
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


Our Programs

NSF BPC-AE: Award No. 2216622 & 2417833