Texas A&M University for Graduate Education and the Professoriate - TAMUGEP
About
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TAMUGEP, similarly to TAMUS- E&S AGEP, provides activities and financial support to facilitate graduate student participation in scholarly and professional skill development activities, development of community and co-mentoring networks, participation in research conferences, securing of multi-institutional research mini-grants, and participation and performance-based retention bonuses.
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TAMUGEP is funded by OGAPS
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TAMUS - E&S AGEP is funded by NSF
Benefits
- Membership in the TAMUGEP community-building and co-mentoring social network
- Access to Fellowship and Research Funding Application Lab and Peer Writing Group (to improve writing of proposals, dissertations, scholarly publications, and communication with the public at large)
- Access to apply for annual, participation- and performance-based retention bonuses ($1000 - $5000), provision of competitive, research mini-grants
- Access to apply for travel awards to participate in networking, research, and professional development conferences/workshops
- Engagement in “practice-facilitated” teaching opportunities
- Facilitation of student placement into internships, postdoctoral positions, or faculty positions
Eligibility
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Research interest in topics related to STEM field
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Potential interest in pursuing a career in academia
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New Master’s level students (first year Master students) and Doctoral Students
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Satisfactory academic standing
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Students who do not qualify for AGEP and are permanent residents
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Underrepresented ethnicity status defined as:
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Hispanic or Latino. A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
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American Indian or Alaska Native. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.
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Black or African American. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
Activities
Join TAMUGEP
Click here to fill out the TAMUGEP Statement of Interest form.
For questions, please contact Isah Veronica D. Juranek (Program Coordinator) at ijuranek@tamu.edu.