Iowa NSF EPSCoR Summer Stem Institute 2012

Thirty-six 11th and 12th grade Iowa high school students and incoming first-year college students attended a two-and-a-half day science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) summer institute sponsored by Iowa NSF EPSCoR. The institute featured tours of several academic research facilities, providing students direct communication with researchers and the opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes in science career fields.