Broader Impacts
Partner with the YNS program for your broader impacts needs and enhance STEM opportunities for Nebraska students.
Hosting a High School Researcher
Host a summer high school researcher for up to 8 weeks each summer.
Leading a Camp
Design a summer camp to inspire middle or high school students in STEM.
YNS provides effective and efficient opportunities to accomplish the required broader impacts goals in your grant proposals and science outreach missions. YNS core activities include summer science camps for middle and high school students and extended summer research experiences for high school sophomores and juniors.
Evaluations have shown that YNS activities are effective in increasing interest in STEM and commitment to choosing STEM college majors and careers.
The Nebraska EPSCoR Outreach Coordinator manages the programs and provides consulting and planning support. Investigators may use YNS program infrastructure and resources by budgeting funds and allocating effort in their grant proposals for YNS activities.
Nebraska EPSCoR will provide a letter of support to submit with your grant.
Summer High School Researchers
Host a summer high school researcher for up to 8 weeks each summer.
Students who have completed 10th or 11th grade become an integral part of the ongoing research project in your lab for up to eight weeks. They work side-by-side with your laboratory team and learn what scientific research is really all about, including practical research knowledge, lab skills, and scientific communication.
Whenever possible, student researchers should attend lectures on current topics, attend seminars/workshops in research and technical writing, ethics, and career exploration, and gain skills in effective oral presentations. Completing the experience, students produce a poster, presentation or written document for their personal portfolio.
The YNS website promotes YNS summer research experiences, with online access to recruiting and applications. Nebraska EPSCoR promotes the program to local school districts.
Design a Summer Camp
Design a summer camp to inspire middle or high school students in STEM.
Summer science camps introduce students to exciting science and engineering concepts through hands-on experiences inside and outside of the lab. Middle school camps are for current 6th and 8th graders and high school camps are for current 9th through 12th graders.
YNS campers experience STEM activities in an intense and fun environment, and receive the kind of personal attention and discovery based learning difficult to provide in today's classroom. Participants complete varied activities aimed at increasing their mastery of science concepts and interest in science.
The YNS website promotes camps and allows online access to recruiting and applications. Nebraska EPSCoR advertises the program to school districts state-wide.