Outreach Committee Charter

• The Outreach Committee is an externally focused initiative of the Intuitive Foundation, dedicated to addressing the underrepresentation of women and minorities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and healthcare professions.We aim to inspire, support, and elevate individuals from junior and high, through graduate school and into leadership roles by:
  1. Identifying and teaming up with impactful programs that support students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM and healthcare pathways.
  2. Collaborating with professional societies that develop and promote mid-career professionals into positions of leadership and influence.
• Through strategic grants and collaborations, the Outreach Committee helps foster a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable future in healthcare and technology.

Eligibility and Evaluation of Outreach Grants

• The Outreach Committee supports grants that align with our mission to increase diversity in STEM and healthcare fields by:
  1. Identifying and engaging with programs for supporting target population students in STEM/healthcare from middle school through graduate school.
  2. Engaging with professional societies supporting the development of mid- career professionals into positions of leadership.
• Examples of grants we WILL fund:
  1. A grant to a nonprofit that provides mentorship, academic enrichment, and hands-on STEM experiences for underrepresented students from middle school through graduate school.
  2. Funding for a summer medical immersion program for high school students from underserved communities.
  3. Partnering with an organization that helps underrepresented students navigate the graduate application process in biomedical and engineering fields.
  4. Supporting a professional society program that develops leadership pathways for women and minority healthcare professionals.
  5. A grant to an incubator program that supports early-stage health tech innovators from underrepresented groups.
• Examples of grants we WILL NOT fund:
  1. A kitchen renovation project to increase the capacity of the kitchen to accommodate more personnel, more food being cooked at once, more efficient preparation of food, etc.
  2. A fundraising gala
  3. Event sponsorship (e.g., having Intuitive Foundation listed at an event)
  4. Middle school science camps
  5. A hospital walkathon
  6. College scholarship programs

Girls at The Tech

The Foundation created and successfully executed a series of virtual events and camps during 2020. Events include Girls Day at the Tech, Designing for Inclusion at the Tech, and Professional Development programs, all designed to increase women’s participation in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering (STEM) activities.

Health Care Collaborative

Health Career Collaborative (HCC) is a three-year pathway program for high school students from low-income, ethnic and racial minority communities. Students seeking degrees in the healthcare profession serve as volunteer program mentors and instructors. The program is initiated as a partnership between a medical school and a local, underserved high school. The HCC provides validated curriculum and a small grant to each partnership site.

Further details can be found at: https://healthcareercollaborative.com/

Robot Outreach Program:

This program’s goal is to reach under-served high schools with Intuitive Surgical mobile systems and robotics curriculum to encourage enrollment in STEM majors as a path to medical device engineer.

Further details can be found at: https://healthcareercollaborative.com/intuitive-mobile-system-at-hcc-high-schools/

Technovation

Technovation (an idependant global education non-profit) empowers girls to identify community problems and create tech and engineering solutions. Every year, as a part of the Technovation Challenge, thousands of young women (aged 10-18) work in teams to code mobile apps that address some of the real-world challenges that affect them.  Last year, they had over 3,000 submissions from across 50 countries.

For more information please visit: https://technovationchallenge.org/

Wilson Butler Academy

This program developed a virtual robotics curriculum suitable for middle school students in Raleigh, North Carolina.  It facilitated remote interactions between faculty and students by providing loaner technology for students to use to stay engaged for STEM summer learning.

Work Study

The work study program provides high school students with valuable work skills, promotes accountability and confidence, and offers access to professional role models. Partners receive well-trained, reliable workers and a proven resource to enhance workforce diversity.

For more information please contact: Outreach@intuitive-foundation.org