The Foundation reaches out to every educator and educational institution in this region to collaborate in achieving our mission of building the technology talent pipeline. Core to our mission is bringing academia and industry together so they can collaborate in real-time.  Companies need a way to communicated what they need in this global economy to academia, while academia needs more resources to support them.

The Foundation seeks to provide the collaborative environment.

Impacting Regional Technology Students
The Foundation has a number of programs to help educators bringing real-world technology problems into the classroom to be solved. 

With our industry partners, we can also support higher education and secondary education by helping educators find student mentors and internships.

Creating Greater Regional Wealth
Yes, if you or your educational institution gets involved in building the technology talent pipeline, we will collectively experience greater regional wealth. With better educated students – skills and knowledge – we will be able to unleash their creativity in our region whether in a large corporation or supporting them in starting their own businesses.

It happens with your involvement.

50 For The Future

Did you know that each year we award 50 students for being one of the 50 For The Future ?

Fifty of the most promising students in Chicagoland that have an interest and demonstrated career potential in technology will be selected and honored in April 2009; thus providing the student recipients a launching pad for their careers and potential employers across the region to learn of the emerging tech talent.

To find out more, click here.