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Earthwatch Institute is an Environmental Nonprofit Organization
Since 1971, Earthwatch Institute has helped expand access to real environmental science and field research for educators, young people, and everyday people across the country.
For many schools and communities, meaningful science experiences remain out of reach. Under-resourced classrooms may have limited access to field-based learning, while teachers often struggle to find affordable, science-centered professional development that helps them bring real-world environmental issues to life for their students.
Earthwatch helps close that gap by connecting people directly with science in action.
Proven Impact. Expanding Opportunity
5,300+ EDUCATORS SUPPORTED NATIONWIDE SINCE 1975
Through Teach Earth, educators gain firsthand research experience they can bring back to students year after year.
1.5 MILLION+ STUDENTS REACHED THROUGH TEACH EARTH
Investing in teachers creates ripple effects across classrooms, schools, and communities
PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITIES WITH LIMITED ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
Earthwatch Institute prioritizes access so that income, geography, background, gender, and representation are not barriers to hands-on science
146 GIRLS IN SCIENCE FELLOWS SINCE 2016
Girls in Science helps high school students overcome gender and diversity barriers in STEM by building confidence, belonging, mentorship, and momentum toward future science pathways.
Why Support Matters Now
Demand for fellowships consistently exceeds available funding, and the need is clear: too many educators and students still lack access to meaningful, hands-on science experiences.
Research shows that active, experiential learning can deepen understanding, improve performance, and help students see science as relevant to their own lives. Your support helps more teachers and students access field-based research at pivotal moments—when it can shape classrooms, confidence, and future pathways.
Invest in the Moments Where Support Changes Trajectories
Your support powers two high-impact pathways into science: one through educators, one through students.
GIRLS IN SCIENCE
Immersive research fellowships for high school girls and gender-expansive youth, especially those who have faced barriers to access, representation, and belonging in STEM.
Girls in Science helps fellows build confidence, scientific identity, mentorship, and momentum toward future STEM pathways at a pivotal moment in their educational journeys.
TEACH EARTH
Professional development fellowships that equip educators to teach science as it is practiced—through inquiry, evidence, and real-world relevance.
Teach Earth helps teachers bring environmental science back to their classrooms in ways that engage students, strengthen learning, and create ripple effects year after year.
Why This Model Works
Environmental challenges require informed communities and diverse scientific leadership. Yet access to meaningful science experiences remains uneven.
Many students encounter science primarily through textbooks, tests, or classrooms without the resources for field-based learning. Many teachers want to bring real-world environmental science into their classrooms but lack access to affordable, immersive professional development.
Earthwatch Institute focuses on moments where support can change trajectories: teachers who shape generations of students and young people deciding whether they belong in STEM.
By investing in both, we expand who participates in science—and who will lead it in the future.
Your Support Expands Opportunity—and the Future of Science
Every year, more educators and students are ready for these experiences than Earthwatch can currently fund.
Your donation helps expand access to hands-on environmental science and field research for people whose ideas, leadership, and participation are essential to the future of science.
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