Welcome to NSF IAAMCS

NSF Institute for African-American Mentoring in Computing Sciences (IAAMCS, pronounced ‘i am cs’) serves as a national resource for all African-American computer science students and faculty. The objective of NSF IAAMCS is to increase the number of African-Americans receiving Ph.D. degrees in computing sciences, promote and engage students in teaching and training opportunities, and add more diverse researchers into the advanced technology workforce.

NSF IAAMCS Goals

  • Increase in African American students in graduate computing
  • Increase in African American recipients of graduate degrees in computing
  • Increase in African American students in graduate computing
  • Increase in the number of African Americans who enter the professoriate
  • Increase the number of African Americans who enter careers that utilize an advanced degree in computing
  • Longitudinal data collection and evaluation for national dissemination
  • Support CISE Pls and CS Department looking to support BPC efforts
  • Support HBCU and African American computer science faculty

Meet The NSF IAAMCS Team
H. Justin Ballenger, Ph.D.Jerlando Jackson, Ph.D.Kyla McMullen, Ph.D

Our Programs

Fellowship Writing Workshop Series


Future Faculty & Research Scientist Mentoring Program

Paired Mentoring Program

Affiliated Networking Events



Build Social Media Presence



Original Mentoring Content Development


Annual Report on the State of Blacks in Computing


Core Research