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Apply by March 31 to the USPTO's National Summer Teacher Institute

Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO

Teachers at NSTI celebrate the invention education knowledge they have gained and will soon incorporate into their classrooms (Photo by Hank McDonald/USPTO)

Are you a teacher looking to equip your students with the confidence to solve real world problems? The USPTO’s National Summer Teacher Institute on Innovation, STEM and Intellectual Property (NSTI) is an excellent opportunity to do just that!

NSTI is an annual hands-on professional development program for K-12 educators to learn classroom techniques that will foster and unleash the innovator in every student through invention education. We are accepting applications from educators until March 31 to join us for this year’s summer session from July 16-21 in St. Louis. The program has no fee for participants, and our NSTI frequently asked questions include additional information on travel and lodging.

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