STEM Resources

Below are some useful resources for students across the education pipeline, from K-12, undergraduate and graduate students, to consider in helping them steer their careers toward the STEM disciplines.

US Government Sites

US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Careers Outlook
https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/subject/stem.htm

US Department of Commerce: STEM Jobs and Earnings
https://www.commerce.gov/news/reports/2017/03/stem-jobs-2017-update
https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/stem-jobs-2017-update.pdf

US Department of Commerce: Women in STEM and Earnings
https://www.commerce.gov/news/fact-sheets/2017/11/women-stem-2017-update
https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/women-in-stem-2017-update.pdf

The National Academies: Rising above the Gathering Storm
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/11463/rising-above-the-gathering-storm-energizing-and-employing-america-for

Career Guides

Engineer Girl 
https://www.engineergirl.org/
Part of the National Academy of Engineering’s Celebration of Women in Engineering project.

Careers using Math
http://weusemath.org/?page_id=800

Careers using Chemistry
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/careers.html

Careers in Biology
https://www.aibs.org/careers/

Careers in Physics
https://www.aps.org/careers/

Careers in healthcare
https://explorehealthcareers.org/
https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/pdf/MLP_Summer_2011.pdf

IT Certificates
http://www.compucert.com/

Vocational Kit
http://www.khake.com/page53.html

Careers in the US military
https://www.todaysmilitary.com/careers-benefits/explore-careers

The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
https://www.tms.org/portal/OUTREACH/Special_Initiatives/Materials_Explorers/portal/Outreach/Special_Initiatives/Materials_Explorers.aspx?hkey=a53b8368-fa6b-45f2-805e-be3c26edf450

Professional Societies for underrepresented groups in Engineering

Society of Women Engineers
https://swe.org/

Hispanics in STEM
https://www.shpe.org/

National Society of Black Engineers
https://nsbe.org/home.aspx

Fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
https://www.nsfgrfp.org/

IBM Fellowship
https://www.research.ibm.com/university/awards/fellowships.html

Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
https://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_171962

Hertz Graduate Fellowship Award
https://www.hertzfoundation.org/the-fellowship/about/

NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities
https://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/solicitations/summary.do?solId=%7B3691C1EE-588D-6D31-4DF0-361AFE16E9E9%7D&path=&method=init

National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program
https://ndseg.sysplus.com/

SMART Scholarship Program
https://www.smartscholarship.org/smart

National Physical Science Consortium (Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity)
https://stemfellowships.org/

Graduate Science and Engineering for Minorities Fellowship
https://www.gemfellowship.org/

NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Predoctoral Fellowship Program
http://www.mmgconnect.com/cms/index.cfm?page=program.view&areaid=12&contentid=893&typeid=jpfp

McNair Scholars Program
https://mcnairscholars.com/

NSF REU Sites (wide range of fields)
https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.jsp