Stony Brook University

Log Number: MG-10-15-0071-15

The National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE) at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology has experience building partnerships between museums and higher education institutions and collaborating on projects that use civic challenges to engage audiences in STEM topics. This project will match established museum-higher education partners with newly developed partners to provide online mentoring that supports collaboration between formal and informal institutions and enhances the educational offerings of both. In addition to being provided with a mentor partnership, the new partners will receive professional development at a summer institute as well as assistance building evaluation into their projects. Five new museum-higher education partnerships will be supported in their development and will benefit from interacting with college students as a strategy to build audiences for the future. NCSCE will explore the feasibility of scaling up the e-mentoring program and will disseminate a paper about this effort.