By volunteering for Girls' Science Day, you are helping make science more accessible for middle school students in NYC!

Dates & Deadlines (Spring 2026)

Information Session: Wednesday, February 18th at 6:30 pm
Experiment Proposal Form (see bottom of page for more info): Closed March 2nd
Volunteer Form (see bottom of page for more info): Closed March 2nd
Volunteer & Experiment Leader Meeting: Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Day Before Volunteers: Friday, April 17th, 2026
Girls’ Science Day: Saturday, April 18th, 2026

*** Times are subject to change based on final schedule. ***

Morning Volunteers (~7:30 AM - 10 AM): Assist with checking girls in and set up our rooms at the start of GSD.
Experiment Leaders (Full day): Lead a ~40 min STEM experiment. The experiment will run twice, once in the AM and once in the PM session.
Group Leaders (Full day): Lead a group of girls to the different sessions; interact and engage with your group throughout the day.
End-of-Day Volunteers (~3 - 5 PM): Assist with checking girls out and clean up rooms at the end of GSD.
Day Before Volunteers: (~6 PM - 8 PM on the day before GSD): Assemble goodie bags, folders, and other materials for the event.
Photographer: (Full day): Photograph the event throughout the day.
Afternoon Leaders (~12 - 2:30 PM): Assist with running a lunchtime experiment.

For a more detailed description of roles please refer to this link: GSD position description

*** You must be affiliated with Columbia University in order to volunteer. ***

Thank you, everyone, for filling out the volunteer forms! We will see you in April!

If you would like to volunteer, sign up using this Volunteer Form
If you would like to design and run your own experiment by volunteering as an Experiment Leader, in addition to the above form, fill out the Experiment Proposal Form
- If you do not have an experiment prepared but would like to be matched with an existing Experiment Group, indicate this in the Volunteer Form instead—you can list a preference or we can place you in one.