Ford Motor Company and The Ford Fund

Ford Motor Company and The Ford Motor Company Fund have supported the SAE Foundation since 1987. A longtime sponsor of the SAE Foundation Annual Celebration, Ford also supports A World In Motion^® (AWIM), the Collegiate Design Series^TM (CDS) and the SAE / Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies Scholarship for Ford Next Generation Learning high school students.

Ford has supported AWIM in Ford Next Generation Learning communities, helping to build a pipeline for middle school students who are on a path to attend a Ford Next Generation Learning high school. Ford also supports AWIM in Detroit Public Schools and has provided funding for AWIM LearnTwice, an initiative that places CDS students as volunteers in AWIM classrooms.

Ford has also supported the creation of Computerized Driver – an AWIM challenge focused on autonomous vehicles.