The Henry Luce Foundation in New York City has announced grants totaling nearly $12.3 million to advance gender diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.

Awards include nearly $9.5 million through the Clare Boothe Luce Program for Women in STEM, which will assist women pursuing STEM studies and careers at 11 colleges and universities, including four minority-serving institutions, as well as 13 institutions supported in perpetuity (per Clare Boothe Luce’s will). Grants will assist approximately 94 women over the next six years. The remaining $2.8 million will support the foundation’s STEM Convergence Program, which aims to encourage innovative, interdisciplinary approaches to achieve gender parity in STEM. Recipients include Thrive Scholars to support its STEM Career Pathways and Thrive Academy for Girls of Color in New York City, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) for continued support of its Science, Engineering, and Technology Equity Roundtable.

“Through our Women in STEM programs, we are working to cultivate STEM ecosystems that encourage girls and women, especially from underserved communities, to learn and work in healthy and supportive environments, creating future generations of women STEM leaders in all sectors,” said Luce Foundation director of leadership programs Aida Gureghian. “The grants awarded in 2023 reflect our multifaceted, data-driven approach.”

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