“I have always found teaching and mentorship to be incredibly fulfilling—I want to spend my time and effort helping others to satisfy their curiosities and achieve their goals.”
Fellows Programs
Meet Rebecca Alcock, STEM Public Service Fellows Alum
“The entirety of my PhD has centered on community-engaged engineering, so I frequently call on the methods, theories, etc. I learned in the program to engage most effectively with my community partners.”
Meet Nicole DesJardins, 2024 Scientific Teaching Fellow
“Science plays an incredibly important role in all of our lives, whether we realize it or not. I like teaching because it gives me the opportunity to help students become more scientifically literate.”
Meet Chelsea Crooks, STEM Public Service Fellows Alum
“In my current work identifying policy solutions for the inclusion of pregnant and lactating people in clinical trials, the frameworks that I learned in PSF were helpful in considering the stakeholders that we wanted to include.”
Meet Yiran Hou, 2024 Scientific Teaching Fellow
“This program has helped me develop the mindset and skillset for teaching. It has also allowed me to see the research component of teaching.”
2024 Scientific Teaching Fellows Applications Now Open!
Are you a graduate student or postdoc in the biosciences (or connected fields) considering a teaching career? If so, this program may be for you! Deadline: November 13.
2024 Public Service Fellows Applications Now Open!
Are you a STEM graduate student or postdoc interested in the social and community impact of your work? If so, this program may be for you! Deadline: October 20, 2023.
A Public Service Fellow’s projects has been integrated into an initiative at the governor’s office
WISCIENCE Public Service Fellow Adrian George partnered with the Policy & Engagement Coordinator at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to develop a strategy for the identification of risk and disproportionate impacts of pollution and climate change for communities in Wisconsin. They researched other states’ approaches to environmental justice screening and analyzed Wisconsin’s existing data to write a proposal recommending a methodology to be used to best approach these environmental impacts on a large-scale initiative in Wisconsin.