In addition, a large group of expert volunteers from Amgen, the Amgen Scholars Program, and the Amgen Biotech Experience volunteered their expertise to Khan Academy. The online platform is free to all to use, and it provides those with little access to science education-whether due to income status or location-the ability to increase their knowledge on myriad subjects.Īmgen Foundation’s work with Khan Academy started with an initial one-year partnership, which funded the creation of over 450 new biology content items including videos, articles, and exercise questions fully aligned to education standards.

Technology has the power to exponentially increase the reach of the Amgen Foundation’s efforts-and ensure access to those who need it most. Khan Academy is a leading, innovative, and effective educational technology platform-with over 50 million registered users-with demonstrated power to shape and transform how we learn, including in science.

We also realize there is an opportunity to make science accessible to all students-and to increase scientific literacy around the globe-so in 2016 we entered into a partnership with Khan Academy to build a comprehensive online repository on core biology topics at the high school and introductory college level. We have a long-standing history of reaching students through hands-on science programs such as the Amgen Biotech Experience and the Amgen Scholars Program, which have reached more than 500,000 students worldwide. Over the past 25 years, the Amgen Foundation has worked to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, particularly biology education, around the world.

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