Bridge Scholar

My Portal Donate Now Donate Now My Portal

Scholarships
- - Scholarship
    NACME partners with like-minded entities to provide scholarships, resources, and opportunities for high-achieving, underrepresented minority college students pursuing careers in engineering and computer science.
  - - Corporate
    - General
Career Center
- - Career Center
    Coming Soon
Contribute
- - Contribute
    NACME is at the forefront of the effort to build pathways to engineering and technology careers for high-achieving students. NACME seeks to transform corporate America by making a quantum leap forward in enhancing the supply of under-represented STEM professionals.
  - Donate
    - Overview
    - Make a gift
  - Giving
  - Sponsorship
    - Overview
Events
Programs
- - Programs
    Through partnerships with like-minded entities, NACME offers programs for (or about) Black/African American, Native/American Indian, and Latinx/Hispanic American students who wish to excel in the fields of engineering or computer science.
  - Research
    - Annual Reports
    - Publications
  - Training
  - Engage
  - Programs
About NACME
- - About Us
    NACME is a non-profit organization that focuses on research and scholarship as it relates to diversity, equity and inclusion in the fields of engineering and computer science.
Learn
- - Register for C.A.S.E.
    NACME’s C.A.S.E. Academy: Career Accelerator in Science and Engineering is a suite of physical and virtual webinars and courses offered to NACME Scholars and other under-represented students matriculating at partner University engineering and computer science programs.

NACME

NACME Scholarship

Bridge Scholars

Scholarships that supports first time entry to a four-year bachelor’s program in engineering or computer science

College Entry Programs

NACME supports students' successful transition into a four-year collegiate program majoring in engineering or computer science by financially supporting pathways of entry, specifically:

Summer Bridge

Community College Transfers

Tech Pathway Programs

Summer Bridge Programs

Leading Universities host multi-week residential programs during the summer for their admitted Freshmen to attend a boot camp style academic program to preview the classes that typically determine a student’s ability to graduate within five years with a competitive GPA. The following NACME Partner Universities host Summer bridge programs that receive an annul contribution from NACME:

California State University, Sacramento

University of Alaska, Anchorage

University of Colorado Boulder

San Jose State University

University of California, San Diego

Kettering University

Kansas State University

University of Washington

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Pathway Programs

Companies on the NACME Board provide custom support to ensure under-represented populations have meaning full access opportunities to four-year collegiate programs in engineering or computer science:

Bechtel Freshman Development Program

Ford Southeast Michigan Pathway to Engineering

GE Edison Freshman Development Program

IBM P-Tech Program

The Bridge Scholarship Program

NACME has identified Bridge Programs – university-hosted college preparatory camps – for first-time students admitted to a four-year engineering or computer science program. Summer seminars in math and science held before the first semester of college help facilitate adjustment to university life, improve academic performance, and enhance graduation rates.

Join NACME in dramatically increasing the five-year graduation rates of our nation’s under-represented talent in STEM by supporting our National Bridge Program—designed to increase Bridge enrollment by 25%. This one-time gift will cover bridge fees for enrolling participants, support students across the span of their academic career, and enhance the graduation rates of under-represented students in high-demand STEM fields.

Contribute

Company