Sponsorships

Hotel Door Drop

Limited to 4 Sponsors

$850 per drop

Increase your organization’s marketing reach by having a promotional item or piece of literature delivered directly to the doors of all conference attendees staying at the headquarters hotel on a peak night. You can use this item to greet attendees, share your organization’s message, and list your logo and booth number. Production and hotel charges not included.

Sunrise Yoga

$3,100

Sponsoring NSTA’s Sunrise Yoga (which takes place Thursday and Friday during the conference) is the perfect way for attendees to associate your brand with an uplifting experience–and they’ll have you on their mind the rest of the day.

Aisle Sign Sponsorship

Ask if Your Aisle Is Still Available;

Only 3 Aisles Left!

$3,800 per aisle

Be the top dog in your aisle and draw extra attention and visibility to your booth by sponsoring your entire aisle. Your organization’s name and promotional copy will be incorporated into the aisle sign. Only one organization can sponsor each aisle.

Welcome Letter & FAQs

$4,100

SOLD

Be the company attendees check out while they check in. Every attendee at the headquarters hotel will receive an official welcome letter sponsored by you. It will feature must-have information that attendees keep and refer to over and over throughout the conference, including the convention center map, registration desk hours, exhibit hall hours, and much more—along with a personalized message from your company.

Badge Coupon Promotion

$4,500

SOLD

This is an exceptional opportunity to guarantee your message or promotion is seen by every attendee—as every conference participant must retrieve a badge from registration. In addition to a badge and relevant tickets, your customized copy will be included on all badges printed.

Ribbon Wall

$4,800

SOLD

Teachers love to stand out! Feature your logo on the NSTA Ribbon wall where teachers will self-select from dozens of badge ribbon options per their discipline (Elementary, Physics, Second Grade, etc.) and fun ones too. Your marks will be included on two different kiosks—one prominently displayed adjacent to registration, and a second in the NSTA Hub itself!

Volunteer & Presenters Central

$5,000

SOLD

Stand out to the thousands of attendees, build goodwill with volunteers, and be front and center with presenters who are collectively presenting more than 1,000 sessions. All conference volunteers and presenters need to check in at the volunteer & presenters central kiosks before their shifts and presentations. This guarantees that your brand will be in front of the who’s who in the science education community.

Decision Maker Toolkit Video

Only 1 Spot Left!

$5,000

Put NSTA’s professional video team to work for your company! With this sponsorship you will work with the video team to produce a 60-90 second video designed to help teachers advocate to purchase your products with their administrators. Each video will combine authentic teacher testimonials explaining the product's classroom value with the ROI and business case. Delivered with NSTA's editorial credibility, it equips interested teachers to serve as internal champions for the sponsor's product within their schools. (A sample video produced for NSTA is available upon request).

The Sensory Studio and Tranquility Space

$5,100

Everyone belongs at an NSTA conference! Sponsoring The Sensory Studio and Tranquility Space at a conference is an attractive opportunity for companies to align their brand with inclusivity, accessibility, and attendee well-being. It provides attendees with a crucial space to manage sensory overload, work, or relax, especially those who are neurodivergent or have hidden disabilities. The lounge will include comfortable seating, items for both light and noise sensitivity - as well as sensory items like fidget toys, drawing materials, and more.

Housing Sponsorship

$5,100

Get noticed when your branding is included on all official housing confirmations sent to attendees prior to the National Conference—as well as posted on the NSTA housing webpages.

High School Haven

$5,200

Sponsoring the High School Haven--a dedicated learning and connecting space for high school educators who teach biology, chemistry, and/or physics, is guaranteed to get your brand directly in front of this targeted influential audience. This opportunity carries your brand outside the hall into the session arena.

Meet Me in The Middle

$5,200

Sponsoring the Meet Me In The Middle--a dedicated learning and connecting space for middle school educators who teach biology, chemistry, and/or physics, is guaranteed to get your brand directly in front of this targeted influential audience. This opportunity carries your brand outside the hall into the session arena.

