Tools and resources to provide support for potential as well as funded AISL projects.
Featured News from the Field
Read blogs, reports, and other news from the informal STEM Education community
Project Planner
A resource for developing informed proposals
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
A new interactive resource
Belonging: A Weekly Practice
A PDF and Weekly drop-in space from the Othering & Belonging institute. Belonging: A Weekly Practice
Broadening Participation Toolkit
A suite of professional learning tools to support your work
CAISE Newsletter Archives
2021-2022 funding opportunities, key events and new publications
Design Evaluation
Explore approaches and techniques for ISE
About CAISE
Review a brief summary of CAISE activities from 2007-2022
Discover Research
Learn what's applicable to the design, implementation, and assessment of ISE
STEM Identity, Interest, and Engagement Interviews
A deep dive into constructs
Year in ISE
Annual compilations of trends and accomplishments from the ISE field
Principal Investigator’s Guide: Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects (2011)
Managing Evaluation in Informal STEM Education Projects
NSF AISL Program: Applying for Funding
Informational webinars and key documents
REVISE Newsletter Archive
REVISE newsletters about the informal sciences community
Diversifying Museum Boards
Tools to support diverse museum board trustees
Dialogue & Deliberation Toolkit
Understanding an approach to facilitating conversations to bring community members together
STEM in Libraries Toolkits
Guides to implementing STEM programs in libraries
Making Earth & Space Science More Relevant and Inclusive
A guild developed by the National Informal STEM Education Network
IF/THENĀ® Gender Representation Toolkit
A toolkit that helps institutions collect data on the representation of gender in museum content. IF/THENĀ® Gender Representation Toolkit
Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education
An open-access book on academic ableism.
Do No Harm Guide: Collecting, Analyizing, and Reporting Gender and Sexual Orientation Data
The current state of data around gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation