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Educational outreach

Supporting school-age students, teachers, and PhD and postdoctoral women researchers, with an emphasis on STEM subjects

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The transformative power of education

At SLB, we recognize the transformative power of education in building connections with the communities where we operate. Our commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goal 4 drives our investments in quality education, particularly for women and young individuals from underprivileged backgrounds, emphasizing technology and STEM fields. Presently, our educational outreach focuses on three key programs: Faculty for the Future, SLB Excellence in Education Development (SEED), and HSE for Youth.

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HSE for Youth

SLB is committed to promoting HSE learning among children and passing on our HSE leadership and experience to the next generation of SLB families, customers, and communities. Since 2008, our employees have shared their expertise through our HSE for Youth programs, training sessions, and modules covering first aid, internet safety, injury prevention, climate change, water sanitation, road safety, personal security, and prevention of HIV/AIDS, malaria, and COVID-19. We aim to inform and empower young people to make responsible and safer decisions regarding HSE issues.

Faculty for the Future

Since the program's launch in 2004, 915 women from 93 countries have received Faculty for the Future fellowships to pursue PhD and postdoctoral STEM research programs at universities and research institutions worldwide. For the academic year 2024–2025, the Schlumberger Foundation renewed 86 fellowships and awarded 53 new ones.

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SEED SLB Excellence in Educational Development

The SEED Program

We are proud to continue the quarter-century legacy of our SLB Excellence in Education (SEED) program. Since 1998, the program has been instrumental in providing STEM learning opportunities and establishing STEM-rich learning environments for hundreds of thousands of young people and is currently active in 28 countries.

Our theory of change

This theory articulates how STEM activities are expected to ignite change in young people and their communities. It establishes goals for operationalizing SEED programs:

Learning by doing: Deliver active, inquiry-based learning, structured around local problems to enable social change through innovation and action.
Transformation: Use STEM activities to build the capacity of local educators, young people, and communities.
Involvement: Lead from below and rely on the passion and expertise of our employee volunteers to drive programs.
Relevance: Establish partnerships to provide insights into local needs, resources, and systems to further support efforts.

Creating In-Country Value

SLB teams are igniting a passion for learning around the globe

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Australia

Through a three-year partnership with The University of Western Australia, SLB and other industry partners, the Girls+ in Engineering program focused on achieving two critical goals: inspiring girls in schools to develop a curiosity and desire to pursue a STEM education and engaging female student ambassadors who are already studying STEM, providing them with industry experience and career opportunities.

Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

Through the She Is Astronaut program in collaboration with She Is Foundation and NASA Space Center Houston, twenty-four girls from underprivileged backgrounds in our areas of influence were carefully selected to participate in a four-month virtual program to enhance their STEM skills, followed by a visit to SLB facilities, a week at the NASA Space Center and a day at an SLB Technology Center in Houston. The girls will continue their journey by actively sharing their passion for STEM as SEED ambassadors in local schools, while also engaging with SLB mentors that will guide them on scholarship applications to foster their careers in STEM fields.

India

In collaboration with the Learning Links Foundation, our teams launched a certification program focused on deepening individual responsibility towards the environment, society, and the planet. This flagship initiative aims to raise environmental awareness, introduce green job opportunities, and engage students in practical projects and research. It emphasizes essential knowledge and skills required to address environmental challenges. Targeting youth, the program has benefited approximately 8,000 students.

Brazil

According to Brazil’s 2022 Census, only 50% of people with disabilities with a university degree are active in the labor market. Now in its second year, the “Including Talent, Reducing Inequality” project has provided STEM training and job skills development to 90 low-income individuals in Brazil.