offers intensive pre-college academic courses and comprehensive support services towards the pursuit of post-secondary education.

The Penn Upward Bound Math and Science Program is a college preparatory program for high school students at targeted West Philadelphia high schools who are interested in the STEM fields. UBMS provides these highly motivated first-generation, low income students with educational, scientific, and cultural programs that enhance their ability to complete high school and then go on to complete degrees at competitive four-year post-secondary institutions.