Future NCA&T HBCU Innovator Fund

The largest producer of African American engineers has a long history of supporting minorities and students of color enter STEM fields. As of September, North Carolina Agricultural technical state university broke its own record with exactly 14,311 students enrolled in 2024. International Business Machines has seen this growth and made their skills build platform available to students at no cost to enter challenging fields such as: cloud computing, AI development, and cyber security. This fund is to support, motivate, and reward the next generation of HBCU innovators who take advantage of their educational opportunities and actively invest in their future.