About the ASRT Program
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Advancing Science Research Teaching
is made possible by funding from Regeneron and ZEISS

𝗔𝗦𝗥𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗶𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗥𝗧 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀/𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱/𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀/𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯𝘀.

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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺/𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 5 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿(𝘀) that are selected as "Finalists", 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 4.5 days 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹. Additional teachers may be selected as "Semifinalists" and will receive 2 days of consulting via online/virtual format.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀.

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗥𝗧 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮,
𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗻. In addition, high school teachers in the Boston, MA area and the Dublin, CA area were selected to be involved in the ASRT Program thanks to funding from ZEISS

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𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗦𝗥𝗧 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.
 

𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗔𝗤 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