We believe it is unacceptable that so many of America’s highest potential students never fulfill their dream of entering scientific or high tech professions because they lack resources, direction, self-confidence or guidance. This is especially dangerous at a time when our country desperately needs creative and integrative technologists and scientists.
The Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders was created by the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists to help solve this problem by gathering the country’s finest high school students who aspire to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and singling them out for special recognition and ongoing mentorship.