S-STEM stands for “Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics”. It is a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goals of the S-STEM program are to:

• Increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need obtaining degrees in STEM and entering the workforce or graduate programs in STEM

• Improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, with a focus on academically talented low-income students; and

• Generate knowledge to advance understanding of how factors or evidence-based curricular and co-curricular activities affect the success, retention, transfer, academic/career pathways, and graduation in STEM of low-income students.