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BHP Foundation for Impactful STEM Education and Future Skills Solutions

What enables successful adoption and scaling of STEM and future skills initiatives? HundrED and the BHP Foundation follow the journey of 11 funded organisations as they test and scale new ideas. By documenting the impact on the grassroots level, this project shares practical insights to strengthen equitable education globally.

In Partnership with BHP Foundation

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We hope these pilots will add evidence to help strengthen the sector and, where successful, will be de-risked and attractive for further funding.

Faith Rose

Program Director, Education, BHP Foundation

Project in Brief

How does a teacher in Peru integrate a STEM toolkit into daily classroom work? What does it actually take to make innovation sustainable and impactful for both educators and students?

This project follows 11 organisations across Australia, Canada, Chile, Argentina and Peru, all part of the BHP Foundation’s US$10 million Education Development Fund. Each is testing new ways to help young, underserved people aged 14–20 get access and succeed in STEM and future-focused skills.

By joining the pilot projects' implementation journeys for a minimum of six months, we aim to identify and share the enablers and barriers to successfully introducing, implementing and scaling equitable, high-quality educational solutions. Along the way, we’ll share stories, teacher perspectives, videos and insights that bring these bold pilot projects to life.

Dive deeper into each pilot's own page below and follow their journey!

Ongoing Pilots

Learn more about the progress of each 11 funded pilot on their implementation journey pages

ATSIMA: Culture Counts Pilot

ATSIMA is delivering an 18-month pilot of a culturally-grounded mathematics curriculum, in partnership with remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities and schools. Co-designed with these

Rideau Hall Foundation: Ingenious+ Northern Access Route

Rideau Hall Foundation is piloting its Ingenious+ programme in Northern Canada to expand opportunities for local youth to build confidence, skills and potential as innovators. Working with local partn

The King’s Trust Canada: Skills Academy

Skills Academy equips young people in Canada with the foundational employment skills needed to enter and thrive in today’s workforce. In this pilot, the existing programme is adapted for 16–20-year-ol

Fundación 99: Futuro Local

Led by Fundación 99, Futuro Local is an 18-month pilot working with rural technical and vocational students in northern and southern Chile. By combining future skills learning with stronger connectio

Visions of Science: Career-Connected STEM Curriculum Model

Visions of Science is building a career-connected STEM learning model for youth aged 14–18, with a focus on underrepresented and racialised communities living in low-income areas in the Greater Toront

Impact Teaching Group: Teach Well Masterclass

Impact Teaching Group's pilot combines free, high-quality mathematics and science curriculum resources, with Teach Well’s proven, subject-specific professional learning and implementation support. The

Latimpacto: STEM Fund

Led by Latimpacto, the STEM Fund brings together philanthropic partners to provide flexible funding, capacity building and network support to grassroots organisations delivering STEM education to unde

Fundación País Digital: Conecta Norte

Fundación País Digital is piloting a 15-month initiative for vulnerable youth in Chile’s Antofagasta region. Developed with mining industry partners, Conecta Norte combines intensive technical trainin

Fundación Chile: Tekna Pilot

Fundación Chile is piloting an 18-month initiative called Tekna across 50 technical and vocational schools in three regions across Chile. Developed with Finnish education institutions, the pilot will

Enseña Perú: Youth Academy

Enseña Perú is piloting its Youth Academy over 18 months in Tambogrande, supporting 80–100 students in one rural and one urban school. The pilot combines academic, socio-emotional, and vocational supp

TeachUNITED: Pilot in Peru

This now-completed pilot sought to strengthen STEM teaching in rural and underserved Peruvian schools. With BHP Foundation’s support, TeachUNITED combined virtual and in-person trainings for teachers

Funded Organisations

Learn more about each funded organisation on HundrED Innovation pages.

Artificial Intelligence Collaborative Learning

The STEM Fund strengthens institutional models and capacities of 10 organizations in Argentina implementing STEM methodologies for youth aged 14–20 in vulnerable contexts. It aims to improve STEM skil

After School Programs Educational Equity

Enseña Perú: Youth Academy

The Youth Academy offers an integrated support model during the final years of secondary school, combining academic, socio-emotional, and vocational support. The program helps students build the compe

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Poverty, exclusion, and gender inequity hold millions back from quality education. Effective teachers can help change that. TeachUNITED tackles the learning crisis by giving teachers the tools they ne

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Leaders who inspire the strengthening of STEM path

In Chile, limited pedagogical training for TVET teachers weakens the quality of hands-on Weak teacher training limits STEM futures. Our Chile–Finland innovation upgrades TVET teaching through hands-on

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