Add Your Opportunities to Science Near Me
Do you want to draw a larger or more targeted audience for your STEM events, programs, and projects?
Add your opportunities to Science Near Me!
Check to see if your opportunities fit one of our partner organizations.
If your opportunities are
Citizen Science
Projects & Events
If you provide citizen science projects and events, or crowdsourcing opportunities, visit SciStarter to add your opportunities there.
Your opportunities will automatically show up in Science Near Me through our partnership with SciStarter.
If your opportunities are
Girl-Serving
Out-of-School Time STEM
If you provide STEAM opportunities and events designed for K-12 girls or other groups that have been historically excluded – or professional development opportunities related to gender equity and STEAM – visit Connected Girls to add your opportunities there.
Your opportunities will automatically show up in Science Near Me through our partnership with Connected Girls.
If your organization is
Part of a
STEM Network
If you are connected with an existing STEM Network like Nation of Makers or STEM Ecosystem, check our list of partners to see if you have a more local way of sharing data that will ultimately feed into Science Near Me through their involvement.
Choose an option for sharing your opportunity data with Science Near Me.
If there is no partner organization that works for you, use one of the options below.
Option 1
Connect with an API
If you have your opportunities stored in a database, connecting to our API is the optimal option to maintain ongoing sharing of data with Science Near Me. Every change you make in your database will show up automatically in Science Near Me.
First: Request a partner account using the API option. You will first be prompted to log in, if you have not done so already.
Next: Refer to our API documentation to connect your opportunity data to Science Near Me using an API.
Finally: Within a week of connecting your opportunity data to Science Near Me using the API, you should receive an email from us confirming that we’ve received your opportunities and they are accurately showing up in our system and the site.
Option 2
Use Wordpress Plug-Ins
If your website is powered by self-hosted WordPress, you’ll need to install a few specific plug-ins that will share your opportunities automatically with Science Near Me.
First: Request a partner account using WordPress Plug-In Option. You will first be prompted to log in, if you have not done so already
Next: Follow the steps outlined in the WordPress Guide to install specific plug-ins that are compatible with Science Near Me.
Finally: Within a week of completing the steps outlined in the guide, you should receive an email from us confirming that we’ve received your opportunities and they are accurately showing up in our system and the site.
Option 3
Use Our Opportunity Form
If you do not yet have a system for organizing your event data, you can enter the opportunities directly into our system one by one.
First: Create a Science Near Me account or log in if you have one.
Next: Click "Request Partner Account," below.
Then: Once you have been granted partner status, log-in using the same account you used for the request.
Finally: Click “Add an Opportunity” from your account dashboard and simply complete fields as directed to add each opportunity. You’ll see your opportunities on Science Near Me immediately.
Do you lead a network where you would like partners to add opportunities through your site?
Learn about options for creating an “exchange” version of our opportunity form that you can host directly on your site. Contact us for more information.