Aspirnaut™: A student who aspires, seeks, and achieves.

A partnership between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and rural K-12 schools to help recruit and develop the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) workforce.

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America’s global pre-eminence in science and technology is at risk as our student performance in science and mathematics lags behind that of many countries. For the first time in generations, our children face poorer prospects than their parents and grandparents. In rural areas, school consolidation has created long, idle bus rides and a loss of community involvement in education which holds back high-ability students, a vital talent pool for mathematics, science and engineering. These many challenges place rural students at a greater academic disadvantage than their urban and suburban peers.

Founded at and supported by Vanderbilt University