Elementary Extravaganza

$5,200

SOLD

Sponsoring the Elementary Extravaganza - a dedicated learning and connecting space for elementary educators who teach biology, chemistry, and/or physics, is guaranteed to get your brand directly in front of this targeted influential audience. This opportunity carries your brand outside the hall into the session arena.

Conference Strand Sponsorship

$5,500

Strands provide a foundation and context for proposals for the sessions convened at the 2026 NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Anaheim. By sponsoring a conference Strand, your logo will appear next to every session for that Strand in the online session browser which attendees will visit over and over.

First-Timer Attendee Event

$6,100

SOLD

Elevate your company's presence at NSTA by sponsoring our exclusive event designed to welcome and connect with professionals who are new NSTA members or first-time attendees. At this popular and informal networking event, your sponsor staff will have the opportunity to personally meet and greet attendees as they arrive.

NSTA Café

$6,200

Everyone needs to eat! Sponsoring the NSTA Café where attendees will find concessions, food service, beverages, etc. is guaranteed exposure, visibility, and branding in front of all attendees.

You-Are-Here Kiosk

$6,600

The “You-Are-Here” floor plan kiosk is prominently located near the expo hall main entrance, with your booth highlighted and promotional material distributed.

Fun Zone Lounge

$7,200

SOLD

There is no better lounge where your branding will stand out as attendees relax, chill and play in the NSTA Fun Zone. This high profile lounge will feature corn-hole games, connect four, bean-bags, and games upon games where attendees can get their competitive juices flowing.

Exhibitors Lounge

$7,700

B-to-B partnerships begin on the NSTA expo floor. If exhibitors are your audience, you can own the space where deals spark and connections deepen with the Exhibitor Lounge Sponsorship. You can host the lounge where refreshments, bites, and snacks are served. As the exclusive sponsor, your brand becomes a fixture in the go-to retreat for exhibitors-offering premium visibility in a relaxed, high-value environment where conversations flow and partnerships begin!

WiFi Sponsorship

$8,900

Connect with attendees as they get connected with the conference WI-FI sponsorship. Be the exclusive Wi-Fi sponsor for the NSTA conference. Wi-Fi access will be available for all attendees with a customized access code of your choosing (e.g., ABC Science Company) and the log-in splash page to include your branding and message. (e.g., Stop By Booth 100)

Leaders Lounge

$9,000

SOLD

There are few better opportunities to get directly in front of budgetary decision makers by supporting the Leaders Lounge - where select administrators, district decision makers and national education leaders will gather for a light snack, to network, and take a load off.

Share-a-thon Sessions

$9,100

SOLD

Sponsor this popular, informal gathering of multiple presenters who share information about related projects and findings. Attendees roam around the space checking out the diverse offerings from table-top sessions to "make-n-take" opportunities, etc. Be part of this session to show your commitment and ingenuity in the science teaching community.

Restroom Respite

$9,400

We all need to go! In fact, many times throughout the multiple days of the conference – all participants will visit the restrooms. And when they do, they will see your logo/creative branding affixed to restroom mirrors throughout the many restrooms in the convention center.

Poster Sessions

$9,500

SOLD

Poster sessions were immensely popular at our last conference, drawing attendees into the expo hall! Sponsor these aisles to show your commitment to ingenuity and community in science teaching.

Sketch-a-Teacher Caricatures

$11,400

Everyone loves to get caricatures sketches of themselves, with colleagues, and/or friends, and this sponsorship is guaranteed to drive traffic to your booth. All attendees will receive a caricature ticket with their badge – that must be first stamped by the sponsor in order to get their free caricature.

Puppy Park

$11,500

Yes, NSTA are letting the dogs out, by bringing puppies to the show. Who wouldn’t want their organization associated with sweet puppies? This unique addition to the show will allow attendees to unwind and de-stress by playing with adorable puppies in the NSTA Puppy Park in the expo - while you increase your visibility, name recognition and branding. Guaranteed high traffic.

