Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
Program Overview (NSF 12-554)
Jessie DeAro, Ph.D.AGEP Program Officer National Science FoundationQuestions: [email protected]
Increase the numbers of URMs entering and completing STEM graduate education and postdoctoral training.◦ URMs are African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians,
Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders ◦ Male and female URMs, and URMs with disabilities, may require
different strategies
Despite increasing trends, URMs are still under represented in various STEM disciplines compared to the available pool of candidates.◦ Cannot just wait for representation to catch up◦ We know that there are organizational, societal, and cultural issues that
impact participation which can be mitigated
AGEP Program Goal
AGEP-Transformation◦ Alliance required◦ 42 month project (possibility of 12-60 more months)
◦ Up to $1.75 M depending on scope of project
AGEP-Knowledge Adoption and Translation◦ Up to 60 months◦ ~$200,000 to $350,000 per year depending on scope of project
AGEP-Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education
◦ Up to 36 months◦ Up to $525,000 total award
Proposals due October 30, 2012
AGEP Tracks
Goal: To develop, implement, and study innovative evidence-
based models and standards of STEM graduate education and postdoctoral training experiences designed to improve URM participation, preparation, and success in STEM graduate education and postdoctoral training.
Scope: One STEM discipline or multi-, cross-, or inter-disciplinary
areas Multiple disciplines (a subset or all STEM fields)
AGEP-Transformation
Alliances: Must be Strategic:◦ Leverage shared goals and resources◦ Create educational, training, and career opportunities and pathways
Partners may include:◦ Non-profit institutions of higher education◦ Industry◦ Non-profit organizations◦ Federal National laboratories ◦ Others◦ Note that AGEP grant funding is limited to the organizations that
are eligible for NSF support
AGEP-Transformation
Activities: Maximum flexibility to design activities, however:◦ Must be evidence-based activities ◦ Activities must be “alliance-based” activities that could not be
implemented without the proposed alliance ◦ Limit on direct student support (max up to 20%)
Expected to achieve significant long-term transformation within the STEM discipline(s) and the alliance partners.
Social science research component:◦ Issues related to URMs in graduate education and/or postdoctoral training
programs, and their interest in, preparation for, and success in academic STEM careers at all types of institutions
◦ A collaborator with social science expertise is expected (extra five pages to describe the social science research)
AGEP-Transformation
Goal: To support the dissemination to new stakeholders and/or the
adoption (or adaptation) of research findings and evidence-based strategies and practices to increase the participation and success of URMs in STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training
Scope: Projects are expected to broaden the adoption (or adaptation) of
demonstrated strategies and practices. The materials, tools, and practices must have been demonstrated
to be effective in improving outcomes of URMs in STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and/or their preparation for academic STEM careers.
AGEP-Knowledge Adoption and Translation
Goal: To advance understanding of the underlying issues affecting
the participation and success of URMs in STEM graduate education, postdoctoral training, and academic STEM careers at all types of institutions of higher education.
Scope: Studies of the behavioral, cognitive, affective,
learning, social factors, organizational, institutional, and/or systemic processes that may have an impact on URM participation and success
AGEP-Broadening Participation Research in STEM Education