Summer Research Program:
In conjunction with Rice University, UH-AGEP sponsors a spring research program where we seek to provide community, training, inspiration, and research opportunities for the students. For these ten weeks, we provide funding so that undergraduates and graduates can work on research projects with the goal eventually presenting their results at a national conference or in a refereed journal. All the students present their work at our closing banquet at the end of the spring. We provide mentoring relationships for the students and also have community building events such as field trips and socials and mandatory Friday meetings which include seminars by prominent scientists and engineers and workshops on professional development.
The Summer 2009 program will run June 5 - August 7, 2009. Applications are
due Thursday, April 2, 2009. We anticipate having 30 undergraduates and 15
UH graduate students in our program. Only US Citizens and Permanent
residents are eligible. We especially encourage underclassmen who have to
not participated in research before to apply.
All research must be conducted under the supervision of a UH-affiliated faculty advisor. The anticipated stipend will be $4000 for undergraduates and $5250 for graduate students. Undergraduates will be expected to work full-time with no other outside employment commitments or classes. Current graduate students will be paid as a half-time GA and must register and apply for a GATF for a full summer load of classes.
Academic Year Graduate Student Program:
UH-AGEP is committed to helping the graduate student participants all year
long. Our program provides one-on-one mentoring, professional and academic
development workshops, and incentives for completing publishing goals. Our
aim is to prepare you as best as we can for a career in academia.
Please click here to download current program definitions and benefits
Travel Grant Program:
In our efforts to expose our participants to research, we encourage students to attend national and international conferences and meetings through travel grants. Priority for these grants go to current AGEP students and alumni who are presenting papers. We encourage other students who are presenting papers in the sciences and engineering to apply.
Dean’s Lecture Series:
Together with the Houston-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), we sponsor the Dean’s Lecture Series to expose the UH science and engineering community to cutting-edge research. In addition to attending lectures by these nationally renown scholars, our students will have the opportunity to interact with these scientists and engineers in a more informal setting.
Upcoming Speakers:
Next Step Workshops:
Each fall we plan to hold a day of workshops to help our students get to the “next step” in their academic careers. Undergraduate workshops will focus on applying to graduate school and include topics such as funding, finding recommendations, and choosing an advisor. Graduate workshops will focus on pursuing tenure-track faculty positions and include topics such as choosing a post-doc, grant writing, and developing a teaching philosophy and portfolio.
Other Recruitment and Retention Activities:
UH-AGEP also endeavors to increase the minority graduate population at UH and to build a community and support structure for these scholars. Recruiting activities include attending recruitment fairs with current graduate students, inviting undergraduate advisors to visit UH, and hosting a visitation program for admitted students. Retention activities include general advising, sending AGEP students to workshops and conferences focused on professional development, and hosting mock proposal and thesis defenses. |
