Through the virtual session series, students build awareness of applied biotechnology, DoW STEM careers, SMART Scholarship opportunities, career pathways traveled by STEM professionals, and durable professional skills including teamwork, collaboration, and communication.

FIRST® Championship is a culminating, international event for the robotics competition season and an annual celebration of STEM as FIRST® prepares young people for the future.

FIRST® provides programming for students in grades PreK–12 through FIRST® LEGO League, FIRST® Tech Challenge, FIRST® Robotics Competition, and FIRST® Championship. Its purpose is to encourage collaboration in and exploration of robotics and increase student coding and programming skills. Age-appropriate concepts and techniques are introduced in each program.

Future Self Center and Makerspace offers districts in the Dayton region an alternative to expulsion for students in grades 6-12, providing opportunities to explore STEM fields, such as advanced manufacturing, digital fabrication, robotics, lasers, and biotechnology. While attending the Future Self Center, students explore potential STEM careers and gain skills and industry-recognized credentials.

Alumni Engagement is an ongoing effort by MATHCOUNTS to maintain connections with students beyond their middle school experience. By engaging alumni in high school and college, the program aims to recruit future volunteers and coaches, while encouraging continued interest in STEM. Support includes community coaching initiatives, scholarships, and alumni recognition for their contributions.

The MATHCOUNTS Competition Series is a national program giving middle school students the opportunity to participate as individuals and team members in competitions at the school, chapter, state, and national levels. It seeks to build confidence and expand students’ interest in mathematics.

The Middle School Research Teachers Conference (MSRTC) brings together middle school educators to share best practices and troubleshoot challenges in supporting students in STEM research. The annual conference focuses on supporting educators in leading students in research projects for local science fairs, Thermo Fisher JIC, eCYBERMISSION, and other STEM research competitions.

The Middle School STEM Summer Experience program was established in 2023. The goal of this program is to expose younger students to STEM and spark their interest in STEM fields. There are four 1-week experiences for rising sixth to eighth-grade students. Program participants have a full day of hands-on STEM activities, including coding, applications of math skills, and building items using scientific principles.

National Data Science High School Research Program (NDSRP) is a five-week summer training and research program designed to help high school students gain data skills, mentorship, and experience in academic, government, or industry settings. Open to all students regardless of prior experience, the program begins with 2.5 weeks of foundational data science skills training followed by 2.5 weeks of mentored research with professionals from industry, academia, or government.

The Near Peer Mentoring program includes artificial intelligence (AI) linked to the STEM curriculum in collaboration with STEMForU designed to utilize Morgan State University (MSU) STEM/Education majors. These students will serve as near peer mentors in high schools in Baltimore City. MSU students will receive AI training on how to include AI in lesson planning in selected biology topics for 9th grade high school students.