Water Service

$11,500

SOLD

Put your brand on the prominent water service stations located in multiple areas throughout the NSTA space—including, but not limited to, near the registration area, outside the workshop and session rooms, close to the general session keynote auditorium, in the expo hall, etc. Your logo will be recognized at each station, on the cups, and (per your choice) can also be included on a custom water bottle in each registration bag. (Production not included.) This way, attendees can fill up when they want using your branded bottle and then bring your brand back home with them.

NSTA Conference App

$12,500

SOLD

Sponsoring the Conference App places your brand directly in front of attendees multiple times throughout the event. Your brand will be eye-catching, displayed on the splash screen, and will receive further exposure with 2 banner advertisements featured in the rotation at the top of the App. The App features maps, schedules by time and topic, speaker information, exhibitor listings, sponsor listings, general event information, and more. The App is central to the attendee experience in successfully navigating the conference.

Conference Lanyards

$12,700

SOLD

Your organization’s name and logo can appear exclusively on the official Anaheim National Conference lanyards distributed to all attendees and exhibitors when they arrive onsite. There is no better sponsorship to guarantee that you will always be on each and every attendee.

General Session Keynotes

$14,000

ONE SOLD, ONE REMAINING

This is in the upper echelon of conference sponsorships. Be the premiere player at NSTA with significant visibility onstage, online, and onsite throughout the conference. Align your company with science teaching professionals to reach the largest gathering of attendees and champion your brand in front of participants at one of our general session keynotes. Call to learn more about this year’s keynote speakers.

Teacher Wisdom Booth

$14,200

The Teacher Wisdom Booth is a standalone recording studio stationed at the NSTA conference where teachers record short responses to curated questions/prompts about classroom challenges, teaching strategies, and creative solutions. The sponsor of this booth will have the opportunity to offer suggestions for questions as well as priority time slots for their preferred teachers/contacts to participate. After the conference, the sponsor will receive a collection of authentic teacher voice clips for use in marketing and social media, positioning their brand as a supporter of science educators rather than a product advertiser.

Insight Wall

$14,500

SOLD

Work with our team on this creative partnership that gives you an opportunity to fully embed yourself into the experience and inspirational moments for our attendees. Put your brand (literally) in the hands of every attendee at every "ah-ha" moment. All attendees are given Post-It Notepads with instructions to "use these Post-It Notes to collect your favorite quotes, inspired ideas, doodles, sketches, or takeaways from the sessions you attend. Then add your Post-It Notes to the Inspiration Wall near the Keynote Session.”

Professional Learning Institute

$14,500

SOLD

The Professional Leasing Institute & Short Courses (PLI) sponsorship provides your company with unmatched and exclusive exposure with this premiere content that’s a kick-off to the show. The PLI is an ideal platform to elevate visibility with content leaders and leading experts in science education discussing important and timely topics at these immersive, half-day and full-day courses.

Audiovisual Support

$14,500

Your company will receive one of the highest levels of recognition as the conference audiovisual provider. What better way to get your name out there then to have people staring at it all day as they listen to the educational sessions and exhibitor workshops? Each session is provided an audiovisual package, including screen, microphone, and projector on a cart. Sponsorship includes:

• Your company’s logo will be placed on signage attached to all AV carts and/or table in all conference rooms—that will collectively host approximately 1,000 sessions and workshops over three days.

Closing Reception

$14,800

NSTA’s Closing Receptions after the expo hall has closed have been a spectacular hit with well over 2,000 attendees participating. Sponsoring the closing is the perfect opportunity to reinforce your brand and name visibility so you are top of mind as the show closes.

Relaxation Station

$15,500

Be the hero of relaxation and wellness at NSTA! Sponsor our highly sought-after neck and shoulder massage area on the expo floor, where our team of registered massage therapists will provide rejuvenating treatments to NSTA attendees. Seize this opportunity to become a sponsor and enjoy the following benefits:

• Prominent Promotion: Your sponsorship will be prominently featured on the show floor plan, on dedicated signage, and within the NSTA mobile app. This comprehensive exposure ensures that your brand is front and center.
• Engagement Opportunities: To receive a massage ticket, attendees must visit your booth, creating an excellent opportunity to engage with clients and prospects in a relaxed and receptive environment.
• Lead Generation: As an added bonus, NSTA will provide you with a lead retrieval scanner, facilitating seamless lead generation during the event.

