STEM Professional Associations
National Science Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/about/how.jsp
The NSF focuses on funding research projects in most fields of science and engineering. These are submitted on the NSF webpage and are deeply evaluated.
The National Science Board offers four meetings per year and they are usually open to the public through registration, the upcoming meeting is: November 28, 2018, 8:00 AM to November 29, 2018, 2:30 PM
National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314
American Association for the Advancement of Science
https://www.aaas.org/about/mission-and-history
The AAAS looks into a supportive, helpful, inclusive and diplomatic promotion of a competitive science research, it offers annual conferences such as the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators: 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition on July 16 – October 15, 2018, and other presentations awards and workshops to work on their goal.
It also counts with 6 published journals that include: Science; Frontiers in Computation, Science; Translational Medicine, Science; Signaling, Science; Advances Sonar Illusions, Science; Immunology, and Science; Robotics
American Chemical Society
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en.html
Through global collaboration, the ACS inspires and aids new generations with their passion to chemistry offering financial support, including the hands-on research summer program for the economically disadvantaged, as well as creating support communities and it counts with more than 50 peer-reviewed journals.
It also hosts regional and national meetings, these ones occur twice a year like the upcoming ACS National Meeting & Expo Nanoscience, Nanotechnology & Beyond on August 19 - 23, 2018 | Boston, MA.
American Educational Research Association
https://www.aera.net/About-AERA
AERA was founded in 1916 with the goal to propel research and improve the educational progress. It offers an annual meeting and the following will be on Friday, April 5- Tuesday, April 9 of 2019 in Toronto Canada.
It published the journals of AERA Open, American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Review of Educational Research, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Educational and Behavioral
National Science Teachers Association
The NSTA (founded in 1944) tries to achieve an
It has journals such as Science and Children, Science Scope, The Science Teacher, Journal of College Science Teaching and Connected Science learning among other online resources and podcasts.
NSTA offers workshops such as Dive into Three-Dimensional Instruction in Reno October 12-13 and conferences like the Area Conference on Science Education: Reno, NV October 11–13, 2018 and the Annual NSTA National Conference on Science Education - April 11-14, 2019 - St. Louis, MO.
International Technology Engineering and Educators Association
ITEEA offers many programs that focus on professional development, it also sponsors and awards honors and pushes to expand technological literacy interest through innovation, it also holds an Annual Conference and works with different communities, committees, and associations to assure its goal and the growth of countries, it even counts with the STEM Center for Teaching and Learning. Its tools include publications like Safer Makerspaces, Fab Labs, and STEM Labs: A Collaborative Guide, and journals such as Technology and Engineering Teacher, among many others that can be found online.
The 81st annual conference will be held on March 27-29 of 2019 in Kansas City with this year theme as Technology and Engineering bring STEM to Life!
International STEM Education Association
ISEA wants to support education by inducing the hands-on applications of
The Research Council on Mathematics Learning
The RMCL is a non-profit organization that channels its research to the understanding of learning challenges or barriers in mathematics to aid teachers with their preparation and this way having a positive impact on the students understanding of Math.
The journal Investigations in Mathematics Learning is published four times per year by Taylor and Francis.
The 46th Annual Conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) will be in Charlotte, NC February 28 - March 2, 2019, at the Hilton Charlotte University Place.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
The goals established by the PME-NA include the promoting of international contacts and the exchange of scientific information in the psychology of mathematics education through interdisciplinary research for a deeper and better understanding.
The annual conference will be held November 15-18 of 2018 at Greenville, South Carolina and this year’s theme is; Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Celebrating 40 Years.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The NCTM was founded in 1920, it currently has 60,000 members and more than 230 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada making it the world's largest mathematics education organization. By providing educational resources and through active engagement, it advocates for a high-quality and supportive learning experience. It’s constantly hosting events, the upcoming ones include: the research conference: April 1–3, 2019 – San Diego, California, the annual meeting: April 3–6, 2019 – San Diego, California, the regional conference: September 25–27, 2019 – Boston, Massachusetts, the regional conference: October 2–4, 2019 – Nashville, Tennessee and the regional conference: October 16–18, 2019 – Salt Lake City, Utah.
It also counts with a classroom resources collaboration center for elementary, middle and high school and with journals and books such as Taking Action: Implementing Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices in Grades 6-8 among many others.
National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST)
NARST is a worldwide organization of professionals committed to the improvement of science teaching and learning through research. Since its inception in 1928, NARST has promoted research in science education and the communication of knowledge generated by the research. The ultimate goal of NARST is to help all learners achieve science literacy. NARST promotes this goal