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Innovation - joining invention and insight to produce important, new value - is at the heart of what we are as a company. And, today, IBM is leading a revolution in corporate citizenship by contributing innovative solutions and strategies that will help transform and empower our global communities.
Our diverse and sustained programs support education, workforce development, arts and culture, and communities in need through targeted grants of technology and project funds. To learn more about our work in the context of IBM's broader corporate responsibility efforts, please visit Innovations in Corporate Responsibility.
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Improving public schools around the world continues to be IBM's top social priority. Our efforts are focused on preparing the next generation of leaders and workers, as we also support community priorities and concerns. Through Reinventing Education and other strategic efforts, we're solving education's toughest problems with solutions that draw on advanced information technologies and the best minds IBM can apply. Our programs are paving the way for reforms in school systems around the world.
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Small businesses in developing countries to benefit from IFC and IBM Business Management Technology
IBM and the International Finance Corporation announced a major initiative to design and build a new business management platform for small businesses in the developing world, as well as for women- and minority-owned businesses in the United States.
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'Help Defeat Cancer' Project Launched on World Community Grid
IBM is working with researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey to launch Help Defeat Cancer, a project that will unleash the power of supercomputer technology in the battle against cancer.
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IBM announces "The Forbidden City"
IBM, in partnership with The Palace Museum, has announced "The Forbidden City: Beyond Space and Time," a new cultural heritage initiative that will present the history and splendor of China's Forbidden City to a global audience.
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IBM and CSTA encourage high school students to learn computer science
IBM and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) today announced the introduction of new, free high school learning resources designed to cultivate student interest and build skills in computer science and information technology.
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IBM enhances its Matching Grants Program by offering solutions and services
The IBM Matching Grants Program has been enhanced to offer participating universities a selected set of solutions and services, in addition to hardware and software products.
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IBM, XJTU, and the Peoples Republic of China Ministry of Education open an Open Source research center focused on K12 education
The XJTU-IBM Linux Network Computer Joint Research Center will research and develop a low-cost national networked classroom teaching system to support education reform in the rural and remote regions of China.
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IBM and Brandenburg aim to transform the German education system
On December 12, 2005, IBM and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports in Brandenburg, Germany announced a new Reinventing Education grant focused on raising standards of student achievement in Brandenburg schools and helping make the system more effective.
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IBM launches "Transition to Teaching" program
IBM announced that it will help address the critical shortage of math and science teachers by leveraging the brains and backgrounds of some of its most experienced employees, enabling them to become fully accredited teachers in their local communities upon electing to leave the company.
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