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Broadcom Foundation
Formation2009
TypePublic-benefit nonprofit corporation
HeadquartersIrvine, California, U.S.
ServicesFunding for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and programs
President
Paula Golden
Websitebroadcomfoundation.org

Broadcom Foundation is a Newport Beach, California-based public-benefit nonprofit corporation that provides funding to support organizations that promote education in the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).[1] The foundation also supports science fairs and competitions in conjunction with Washington, DC-based Society for Science & the Public, including Broadcom MASTERS, a national science competition for U.S. middle school students, and its international counterpart, Broadcom MASTERS International.[2]

The foundation is independent of its namesake, Broadcom Corporation, the subsidiary of Broadcom Inc. (formerly Avago).[3]

History

The foundation was founded in 2009 as a non-profit corporation with an initial $50 million investment from Irvine, California-based semiconductor chipmaker Broadcom Corporation, at the direction of Henry Samueli, the company's co-founder, who was inspired to become an electrical engineer in his middle school shop class [4] and Broadcom Chief Executive Scott McGregor, who cited science fair involvement as a factor for his own success.[5][6] McGregor was named the foundation's first president and chairman.[7][6] In 2016, Samueli was elected as chair and Paula Golden was installed as president.[8]

In September 2010, the foundation contributed $6 million to science fair organizer Society for Science & the Public to launch Broadcom MASTERS (Math, Applied Science, Technology and Engineering for Rising Stars), a national science fair program for middle school students in the United States.[1] Paula Golden, the foundation's executive director, was quoted in The New York Times describing the critical need for additional science fair and STEM education funding in the United States.[9] The MASTERS was unique in that it combined traditional science fairs with additional teamwork exercises for fair winners.[10]

In 2012, the foundation began funding graduate engineering fellowships at the University of California, Irvine's (UCI's) Henry Samueli School of Engineering.[11]

In 2016, the foundation established the Broadcom Fellows Student Research Workshop and Symposium, which provides fellowships at UCI and UCLA in the areas of computer technology and semiconductors.[12] In March, the foundation contributed to endow the Presidential Chair in electrical engineering and computer science at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering.[13]

Programs

The foundation contributes to a variety of programs to promote education in STEM fields. Programs include the Broadcom MASTERS middle school science fairs organized by Society for Science & the Public; the Broadcom Fellows Student Research Workshop and Symposium for students at UCI and UCLA; and Broadcom Presents: Design_CODE_Build, a program using the Raspberry Pi to teach middle school students to code, presented with the Mountain View, California-based Computer History Museum.[14][15][9][12] The foundation also funds a research fund at Tel Aviv University, and sponsors coding programs arranged by the Raspberry Pi Foundation.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Broadcom Foundation launches $6 million science contest". ocregister.com. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. ^ "Some of the world's leading young science minds tour UCI engineering school". ocregister.com. 2017-03-15. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  3. ^ "Intel to End Sponsorship of Science Talent Search". nytimes.com. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. ^ https://usnews.com/news/stem-solutions/articles/2018-01-24/digital-communications-leader-henry-samueli-connects-success-and-philanthropy. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Broadcom's Henry Samueli: Don't Get Into Tech For The Money—It's Way Too Hard". readwrite.com. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. ^ a b "Broadcom Creates $50M Foundation for Math, Science". ocbj.com. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2018-12-13.(subscription required)
  7. ^ "Broadcom Engineer, Helicopter Buff Visits Science Fair". ocbj.com. 2011-03-13. Retrieved 2018-12-14.(subscription required)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ a b "In Budget Crunch, Science Fairs Struggle to Survive". nytimes.com. 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  10. ^ "Bringing Individual Potential to a Team Opportunity". scientificamerican.com. 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-02-27.
  11. ^ "Broadcom Foundation Funds Graduate Engineering Fellowships at UC Irvine's The Henry Samueli School of Engineering". engineering.uci.edu. 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  12. ^ a b "Broadcom Fellows Come Together to Exchange Ideas". engineering.uci.edu. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  13. ^ "Endowed Presidential Chair Named for Former Dean, Dean's Wife". engineering.uci.edu. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  14. ^ "Why This Broadband Pioneer Wants Engineers to Run the World". pcmag.com. 2018-12-18. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  15. ^ "Design_Code_Build: Introducing Girls to the Past, Present and Future of Programming". edcrunch.org/. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  16. ^ "Broadcom Chairman's success recipe: Israeli start-ups and hockey". timesofisrael.com. 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  17. ^ "CHM Challenges Broadcom MASTERS Finalists with Raspberry Pi & Logic Gates". computerhistory.org. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
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