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In 2025, the IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grants Program awarded more than US$70,000 to 58 volunteer-led programs for pre-university outreach activities. 416 applications from nine of the ten IEEE regions, including submissions from Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Uganda, were received. A special thanks goes to those IEEE Members who served as reviewers for the grant applications. The full list of 2025 STEM Grants recipients can be found here.

In 2025, applicants were able to apply for funding at three different levels:

• Introductory level, for projects up to US$500; 
• Share level, for projects up to US$1,000; 
• Inspire level, for projects up to US$2,000. 

The winning proposals funded a wide range of activities, from robotics workshops and career explorations to programming and cybersecurity. Programs included outreach events for students of all ages, as well as programs for teachers.

With the generous support of a long-time donor to the IEEE Foundation, the IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grant program provided additional funds to support five outreach projects that were designed to show school ages children that engineering and technology careers are for anyone interested in changing the world – three in India and two in Kenya.

In 2025, additional support was provided from IEEE society partners, including $30K to support grant proposals in their fields of interest. The IEEE Communication Society supported IoT Unplugged: Smart Plant Guardians using Arduino in Canada, and the IEEE Computer Society supported Exploring the Fundamentals of Social Robots in the USA. Additional support was provided by the IEEE Oceanic Society, the IEEE Signal Processing Society, and IEEE Women in Engineering. The partnership of IEEE societies has allowed the IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grant program to award funds to projects in nine of the ten regions across the globe

To learn more about these impactful projects, visit the TryEngineering website to read articles spotlighting the STEM Grants program.

Interested in helping IEEE TryEngineering support more innovative projects?

Since the launch of the IEEE TryEngineering STEM Grant program in 2021, US$246,000 has been awarded to 202 programs in more than 40 countries. Your gift will support more STEM outreach projects across the globe in future years. Learn more and donate here.

Photo: Hands-on learning sparks curiosity and creativity! An instructor guides future engineers through circuits and electronics in the IEEE Signal Processing K12 STEM Program – 4th Edition on Wheels.