STEM Education

Our Commitment to STEM Education and Future Generations

Advancing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical focus for Lockheed Martin. We know firsthand the importance of educating our young people in these areas. Our future success and our nation’s technological advantage depend on a constant supply of highly trained, highly capable technical talent. We believe strongly that advancing STEM education requires collaboration among industry, educators, policymakers and families.

As an industry leader in defense tech, Lockheed Martin, with an employee population that includes 65,000 engineers, scientists and IT professionals, is committed to working with these groups to develop programs that educate and inspire tomorrow’s scientists, engineers and mathematicians. 

Lockheed Martin Scholarships

The 2024 scholar class represents some of the brightest minds entering the STEM field studying at institutions across the country!
Launched in 2019, the Lockheed Martin Scholarship program is a significant investment in the next generation of STEM talent. We are thrilled to support students of all ages in their pursuit of postsecondary STEM credentials and help make their educational dreams a reality. By contributing to hundreds of scholarships, we're proud to play a part in the ambitions of many bright students, particularly those from underrepresented communities in STEM.

STEM Scholarship Recipients

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Vocational Scholarship Recipients

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Scholar Turned Full-time Employee

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Join the Quest!

Code Quest® Academy and CYBERQUEST® Academy are free, accessible digital platforms designed to help students prepare for their respective competitions through practice programming and cybersecurity challenges.

Code Quest® Academy also offers a STEM outreach program, pairing Lockheed Martin volunteers with high school classrooms for virtual mentoring in coding and career development, supporting students as they prepare for the Code Quest competition.

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Code Quest

Code Quest®
is Lockheed Martin’s annual computer programming competition where teams of two to three high school students work together to solve problems by using JAVA, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete the “quest”. The problem set consists of 20 to 30 challenging problems created by Lockheed Martin engineers and computer programmers. Participants may be eligible for paid high school internships with Lockheed Martin!
CyberQuest

CYBERQUEST® 
is Lockheed Martin's annual high school cyber competition held across numerous sites. The goal of the competition is to encourage high school students to pursue careers in cybersecurity. During the 3-hour competition, teams of students work together to solve cybersecurity challenges. CYBERQUEST® is a cloud-based competition that includes problems created by Lockheed Martin cybersecurity engineers. Participants may be eligible for paid high school internships with Lockheed Martin!

Partner Organizations

We take great pride in the remarkable work of all our non-profit partners, and we're grateful to be able to support them in their efforts through the robust, long-standing partnerships that we have cultivated together.  

 

Talk Techy

Did you know we use geometry to land a fighter jet, chemistry to create clean energy sources and biology to keep pilots safe in flight?

Watch our “Talk Techy” video series to see how Lockheed Martin engineers apply Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) concepts every day in surprising ways.

In each episode, experts will give you a behind-the-scenes look at how we use high school subjects to develop our most innovative technologies, like the Orion heat shield and next-generation sensor system.

Learn more about how Lockheed Martin seeks to educate and inspire tomorrow’s scientists, engineers and mathematicians.