New Intel Grant Program Invests $4.5 Million to Support STEM Pathways for HBCU Students

As part of Intel’s commitment to expand the talent pipeline, the company is announcing the Intel HBCU Grant Program, a three-year, $4.5 million program to encourage students to remain in STEM pathways at six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
As part of Intel’s commitment to expand the talent pipeline, the company is announcing the Intel HBCU Grant Program, a three-year, $4.5 million program to encourage students to remain in STEM pathways at six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

New Intel Grant Program Invests $4.5 Million

to Support STEM Pathways for HBCU Students

Shaping a more diverse technology industry requires that we rethink our sources of talent and broaden our recruiting pipeline

to access available diverse talent.

As part of Intel’s commitment to expand the talent pipeline, the

company is announcing the Intel HBCU Grant Program, a three year, $4.5 million program to encourage students to remain in STEM pathways at six historically black colleges and universities

(HBCUs). The participating HBCUs include Florida A&M University, Morgan State University, Howard University, Prairie View A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University and Tuskegee University.

As part of the program, $3.9 million will be awarded directly to

the HBCUs and $600,000 will be used for workshops and activities that bring HBCUs and the technology industry together to ensure students are prepared with the relevant skills to enter the tech workforce.

The three-year Intel HBCU Grant Program supports multi year investments in computer science, computer engineering and

electrical engineering programs, curriculum and labs, and has three components: Scholarships: Two-year scholarships for students from college juniors to Ph.D.- level students with majors in computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering.

Student Experiences: Providing computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering students with opportunities to participate in labs, workshops and research experiences.

Tech Industry Workshops:Workshops hosted by Intel that bring together HBCUs and the technology industry to equip students

with the relevant skills to succeed in the technology sector.

The Intel HBCU Grant Program resulted from a collaboration between Intel and the HBCUs to address the historic gap in HBCU

students pursuing STEM degrees. The National Center for Education

Statistics reports that African- American students are more likely to switch out of STEM majors within their first year of college and only 11 percent of bachelor’s degrees in STEM fields are conferred to African- American students.

The Intel HBCU Grant Program is part of Intel’s $300 million Diversity in Technology initiative, which supports the goal of reaching full representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the U.S. workforce by 2020. In support of this goal, beginning in 2015, Intel increased the number of schools at which

it recruits by 60 percent year over year. It also encourages more women and underrepresented minorities to enter and succeed in tech through programs and investments with organizations that include the National GEM Consortium, Georgia Tech, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society, the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley, CODE2040, and Oakland Unified School District,

among others.

To learn more about Intel’s diversity and inclusion efforts, visit www.intel. com/diversity as well as Intel’s 2016 Corporate Responsibility Report

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