About the Foundation The Foundation for Student Science and Technology is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing the career potential of gifted high school, college and university students for leadership roles in the science community. The Foundation aims to cultivate tomorrowÕs science leaders by advancing their early knowledge of career demands and challenges. Our Mission is to Connect ideas and people across the spectrum of education, public and private enterprise and science and technology; Invest in the early career development of gifted students of science and technology; and Build programs that emulate real world circumstances and help improve studentsÕ chances of career success. Since 2008, the Foundation has helped many gifted students develop their leadership potential in the realm of physical and life sciences, engineering, mathematics and informatics, biology and environmental studies, social sciences and humanities, and more. The FoundationÕs structured programs include the award-winning Journal of Student Science and Technology and an Online Research Co-op Program with other novel programs in development. We focus specifically and uniquely on cultivating the science leaders of tomorrow. We are fostering the next generation of VPs of research, Deans of science departments, Principal Investigators, CEOs and others who will create and shape the science and technology needed to sustain our way of life. We work with high school, college and university students, nationally and internationally, based entirely on ability and independent of age to develop raw interest and acumen in science and technology. We provide learning and development opportunities that mirror the future world of work for students to better understand its demands and challenges. We are performance-oriented and work to specific, measurable quantitative and qualitative metrics relating to the career Òlife cycleÓ of gifted science students.