Previous Advocates

The Advocate Program is a peer-led year-long professional development program that aims to support educators and mentors working to increase student participation in STEM research competitions. Advocates have supported more than 8,335 students during their participation in the program, of which, 6,039 students have successfully competed in at least one science research competition. Overall, students of Advocates are responsible for over 11,000 unique competition entries, with many students entering more than one competition.

The Society is proud to work with all of our incredible Advocates!

Advocates Institute 2023
Advocates Institute 2023 Society for Science/Jessica Yurinko

Previous Advocate Classes

2010s: 2015-16 • 2016-172017-182018-19 • 2019-20

2020s: 2020-21 • 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

From the Blog

teacher and student in a classroom
Loree Harvey conducting field research with a student.
2023-24 Advocates photo grid