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AGEP - Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate


map of recently funded AGEPs AGEP alliances consist of institutions dedicated to supporting underrepresented minority students, women, and students with disabilities to complete advanced degrees in the STEM fields. Alliances provide a variety of support programs including research support, professional development and mentoring, as well as cultural and social activities.

The National Science Foundation's AGEP program is committed to the national goal of increasing the numbers of underrepresented minorities (URMs), including those with disabilities, entering and completing STEM graduate education and postdoctoral training to levels representative of the available pool. Increased URM participation in advanced STEM education and training is critical for supporting the development of a diverse professional STEM workforce especially a diverse STEM faculty who serve as the intellectual, professional, personal, and organizational role models that shape the expectations of future scientists and engineers. To achieve this long term goal, the AGEP program supports the development, implementation, study, and dissemination of innovative models and standards of graduate education and postdoctoral training that are designed to improve URM participation, preparation, and success.

Read more about NSF's AGEP program or view the most recent NSF AGEP solicitation

View AGEP-Transformation Projects

View Broadening Participation Research (BPR) Projects


Projects Recently Funded through NSF AGEP

The underrepresentation of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduate programs is well known an . . . read more.

Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
Purdue University
Indiana University, Bloomington
Michigan State University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin, Madison
an IBP member program


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