National STEM Honor Society

The mission of the National STEM Honor Society is to inspire innovation and recognize student excellence from K to Career™ in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

In our interconnected world, there is an enormous gap between the demand for STEM-trained professionals and the supply of career-ready, STEM-focused students. The National STEM Honor Society believes that STEM is an exciting journey through all grade levels that starts early and lasts a lifetime. NSTEM From the Start™.

The National STEM Honor Society™ (NSTEM™) was founded in response to the growing demand for innovative STEM education, to help fill this gap, providing students from a very young age with opportunities to develop their passion for STEM disciplines, and inspiring them to pursue these subjects as careers and as lifelong interests.

NSTEM Chapters are school-based organizations that enrich the educational experience of all student Chapter members. Chapter members are students who attend that school who join and participate in that Chapter’s activities. Chapters can only be started by a school, and each school has its own unique Chapter and Director (head of school). In addition, each Chapter is led by an Advisor who is often the school’s enthusiastic “STEM Champion” (Chapters cannot be led by a student).

Affordability: NSTEM is dedicated to IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access), to ensure that every student and school in the country and around the world can gain the benefits of membership. This is why the annual fee for an entire Chapter (elementary, middle, high school or college) is only $295.  There is no student fee.  Affordable for all!