All Governor’s STEM Scholars will participate in a research/engineering design project during the 2024-2025 programmatic year. Utilizing a UN sustainability goal as a guidepost, Scholars - working in teams - will design a solution that will impact their local community, and will create a strategy, prototype, and outreach plan for this solution. Scholars will present their projects to our panel of STEM industry professionals at the Governor’s STEM Scholars Commencement. All Scholars will be expected to contribute between 5-10 hours of group work between each scheduled conference. 

 

For undergraduate- and graduate-level applicants only: College-level Scholars will serve as Team Leads for these projects and will be responsible for guiding and mentoring their team through all strategies, deadlines and deliverables. Team Leads will receive a $1,000 stipend for completing all required aspects of the Governor’s STEM Scholars program and project.

 

This is a unique opportunity for college students to gain research leadership experience outside of the classroom. 

 

Team Leads will be expected to: 

• Attend four in-person Governor’s STEM Scholars conferences, plus additional virtual Team Lead meetings; 

• Lead and mentor a team of high school students in designing and implementing the research/engineering design project; 

• Motivate Scholars to complete project tasks; 

• Manage team members’ time and activities, schedule team meetings, assign duties; 

• Communicate and report to team members and Governor’s STEM Scholars staff; 

• Support team members in the development of project deliverables such as a research report, creation of a prototype, and presentation at Governor’s STEM Scholars commencement; and

• Manage project budget if needed.