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AAAS-ARISE continues its ADAPTATIONS blog series in 2026. The ARISE project seeks to provide resources, tools, and a community to foster research and evidence-based innovation in STEM preservice teacher education and leadership development programs.

Submit your work to author a post for the 2026 blog series. The deadline for submissions is January 9, 2026, at 11:59pm PT.

2026 Themes

Proposals should align with at least one of the following themes:

Project Feature (~1600 words): This longform post focuses on lessons learned and tells the story of how your project came to be successful, including an overview of the project, challenges faced, grant management tips, and outcomes.
Classroom Success Story (~1000 words): Blog posts under this theme share interventions developed as part of Noyce awards that led to successful outcomes in the classroom. Authors are encouraged to have preservice teachers, scholars, or fellows co-author this post.
Noyce Track 4 research focus (~1000 words): This blog post overviews how PIs manage their Track 4 research projects. Includes project specific information as well as tips for getting Track 4 projects off the ground, common roadblocks, best practices, and outcomes for your project.

Blog posts should provide an overview of the author’s subject, the results of any related research, the implications of their work for these communities: teacher educators, researchers, school administrators, K-12 teachers, and others as relates to the topic.

Each blog post should recommend entry points and/or specific steps that can be taken by the audience to address the issues raised in the blog post. Any best practices or strategies recommended should be evidence-based. If appropriate, we encourage authors to offer their research, personal experiences, stories, and examples of strategies that they’ve used or are familiar with and found to be effective.

Who Can Submit a Proposal?

Current or former Noyce program PIs, Co-PIs, and other project personnel. Authors are welcome to and encouraged to have graduate and/or undergraduate students co-author posts.

Evaluation Criteria

Authors will be chosen based on the following criteria:

Alignment with at least one of the blog themes.
Relevancy to an audience of Noyce project personnel, teacher educators, researchers, school administrators, K-12 teachers, and others as relates to the topic.
Compelling title, subtitle, and description of the subject you plan to cover.
Content advances and pushes the field beyond the status quo, introduces compelling evidence, and clearly describes implications and practical steps readers can take.

Submission Guidelines

Please be prepared to submit the following:

Personal information such as name, affiliation, email address, and disciplin
Noyce award recipient status, category of award, project role, and additional project personnel.
Tentative blog post title and subtitle.
A short description of your idea for a blog post (up to 300 words).
Highlight the implications your blog post can have on the STEM education. community OR the outcomes that will be shared. (up to 200 words).
Optional: Links to your research, program, bio pages, or resources that are relevant to your topic.

Helpful Information

Guidelines for Developing Blog Content

Blog posts should provide an overview of the author’s subject, the results of any related research, the implications of their work for these communities: teacher educators, researchers, school administrators, K-12 teachers, and others as relates to the topic.  We encourage authors to invite graduate students and K-12 teachers to contribute to the blog, if appropriate.
Each blog post should recommend entry points and/or specific steps that can be taken by the audience to address the issues raised in the blog post. Any best practices or strategies recommended should be evidence-based. If appropriate, we encourage authors to offer their research, personal experiences, stories, and examples of strategies that they’ve used or are familiar with and found to be effective.
Take a moment to review the blogs currently on the ARISE site that date from 2019.
The ARISE blog audience includes Noyce PIs, Co-PIs, other education and/or STEM content faculty who prepare pre-service teachers, researchers, NSF and ED staff, school district administrators, teachers, and others in the STEM education community.

Blog Post Components

Authors: Each post features one author and up to two co-authors. The AAAS-ARISE team will need a short bio and headshot for all authors. Please let us know if the lead author would like to include additional authors.
Featured Image or Video:
- We encourage authors to provide a photo or image that complements their posts and is provided at the start of the piece. Images should be hi-resolution and will be cropped to fit into the blog post. If authors are unable to provide an image, the AAAS-ARISE team will supply one.
- Authors may wish to create a short video to accompany their blog post. Videos should not exceed 5 minutes or solicit funding. Videos can introduce the post or illustrate an example of their work. They should be created in 16:9 format and uploaded to YouTube.
Body Text: The main content of the blog should range from 1600-1800 words. Authors are welcome and encouraged to develop resources that further illustrate the information in their blog post such as graphs, charts, infographics, embedded videos, and/or links to additional resources for further reading and analysis. Please ensure all images are high-resolution and include proper credit, as applicable.
Additional Resources: Blog pages can include an Additional Resources section that will be included at the end of the page. This section can feature up to five materials (e.g., project websites, reports, infographics, featured papers, etc.) via hyperlinks. If authors are interested in featuring a larger library of resources, we will be able to build a dedicated section on the page.
References: All references should appear in APA format and provide links where possible.

Questions?

Please contact the AAAS-ARISE team at noyce@aaas.org.

Deadline

Submissions are due by January 9, 2026, at 11:59pm PT. Applicants can expect to hear back from AAAS-ARISE by January 23, 2026.