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We design and build the science:society interface, together with you.

Public and policy engagement, research and evaluation, entrepreneurship, workforce and education. STEMsaic works at the unique intersection of how these fit within your program or initiative, to help you make impact happen where you are.

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You bring the work. We help it reach further.

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Your evaluation and infrastructure, designed and built as real tools, not just plans, with participatory measures so it keeps improving.

Coach

Your team, coached and connected to build competitive, fundable proposals together.

Research

Your funded work, turned into evidence of impact, and a habit of getting better.

Implement

Your public, policy, and workforce engagement, stood up and built to last.

The mosaic idea

Every project is a mosaic: many specialized pieces, one clear picture of impact. That cross-section is the work.

Selected work

Where the pieces come together.

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Design

Partnership Design: Putting the Pieces Together

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microPlastics DJ
Public Engagement · NOAA

Pinpointing the Rhythm of Tiny Plastics

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Facilitation
Training · Public engagement

STEMsaic Portal to the Public

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Design:Build · Venture

SciBuilder: Instruments of Inquiry

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You're already doing awesome work. We help you do more of it, faster.

Hundreds of STEM partnerships, and everything we've learned inside them, inform how STEMsaic and the team work today. The projects across this site are a sample, the kinds of creativity and expertise the team brings to whatever is in front of them.

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