Welcome to Your STEM Community
Discover other STEM eduction professionals, organizations, and events on our MINTvernetzt community platform and find inspiration for your work.
Shaping education together
Our nationwide STE(A)M community thrives on exchanging ideas, sharing knowledge, and learning from one another. On our community platform, you can connect with each other and with organizations, find inspiration, and locate experts on specific topics in your area.
How our community grows
Persons
Organizations
Events
Projects
Become part of our constantly growing STEM community.
Roadmap
Your feature requests for platform development in roadmap view.
Ideas
Networking feature
The networking feature allows you to connect with other professionals or organizations and categorize your contacts into lists.
Matching feature
An algorithm suggests suitable projects, organizations, and professionals for you..
Interaction
You can react to existing content such as projects or posts via interactions (such as liking or commenting).
MINT-Campus connection
See who is creating courses, which courses are being taken by others and show which courses you have completed.
In development
Create your own events
As a STEM actor, you can create your own events and manage the participants.
STEM sharepic and image database
The Sharepic Generator helps you quickly and easily create graphics for e.g. your social media posts. You can find STEM images in the image database.
Already implemented
Visualize Networks
We aim at showing the diverse connections and networks within our community. You can present your own network and discover other network structures, such as STEM clusters, STEM regions, fablabs etc.
Funding tool
A web crawler gathers STEM funding opportunities and presents them to you on the platform.
Add yourself to organizations
You can add yourself to an organization and no longer have to have a team member add you.
FAQ
In this FAQ list, we collect frequently asked questions and answers about the community platform which provide you with further information about using the platform.
Dashboard
The dashboard provides an overview of all platform functions at a glance and keeps you informed about the latest news after logging in.
Filter function
With the filter, you can search persons, organizations, events, or projects based on specific criteria.
Projects
All community members can share their experiences from insightful and successful projects, providing valuable information for learning and inspiration. This includes downloadable materials, details on project setups, and funding information.
Language setting: English
With the extended language setting, we enable a broader group of professionals to effectively use the community platform.
Eventmanagement
Browse for suitable MINTvernetzt events, register and see who has also registered for the event.
Profile & organization profile
You introduce yourself to the STEM community using your profile and by creating your organization with its team members.
Search
You can use the search function to search for persons, organizations, events, projects and keywords.
MINT-ID
In order to be able to easily switch between the two offers MINTvernetzt and MINT-Campus, there is the MINT-ID, with which you can use both platforms (single sign-in).
Do you have an idea for a feature that you need on the platform?
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Learn more
The MINTvernetzt community platform is a project launched in 2021 to sustainably strengthen the STEM community across Germany. Learn more about MINTvernetzt's initiatives, the service and support centre for STEM professionals, on our website.
Questions and answers
- STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, mathematics. These fields form the foundation for numerous technological innovations and scientific discoveries. The term “STEM” includes the integration of various disciplines such as Art, Design, Music, the Environment, as well as societal or social issues. For example, if an artistic field is included, STEM is extended to STEAM, where the “A” stands for “Art”.
- Our platform is aimed at stakeholders in STEM education, including: Providers of STEM education programs Employees of extracurricular STEM learning locations Coordinators of regional STEM networks, STEM clusters or STEM projects Advocates for women in STEM professions Volunteers in the STEM field Employees from business and industry who focus on STEM, girls and gender Project developers and funders seeking STEM education providers, role models and projects Anyone interested in STEM
- The nationwide STEM community thrives on exchanging ideas, sharing knowledge, and learning from and with each other. A variety of functions, tools, and opportunities await you on the platform: The STEM world in one place. Find stakeholders with specific skills, organizations in your region, inspiring projects , and relevant events using our filter and search functions. Continue your education and network with other stakeholders. Register for exciting events. Find other event attendees and download presentations. Discover current funding opportunities for your projects in our funding search . Find support for your work through access to the MINT media database and, soon, our MINT sharepic generator .
- Yes, the platform is available free of charge.
- We want to make many features freely accessible so that you can easily view content. Not all content is visible when you're not logged in, so we recommend registering. Additionally, you, as well as your own organizations and projects, can only be added after registration. You can also register for events only after you have created a profile.
- With the MINT ID, you can register for the MINTvernetzt community platform and the MINT Campus simultaneously. You only log in once and can then use all the features and offerings of both platforms. The MINT Campus is the digital learning platform for the STEM community with freely accessible materials and learning opportunities for educational and project work. With the MINT ID, you save time during registration and then have the option to easily switch between the two platforms. You can continue to use your MINTvernetzt account even without a MINT ID. You also need a MINT ID to use the MINT Media Database . The MINT Media Database is a constantly growing database of free STEM images and graphics that you can use to make your public relations work appealing and targeted. Soon, you will also be able to access the MINT Sharepic Generator with the MINT ID. With the help of the Sharepic Generator, you can easily create graphics for your public relations work for free. 👉 You can find more information about the MINT ID here: https://mintcampus.org/mint-id/