Schlumberger Foundation

The Schlumberger Foundation is an independent non-profit organization that supports education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). **The Schlumberger Foundation is an independent non-profit** **organization that supports education in science, technology,** engineering and mathematics (STEM). Recognizing the link between science, technology, and socio-economic development – as well as the key role of education in realizing individual potential – the Foundation has focused since its inception on funding a variety of scientific educational programs all over the world. **Faculty for the Future** Since 2004 the Schlumberger Foundation’s flagship program has been *Faculty for the Future.* Committed to gender parity in science, the long-term goal of the program was to accelerate gender equality in STEM by **creating the conditions that enable more women to pursue** scientific careers. *By accelerating gender equality in STEM, the talent and capacities of* *these women can be developed for the benefit of their local* *communities, their regions, and for the wider world.* **Looking forward** Now to celebrate 70 years of the Foundation – and 20 years of the *Faculty for the Future* program – we’re setting ourselves an ambitious goal for the *next* 20 years: empowering women to harness the power of STEM to move the world’s economies along the path to net zero – developing a way forward that can balance both sustainable growth and gender equality.