Accelerate STEAM Education: GM's 2025 Challenge

📖 About the Challenge

STEAM education—integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics—is a critical pathway for preparing learners for an ever-evolving world. However, significant barriers prevent many students from accessing quality STEAM learning experiences and pursuing STEAM careers. Current gaps in representation, accessibility, and engagement disproportionately affect some learners, meaning far too few are gaining the skills and confidence needed to thrive in STEAM fields like Information Technology, Automotive and Electrical Engineering, Industrial Manufacturing, and Renewable Energy.

Key Details:

• Date Published: August 29, 2025
• Application Deadline: October 08, 2025
• Category: Training, Entrepreneurs, Fully Funded
• Opportunity Location: United States
• Sponsor Organization: General Motors

🎁 Benefits

• Prize Pool: A total of $250,000 will be distributed to up to five winning solutions.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Who Can Apply:

• Solutions can be for-profit, nonprofit, or hybrid companies.
• Preference: Solutions led by nonprofit organizations.

Ineligible Applicants:

• Capital campaigns, endowments, or private buildings
• Faith-based organizations for religious purposes
• Government/tax-supported entities
• Hospitals and medical-related facilities
• Other foundations for purposes of building endowment
• Political candidates, campaigns, or organizations
• Private clubs, fraternities, or sororities
• Organizations that do not share GM's values
• Organizations that unlawfully discriminate against individuals or groups

Additional Requirements:

• Solutions focusing on pathways to careers in the automotive industry are encouraged.
• Solutions do not need to be enabled by technology, but those utilizing technologies like AI, AR, VR, mobile apps, offline-capable systems, or SMS-based solutions are encouraged to apply.
• Solutions must serve beneficiaries in the United States. Organizations may be registered outside the US but must have current or near-term deployment plans in the US.
• Applications must be written in English.

🗓 Application Process and Deadline

• Application Deadline: October 08, 2025
• How to Apply: Visit the application portal to view details and apply.

🌐 Additional Information

• View Details: Accelerate STEAM Education: The 2025 GM Challenge
• Apply Here: Application Portal

• A prize pool of $250,000 will be distributed to up to five winning solutions.