Diversity in STM

In Amsterdam, the IMC Weekend School works to foster the future of science and help underserved children get greater exposure to science and health education – both encouraging STM careers and promoting positive professional role models.

Imperial College London’s “White City Maker Challenge” offers kids from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to enhance soft skills and engage with cutting-edge science, engineering and design through workshops, afterschool and mentoring.

The New York Academy of Sciences’ “After-School STEM Mentoring Program” is designed to reach the city’s most underserved children, training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to mentor 8 -14 year olds.

Advancing Women in Science

Since 2012 the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World recognize the achievements of researchers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge.

Portia and the Elsevier Foundation work together to promote the understanding and adoption of gender-sensitive approaches, and advance sex-gender sensitive research, innovation and development through Gender Summits.

GenderInSITE is an initiative to promote the role of women in science, innovation, technology and engineering, and to demonstrate how applying a gender lens can provide deeper insights, more effective programs and more sustainable outcomes in the context of development.