Leaders Institute

$16,500

SOLD

Get your brand and name in front of the who’s-who in science education. The distinguished leadership institute gathers science education leaders from all states nationwide for special, high-quality professional development. This exceptional program is designed to show how next generation science can make a difference in science teaching and learning throughout the system for all learners.

Awards Kiosk

$18,000

Along with program partners, NSTA administers and presents numerous annual awards—including recognizing outstanding student achievements in STEM, conference funding for new teachers, Presidential Citation for extraordinary contribution in science education, acknowledgment of exemplary teachers, excellence in the classroom, and many others. NSTA will acknowledge and recognize these exceptional achievements in a highly visible, prominently placed kiosk and with signage on which your brand and logo will both be front and center and associated with these premiere award programs, including:

• Sponsor name and logo incorporated into the kiosk build and display
• Sponsor marks on all related signage and promotional material
• Sponsor may distribute literature or collateral at kiosk display

Bean Bags

$18,000

Walking long distances between sessions, and back and forth to the expo hall can be a hike. No better way to stand out than to sponsor bean bags – that include your brand - situated in high trafficked areas through the entire convention center for attendees to take a load off. Your logo will be on all bean bags – guaranteeing your brand will be top of mind both inside and outside the exhibit hall.

Podcast Studio

$18,000

Align your organization as a thought leader by sponsoring the NEW NSTA Podcast studio. The NSTA Podcast Studio will be prominently featured on the expo floor where preeminent science education leaders will be discussing dynamic ideas and innovative thinking that inspire and influence the future of science education.

STEM Showcase

$18,000

Own the Opening Day Exclusively!

Thousands of attendees will be converging to the conference on Wednesday for the Opening Reception and Keynote – AND – to enjoy the STEM Showcase. The event will be showcasing STEM and science-based non-profit programs, organizations, mobile labs, and local Anaheim attractions! They will be able to enjoy tasty bites from the food cart, and take advantage of ample networking opportunities—all before the opening reception and keynote at 4 p.m. Sponsoring the showcase is the perfect way to stand-out exclusively a day before the expo floor opens.

Attendee Registration Area

$18,500

SOLD

Sponsor the Registration Area where all attendees check in. As the first place all participants arrive and gather throughout the show, there is no higher branding visibility than having your marks incorporated with NSTA’s as we welcome our members and attendees to Anaheim.

Television Access in Host Hotel

$19,500

SOLD

Reach attendees staying in the official NSTA hotel by playing your promotional video throughout the conference on headquarters hotel televisions. The sponsorship ensures that your message will be heard around the clock. NSTA will grant permission to the hotel for this service. Any video production costs or hotel fees are incurred by the sponsor.

Conference Bag

$19,500

SOLD

Your organization’s name and logo can appear exclusively on one side of the official Anaheim National Conference bags distributed to all attendees and exhibitors when they arrive onsite. This collector’s take-home piece brings your branding home to all attendees. Production included; two-color imprint.

Kick-Off & Opening Reception Welcome Reception

$23,700

The welcome reception provides your company with unmatched and exclusive exposure with this premiere kick-off to the show. This event will offer attendees the chance to network, connect with the sponsor, and enjoy hors d'oeuvres and drinks before the opening keynote session. Special invitations are extended to more than a dozen science education leaders from all 50 states.

Board & Leadership Reception

$24,000

SOLD

This prestigious, invitation-only event celebrates the passing of the gavel from the outgoing President to the new. Your organization will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with the NSTA Board of Directors, executive volunteers, and senior staff in an informal soiree.

Attendee Toast Expo Welcome Reception

$29,500

The Attendee Toast provides your company with unmatched and exclusive exposure with this premiere kick-off to the show. This event will offer attendees the chance to visit the hall for light hors d'oeuvres and drinks and learn about the latest products and services. Sponsor this event to take advantage of the highly visible opportunity to greet and mingle with all attendees.