Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
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"Coalitions of colleges and universities working collaboratively, rather than competitively,
to broaden participation in the development of the next generation of Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics leadership."
-Roosevelt Johnson,
NSF AGEP Program Director
What is AGEP?
Funded by the National Science Foundation, the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) seeks to join together universities and community college in the common mission of increasing the number of underrepresented minority students earning the Ph.D. and positioning them to become leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Each AGEP alliance employs creative administrative strategies, develops infrastructure, and engages in substantive partnerships with nondoctoral-granting institutions (many minority-serving institutions) to enhance recruitment, retention, and advancement.
AGEP Fellowships are available to students pursuing their Ph.D.
Who is eligible to apply for a AGEP Fellowship?
Any U.S. citizen or permanent resident who has a sincere interest in these issues and is admitted to a doctoral program in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at a participating AGEP alliance doctoral-granting institution.
AGEP Successes:
"Prior to AGEP, the four participating Mississippi institutions produced 13 minority PhDs in STEM fields in a five year period. After four and a half years of the AGEP program, the same institutions produced 41 minority PhDs in these fields, thus tripling degree production."
"Prior to AGEP, the City University of New York graduate program awarded only 7% of its STEM graduate degrees to minority citizens/permanent residents. For the initial five-year period of the grant, 21% of the graduate degrees went to minority students."
"Since 1997, the AGEP program at the University of Michigan has seen an increase in underrepresented minority graduate student enrollment of 56% in the Natural Sciences and 66% in Engineering, compared to a 26% overall enrollment increase."
Contact:
National Science Foundation
Roosevelt Johnson
Program Director
Directorate for Education & Human Resources
Division of Human Resource Development
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, 815 N
Arlington, Virginia 22230
703-292-4669
703-292-9018 (fax)
ryjohnson@nsf.gov