The NSTA Awards are now open for submission. You can't win if you don't apply!
You may apply for more than one award; however, each application must be based on a unique program and process and you will be eligible to win only one NSTA award per year.
Please note that the Yager Award will be presented at the NSTA National Congress on Science Education, held each summer (not at the NSTA National Conference, held in the spring).
Click on an item in the list below to read a description of the award.
- Angela Award
- Distinguished Informal Science Education Awards
- Distinguished Service to Science Education Awards
- Distinguished Teaching Awards
- DuPont Pioneer Excellence in Agricultural Science Education Award
- Faraday Science Communicator Award
- Maitland P. Simmons Memorial Award for New Teachers
- Ron Mardigian Memorial Biotechnology Explorer Award
- Northrop Grumman Foundation Excellence in Engineering Education Award
- NSTA Fellow Award
- NSTA Legacy Award
- PASCO STEM Educator Awards
- Robert E. Yager Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award
- Robert H. Carleton Award
- SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment Outstanding Environmental Educator of the Year
- Shell Science Teaching Award
- Sylvia Shugrue Award for Elementary School Teachers
- Vernier Technology Awards
- Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award