The TYE Entrepreneurship Academy is a rigorous, school-year extracurricular program for Boston-area students in Grades 9-12 interested in STEM, business, and social innovation. It meets biweekly on Saturdays at the Cambridge Innovation Center, September-May. It uses a proven curriculum in entrepreneurship and business acceleration, taught by experts in the field, to help students tackle real-world problems. Along the way, it helps students identify and develop pathways to reach personal and professional goals. In teams, students build products, apps or service-based businesses using design thinking, customer feedback, iteration, and lightweight business models. Financial aid may be available. Applications are due September 30. Register to attend an informational webinar (5PM-6PM) on September 6 or September 13 or September 20.

The Museum of Science’s EiE Families curriculum development team seeks pilot sites for its new family engineering resources. If you are hosting a STEM night for ages 4-11 between October 15 and December 16, you may apply to run an EiE activity during your event. Apply by September 15. Sites that are selected will be notified by September 22 and will receive a free materials kit, an activity guide, visual resources, and a $200 stipend for your time in running the activity and providing online feedback.

Science Club for Girls seeks women and gender-expansive individuals who are working or studying in STEM fields in the Greater Boston area to be volunteer mentors teaching hands-­on STEM explorations for SCFG youth in Grades K-8, alongside high school Junior Mentors. Volunteers commit to two hours a week for eight weeks, either after school or on Saturdays. Curriculum and materials are provided. In-person and online mentoring opportunities are available. Apply here.

Nominations are open until October 15 for several awards for science teachers from the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST):

• 14 county-level science educator awards
• 1 award for an exemplary new teacher
• 1 award for a distinguished “friend of science” working with educators
• 1 award for a K-8 teacher who is inspirational in environmental education
• MAST State Educator of the Year

Anyone may submit a nomination by completing this online form. All nominees will be notified of their nominations, and awards will be presented at the MAST Annual Conference.  For more information, contact Laura Carlin at awards@massscienceteach.org.

The Lemelson-MIT Program within MIT’s School of Engineering administers the InvenTeams program, in which teams of high-school students, educators, and mentors receive grants of up to $7500 to invent working technological solutions to real-world problems. Each InvenTeam chooses its own problem to solve. Up to eight schools will be awarded grants. Newton has a successful history with InvenTeams. The application process occurs in two stages. Educators and their teams should apply now for the 2022-23 school year, and final applications will be due September 6. For more information, email inventeams@mit.edu. Potential applicants should attend an Information Webinar on July 26 at 7PM.

The New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center is working with ARISS and NASA to provide students across New England with opportunities to talk to astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NEST will provide select space science and amateur radio classes for free to eligible children entering Grades 4-12 and will host the astronaut contact at the BIG E state fair in West Springfield, MA in the last week of September. Learn more about NEST’s Space Science Club.

The Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center seeks to raise the remaining $125,000 needed to complete the Mish Michaels Exhibit Hall for Scientific Discovery, planned for completion this fall and dedicated to the memory of the late Mish Michaels — broadcast meteorologist, environmental reporter, scientist, educator, and BHO board member. Here’s a short video introducing the BHO. The Exhibit Hall will serve the 10,000 who visit the BHO annually. You  can donate here, and all contributors will be invited to the dedication ceremony.

MassBioEd is accepting, until June 30, applications and nominations for the following scholarship and awards. For more information, email BioTeach@massbioed.org.

• The Henri A. Termeer Student Scholarship will be awarded to a Massachusetts high-school student or recent graduate who plans to enroll in a life-sciences undergraduate program.
• The Henri A. Termeer Champions in Biotechnology and Life Science Educator Award will be awarded to a New England high-school teacher expanding innovative biotech and life sciences curricula.
• The Joshua Boger Innovative School of the Year Award will be awarded to a New England high school offering exemplary school-wide educational programming in the life sciences.