Change is a team effort.
Our goal is to break stereotypes and open pathways to STE(A)M careers for all students.
I Am A Scientist is made possible because of people like you who are excited to lend their expertise, skills and time with us. Are you interested in getting involved with this project? Explore all our opportunities for partnership and creative collaborators below.
PARTNERS
BOLSTER OUR COMMUNITYWe look for highly mission-aligned partners that help us further the I Am A Scientist mission.
Our Partners
HOW WE COLLABORATE
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Grant Proposals for Content Development
Do you offer complementary resources for promoting inclusive STE(A)M education?Our hope is that the I Am a Scientist community serves as a gateway to the incredible range of resources available to students and educators. If you’ve created something you think this community would benefit from, let’s chat!
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Special Projects, Campaigns, and Media
Looking to create a large-scale campaign, event, media production, or other venture?We’d love to collaborate with you! We’re always open to new and exciting ideas where we can integrate and grow the IAAS program.
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City and Community Initiatives
Help bring the IAAS program in more places across a particular city.We’re all about expanding our collections of scientists to as many cities and spaces that we can. If you’ve got a group of scientists in your area that you feel would be a perfect match, we’d love to highlight them! Reach out to us with relevant details so we can get the conversations started.
Featured Partnerships
Have an idea for partnership?
Our goal is to break stereotypes and open pathways to STE(A)M careers for students in 10,000 classrooms.
If you want to discuss a partnership opportunity, fill out this form to get started.SHARE A STORY
Share A Story
Your story can help a child see themselves in science.
NOMINATE A
stem professional
Know someone with a particularly inspiring story in STEM?
We often receive requests from scientists to be featured in the program. If you’d like to nominate yourself or someone else to be added to our database of interested STEM Professionals, please complete the form below.
Alternatively, if you have a collection in mind and potential funding to cover the costs, please submit our partnership form above.
Submit a nomination here:*
*Please note: Featuring STEM Professionals in our program requires substantial resources. While we'd love to work with everyone, we are limited by our resources, and unfortunately cannot be in touch with every nomination. We will reach out if we have a suitable opportunity to offer you!
How we select scientists:We believe that everyone working in STEM or related fields has an inspiring story to tell. Here are some things that we’re particularly excited about!
High Impact or Creative Field
We love featuring people working in STEM fields that either (a) support one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, or (b) break the stereotypes around what STEM fields can be (e.g. creative technologist or medical illustrator).
Fills a Gap in the Program
There are so many worthy stories and fields of study out there, and we’ve just scratched the surface. Often, when selecting new scientist to feature, we look for careers, real world challenges, identities, or subject matters that haven’t yet been showcased.
Relatability & Dynamicism
While we welcome anyone to engage with our resources, we’re particularly focused on middle to high school students. We look for scientists who are doing work that students care about and / or have personalities and lived experiences that may surprise or delight students.
CREATIVES
Creative Contributors
We work with:
Photographers Illustrators Videographers *Please note: due to the high amount of interest we receive, we unfortunately cannot be in touch with every creative inquiry. We will reach out if you are a good fit!
STORY AND EMOTIONThe I Am A Scientist Program is visually brought to life by our countless creatives.
We look for new photographers in every new city that a spotlight is based.
Photographers
We partner with photographers that masterfully capture the emotion, personality, and spirit of each featured individual, as we know that's where the real magic and opportunity for connection happens.
We work with illustrators from all around the world to illustrate real world scientists for classrooms.
Illustrators
As an I Am A Scientist illustrator, you help design portraits that perfectly, powerfully, and imaginatively capture our featured scientists.
Videographers help us take the I Am A Scientist content to the next level.
Videographers
We often need special grants for expanding our video content. But we always welcome new ideas and open conversations!
Looking to collaborate?
We’re all ears! Fill out this general interest form to share your ideas and your work with us.
*Please note: due to the high amount of interest we receive, we unfortunately cannot be in touch with every creative inquiry. We will reach out if you are a good fit!
JOIN THE TEAM
Join our growing team.
Our team is constantly growing as we continue to seek more ways to connect with people.
Interested in joining the team over at The Plenary, Co.?
Come meet our current team, and find open opportunities for you to join our initiatives full-time or part-time.
