Outreach

High-Impact Activities

As with our research, we seek to be distinct and distinctive in our broader impact efforts by targeting high-impact activities we couldn’t pull off in our laboratories alone.

Click on our areas of activity to toggle them on and off and display highlights of our ongoing efforts:

Broadening ParticipationHigher Education & Professional DevelopmentInformal Science CommunicationInnovation & Entrepreneurship

Art of Polymers

What is a polymer?

Why do tires and artificial joints wear out, and how can we prevent that?

What would polymers “sound like” if they were music?

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CRIPT

The successful spin-off of BigSMILES as the Community Resource for Informatic Polymer Technology (CRIPT), a partnership between MIT, Citrine Informatics, Dow Chemical, and NIST in which tools created in our research activities are being developed into a community database for polymer science through an NSF Phase I Convergence Accelerator project.

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Graduate Research Opportunities

Senior investigators in the labs comprising MONET are looking for post-baccuhelorate researchers for their Ph.D. and M.S. programs.

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MONET's Outreach Kit Program

Share informal science discovery through engaging activities! MONET's Outreach Kit Program brings the excitement of scientific research to informal learning environments, from K-12 classrooms to camps, homeschooling, and adult education. Experience the wonders of polymers, materials science, and more through hands-on activities and interactive resources.

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MOSAIC Fellowship

MONET seeks postdoctoral trainees for The Molecular Science and Integrated Collaboration (MOSAIC) Postdoctoral Fellowship.

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Morehouse Partnership through PREC

Morehouse College and our center are joining forces to advance the understanding of hyaluronic acid (HA) and its potential applications. This collaboration will provide invaluable exposure, training, and research opportunities for the next generation of minority chemists.

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Opportunities for Undergraduate Research

Every summer, MONET hosts a Undergraduate Research Experiences (or URE) Program. Our URE Program is unique in that, as a center, Undergraduates can participate in collaborative projects receiving mentorship from multiple Investigators across different labs.

These projects are designed to promote scientific progress and allow students to gain valuable hands-on experience in the field. By participating in these research experiences, students can develop their research skills, network with professionals in their field, and make meaningful contributions to scientific knowledge.

We accept applications every winter for projects starting the following summer.

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Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC)

MONET seeks to partner with Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) for the NSF-CHE Partnerships for Research and Education in Chemistry (PREC) program.

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Partnerships in Industry

We have successfully partnered with industry to support innovations in technology, data, and education.

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Signature Professional Development Experiences (SPDEs)

MONET's Signature Professional Development Experience (SPDE) initiative offers trainees a unique opportunity to deeply explore a technical or non-technical aspect of the Center's activities through project-based learning. MONET supports trainees in completing their SPDEs, leading to high levels of engagement and tangible outcomes.

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We strategically partner to:

Create new content in high-value tailored outreach experiences
Assess these activities and use that knowledge to identify
Refine components that especially effective.
Expand the reach and impact of our creations by deploying them in public outreach events across the country.

Through this framework, we aim to reach non-specialist audiences of all ages, interests, and backgrounds.

To propose an outreach partnership, please contact us here.