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Tips on using the pathwaystoscience.org website to search for programs.
Use this form to sign up to receive internship, fellowship, and scholarship information.
General tips to assist you in your program and funding applications.
Targeted toward undergraduate students, this handout provides detailed suggestions on strengthening your essays.
The what, why, and how, of getting strong letters of recommendation.
Tips on fellowship applications
By Diana Lizarraga, an essay describing the benefits a summer research experience can have on a student's career trajectory.
The what, why, and how - including a timeline for applying.
Suggestions and examples to assist students in discussing their summer research aspirations with their family.
Suggestions for identifying an appropriate department and advisor, as well as finding funding.
A thorough guide to the graduate school process including a detailed timeline that you can follow as you apply.
Details the major differences between the graduate and undergraduate experience.
A checklist of questions students can ask as they investigate graduate programs.
What are they good for? How does it all work? Finding and applying to positions.
A check list of questions to use when evaluating a potential postdoctoral position.
Why, what and how to negotiate the terms of a post doc position offer.
Two Views from the Field
17 positive factors that the research says enable students to succeed and persist in STEM fields
This handout presents a brief summary of how-to's and what-not-to-do's.
Tips and resources for building diversity awareness in an academic environment.
A checklist of action items to build your broadening participation strategy.
How to use conferences for recruitment and networking.
A 9-step checklist towards implementing a comprehensive recruitment strategy.
Adopt and adapt this word .doc Recruitment Plan for your program.
Adopt and adapt this word .doc Retention Plan for your program.
A map showing the geographic locations of the historically black colleges and universities
A map showing the geographic locations of Tribal colleges and universities
IBP's mission is to increase diversity in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce. This brief online prezi illustrates how IBP makes STEM opportunities more accessible to underrepresented students and faculty, as well as the
A resource for faculty, administrators and program directors in STEM education offering an introduction to diversity concepts, why diversity matters & how to broaden participation and increase diversity. Produced by IBP.
This poster covers the basics What is underrepresentation? Who is considered underrepresented in general and in the Ocean Sciences specifically? What is broadening participation, why does it matter, and how do you do it?
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