Science Bound is Iowa State University's premier pre-college through college program to empower Iowa students of color to pursue degrees and careers in agriculture, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (ASTEM) fields, and education. We engage middle and high school students from Des Moines, Denison, Marshalltown, and Osceola (Clarke County), Iowa. Students begin the nine-year program during the summer before eighth grade and continue through to college graduation.