CV STEM Guide collects STEM programs, scholarships, and competitions from across 18 Central Valley counties into one place, so students don't have to dig through dozens of websites to find opportunities actually available to them.
The Central Valley is one of the most underserved regions in California for STEM access. More than half of students here are economically disadvantaged, and most schools report a shortage of advanced STEM programs. The opportunities exist, they're just hard to find. CV STEM Guide exists to close that information gap, for free, forever.
Source for the economic-disadvantage figure: California free / reduced-price school-meal eligibility data via Kidsdata.org (Lucile Packard Foundation) and the California Department of Education (Student Poverty FRPM data). Central Valley counties report among the state's highest rates; exact figures vary by district and year.
No account, no paywall, no ads. Every link goes straight to the official program.
Filter by your county to see only what's open to students near you.
One static site, no backend, fully open source, so anyone can verify or contribute.
CV STEM Guide spans 11 engineering and computing fields — not just aerospace. Tap one to filter the explorer to it.
Tap a county to jump into the explorer filtered to opportunities available there.
Real advice on making the most of these opportunities for college applications.
Growing up in the Central Valley and seeing firsthand how few STEM resources were visible or accessible to local students, the goal was simple: build the resource that should have already existed. If this site helped you find a program or scholarship, share it with a classmate, a counselor, or a local library. The more students who know it exists, the more useful it becomes.