The mission of Science Corps is to build STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) capacity worldwide. To accomplish this mission, Science Corps places recent STEM PhD graduates to teach and develop science curriculum in regions that lack access to quality science education. As Science Corps fellows, they support innovative schools and projects by designing scientific curriculum, teaching, hosting workshops, and demonstrating experiments that provide students with hands-on STEM experience. Science Corps fellows leverage their expertise and passion to inspire and empower students to pursue degrees in STEM fields. 

The founders of Science Corps felt that the rigors of scientific training offered few opportunities for scientists to develop a global perspective. This is in contrast to the multiple avenues available for physicians to contribute abroad while still gaining career experience. One of the Science Corps co-founders, Ben Rubin, searched widely after completing his STEM PhD for an opportunity that would allow him to leverage his science background in an avenue outside of the traditional science path of PhD to postdoc.