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Stem Starter Academy
The STEM Starter Academy (SSA) program is an initiative of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE) that began in 2013 through the leadership of Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and support from the Massachusetts Legislature. In partnership with the Commonwealth’s community college system, the STEM Starter Academy aims to recruit, ready, retain, and graduate a diverse body of students earning STEM certificates and degrees who go on to transfer to 4-year STEM programs and/or enter the workforce.
If you are interested in applying here is a survey link.
Applications Open for Summer 2025 Teacher-In-Residence Program
Are you a STEM educator interested in bringing real-world science or technology into your classroom? Through our 2025 Teacher-in-Residence program, five Cape Cod Regional STEM educators can receive a $1,000 stipend to complete a two-week externship with a STEM-rich institution and create a curriculum unit for your classroom based on your experience. Teachers will also receive $500 towards a field trip to support their curriculum unit in the 2025 - 2026 school year.
Cape Cod STEM Network is excited to open our application to teachers. Deadline to apply for
What is STEM?
STEM means “Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”—fields that are increasingly important for solving complex challenges, staying innovative, and building our future economic success as individuals and as nation.
What’s new and important about STEM today is an emphasis on integrating the concepts and methods of these fields into real-world, collaborative problem-solving.
Here in Massachusetts, the Governor’s office created a STEM Advisory Council in 2009. Made up of business and education leaders, the group launched a plan to strengthen all young people’s interest in STEM, and to emphasize it at all levels of education, including in teacher professional development.
As a Regional STEM Network, we’re part of that plan, with a special mission: to support STEM education on Cape Cod, the Islands, and across Plymouth County.
Our Network is partially funded through the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's STEM pipeline fund, National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1347610, and other in-kind funding.
The most recent version of the Commonwealth’s STEM plan is available here.
