STEM Education

Ages: 8-24

Description: The AWS Girls' Tech Series inspires and motivates girls and young women, ages 8-24, to pursue interests and careers in technology. It encourages future female builders to Think Big and use STEAM to ignite their imaginations, participate in fun and engaging workshops, and explore exciting careers in technology.

Ages: 8-18

Description: Career Tours is a gamified, virtual field trip program that pulls back the curtain on the careers of the future by showcasing the real-life people and cutting-edge technology behind Amazon’s innovations.

Ages: Middle school students

Description: The We Build It Better program lays a foundation for students to understand the process of developing a new product and equipping them with the skills to design and create an innovative solution to a real-world industry-based challenge.

Ages: 12-14

Description: AWS GetIT is a fully-funded, flexible educational programme that helps students consider a future career in tech. With AWS GetIT, you will help your students learn human and digital skills as they learn what it takes to design an app, work together to create an app idea, and meet professionals in tech.

Ages: 8-18

Description: A cohort program delivered through hybrid STEM learning experiences and immersive collaborations with families, schools, and select partner organizations. Amazon Hardware, Engineering, artificial intelligence, and Devices program (AHEAD) helps students and their families understand the pathways to high-tech fields, so students can fulfill their potential. This program is delivered in partnership with iD Tech and The Knowledge Society, national leaders in tech education.

Ages: High school

Description: Learn to code your own Alexa Skill, no Amazon device required. Teachers can sign up to utilize provided lesson plans and video training to teach their students the basics of voice AI and to code their own space-themed Alexa Skills.

Ages: High school seniors

Description: At Amazon, supporting underserved students in their computer science education is not only important to us–it’s imperative to building a diverse tech industry and future. Our Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship program provides students with an opportunity to upgrade their careers with a $40,000 scholarship, plus an offer to complete a paid summer internship at Amazon.

Ages: Teachers

Description: The Amazon Future Engineer Teacher Ambassador Program exists as a paid fellowship experience designed to increase access to computer science and technology for all students and teachers. Teachers from across the United States representing a diverse range of grades, regions, and communities are selected annually for a two-year cohort experience with curated equity by design professional development and industry access to Amazon.

Ages: Elementary school students

Description: Amazon Future Engineer partners with non-profit BootUp Professional Development (PD) to bring computer science-specific teacher PD and curriculum to underserved school districts across the country. The program provides everything school districts need to implement a sustainable computer science initiative. This includes, over a three year period, eight onsite (or virtual) professional development workshops, ongoing model teaching and coaching, curricula and teacher lesson plans, and an online Instructional Coach Course to ensure the sustainability of the program. Districts receive BootUp’s project-based curriculum, which uses the free coding platforms Scratch and Scratch Jr. The curriculum remains free in perpetuity.

Ages: Middle and high school students

Description: We fund introductory and Advanced Placement (AP) Computer Science (CS) courses through two College Board endorsed providers, Code.org and ProjectSTEM. Schools can select either provider depending on course needs and will receive teacher professional development and curriculum as part of their sponsorship. All teachers receive additional Amazon Future Engineer benefits including materials to market their CS courses to underrepresented students, a paid professional membership to Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA).

Ages: 16-24

Description: The AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship program, aims to help underserved and underrepresented high school and college students learn foundational ML concepts to prepare them for careers in AI and ML. Each year, 2,500 scholarships are awarded to students seeking to learn and apply ML skills. Scholarship recipients will receive Udacity Nanodegree scholarships, mentorship, and career development opportunities.