Professional Development Opportunities for Teachers
The map below displays Research Experiences for Teachers (NSF and non-NSF), QuarkNet institutions, and Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory internships for preservice teachers.
If you are a member of an institution that has an unlisted professional development opportunity, please contact us.
Select an icon above to find out more about an opportunity, or search the opportunity database:
You may also jump to a set of listings below: | QuarkNet Institutions | DOE Laboratories | Non-NSF RETs
QuarkNet Institutions
QuarkNet Institutions are denoted with a
on the map above.
For more information on QuarkNet, please visit the QuarkNet website.
California
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Berkeley, CA
- University of California, Irvine - Irvine, CA
- University of California, Riverside - Riverside, CA
- University of California, Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, CA
Florida
- Florida Institute of Technology - Melbourne, FL
- Florida International University - Miami, FL
- Florida State University - Tallahassee, FL
- University of Florida - Gainesville, FL
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Argonne National Laboratory - Bolingbrook, IL
- Fermilab & University of Chicago - Batavia, IL
- Northern Illinois University - Dekalb, IL
- University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
Indiana
- Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
- Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN
- University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
Iowa
Kansas
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
- Brookhaven National Laboratory & Stony Brook University - Upton, NY
- State University of New York at Buffalo - Buffalo, NY
- University of Rochester - Rochester, NY
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
- Rice University & University of Houston - Houston, TX
- Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX
- Texas Tech University - Lubbock, TX
- University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, TX
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
DOE Laboratories
DOE Laboratories are denoted with a
on the map above.
For more information on the DOE Laboratories, please visit the DOE Office of Science Pre-service Teacher website.
California
Colorado
Illinois
New York
Tennessee
Washington
Non-NSF RET Sites
Universities and private companies often fund specialized research experiences for teachers. Such RET sites are denoted with a
on the map above.






