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About GEM Our Mission The GEM Fellowship Application Deadline Applicants for MS Fellowship Applicants for Ph.D. FellowshipGEM GRAD Lab Overview

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Rice University is looking for outstanding students to train to become the next generation of leaders. If you qualify, we will provide you with amazing educational and research opportunities and pay you for pursuing your doctorate.

Rice is consistently ranked among top universities; our graduate students work on cutting-edge research with outstanding professors, including Nobel Prize laureates.

Furthermore, Rice uniquely blends research excellence with entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation. We find real-world applications for our research — and have the right structure, such as a business incubator — to help our students develop innovative processes for industry, acquire patents, or establish their own start-ups.

Rice’s culture also encourages students to interact actively with other members of the University. In particular, our incredibly low student-to-faculty ratio (6:1) will enable you to have frequent and meaningful interactions with your research advisor, other professors, and fellow students.

After they graduate, our students go on to successful careers in all types of prestigious organizations: companies, universities, nonprofit agencies, and governmental organizations. For instance, some of our graduates are instrumental decision-makers at Google, Princeton University, the United Nations, and NASA.

Rice University • 6100 Main St. • Houston TX 77005 • USA www.rice.edu

Did you know you could pursue a doctorate in the United States —in one of the best universities in the world — and be paid for it?

Rice offers extremely attractive financial support to qualified doctoral students. You will receive full-tuition support (a value in excess of $35,000 per year) and a stipend of approximately $20,000 per year to cover your living expenses as well as a health insurance supplement. That means you can earn your Ph.D. and get paid for it.

Studying at Rice is a great way to launch your career:• Conduct research in an ideal setting.• Develop first-rate research and entrepreneurship skills.• Acquire a degree with high recognition in the U.S. and the rest of the world.• Have a truly well-rounded experience in the fourth-largest city in the U.S. that is also very culturally diverse.• Study alongside extremely talented students and develop a powerful professional network.• Join the university that was the birthplace and remains a key hub of nanotechnology, collaborates closely with NASA and the largest medical center in the world, and is a leading force in bioengineering.• Participate in mentoring and professional development opportunities tailored to ensure your success.

Transform your life today — become a Rice Ph.D. student.Don’t wait until graduation to apply to our graduate programs —in fact, you should contact us nine to 15 months before our standard August start date. Learn more by emailing Theresa Chatman at tlc@rice.edu or graduate@rice.edu.

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GEM GRAD Lab Welcome

Greetings,

Welcome to Rice University! We are pleased that you were able to join us for the GEM National Consortium’s Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) Lab. We are thrilled to be hosting this important event because we believe gatherings like this contribute to increase diversity and the educational advancement of all populations, including underrepresented groups. In order for our nation to remain competitive, especially in science, engineering, and technology, it is imperative that we provide the training needed to continue to be a world leader in these areas.

Since all of you are prospective Rice University students, I want tell you a little bit about the opportunities that our graduate programs offer. Rice is consistently ranked among top universities; our graduate students work on cutting-edge research with outstanding professors, including Nobel Prize laureates. Rice uniquely blends research excellence with not only excellent instruction, but also with opportunity for growth in entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation. Rice’s culture also encourages students to interact regularly with members of the university community. In particular, our unusually low student-to-faculty ratio (6:1) will enable you to have frequent and meaningful interactions with your research advisor, other professors, and fellow students.

After they graduate, our students go on to successful careers in all types of prestigious organizations: companies, universities, nonprofit agencies, and governmental organizations. For instance, some of our graduates are instrumental decision-makers at Google, Princeton University, the United Nations, and NASA.

Rice offers extremely attractive financial support to qualified doctoral students, who will receive full-tuition support (a value in excess of $35,000 per year) and a stipend of approximately $20,000 per year to cover living expenses as well as a health insurance supplement. That means you can earn your Ph.D. while receiving enough support to cover all your costs.

Studying at Rice is a great way to launch your career:• Conduct research in an ideal setting. • Develop first-rate research and entrepreneurship skills.• Acquire a degree with high recognition in the U.S. and the rest of the world.• Have a well-rounded experience in the fourth-largest city in the U.S. that is also culturally diverse.• Study alongside talented students and develop a powerful professional network.• Join the university that was the birthplace and remains a key hub of nanotechnology, collaborates closely with NASA

and with the largest medical center in the world, and is a leading force in bioengineering.• Participate in mentoring and professional development opportunities tailored to ensure your success.

The GRAD Lab also provides an opportunity for you to build community and collegiality with yow• peers at other institutions. HopefuUy the relationships you begin developing here will continue through completion of your undergraduate studies, then to graduate school and beyond. We encourage you to ask questions and take full advantage of the plethora ofinfom1ation you will receive to prepare for yow• professional careers.

Welcome, again to Rice University and to Houston. I wish you an enjoyable and meaningful experience that will help you throughout your educational career and beyond.

Best Wishes,David W. LeebronPresident

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An advanced degree in engineering or science can open doors to even more challenging and responsible careers—especially in the dynamic and sophisticated areas of high technology research. Every year a significant number of underrepresented minorities enter undergraduate engineering and science curricula; however, underrepresented minorities represent less than five percent of the recipients of advanced degrees in engineering or science.

It is GEM’s belief that if highly qualified minority students were exposed to the benefits of a career in research and technology innovation, via presentations from individuals from their communities who have received a graduate engineering or science degree and are currently successful in their careers, and were given resources on how to apply to graduate school, more students would apply and successfully matriculate in graduate engineering and science programs.

To address this issue, GEM has created a GRAD Lab, Getting Ready for Advanced Degree Lab, a comprehensive, hands-on symposium designed to excite and encourage promising under-graduate and community college engineering and science students to consider master and Ph.D. technical research programs.

The symposium will encourage their consideration of graduate engineering school by delivering vital information on the importance of research and innovation, life-long career benefits and real-world role-mode examples of success. The day-long event will help each student envision his or her future as a technology leader, successfully apply for a GEM fellowship, and gain entry to a graduate program. Industry and academic professionals will share their career, graduate school, and GEM experiences with these potential graduate students.

GEM GRAD Lab Overview

About GEMOUR MISSION

APPLICANTS FOR MS FELLOWSHIP

THE GEM FELLOWSHIP

APPLICATION DEADLINE

APPLICANTS FOR PH.D. FELLOWSHIP

Our model is strategic and proven. We provide graduate fellowships to highly qualified individuals from communities where such talent is largely untapped. Working in partnership with leading corporations, U.S. government laboratories and many of the nation’s top universities and research institutes, we provide GEM Fellows with the much-needed financial support that is often the deciding factor in pursuing graduate education, as well as practical experience through high-level, paid summer internships. GEM does more than provide financial support; however, we work to ensure student success in these competitive academic and professional environments with effective programs that increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of GEM Fellows. Close to 4,000 GEM Fellows have gone on to successful careers.

GEM offers three Fellowship Programs to GEM Member Universities. The total value of each Fellowship is between $20,000 and $100,000, depending on the candidate’s academic status at the time of application, paid summer employment, and graduate school costs.

consideration. All application materials are due by November 15. A candidate must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident at the time of application.

Applications for GEM Fellowships are available online at www.gemfellowship.org. Submit your application, resume and unofficial transcript by October 1 for early

> Must be a senior, Master’s Degree student of an accredited engineering or applied science program at the time of application.

> Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0

> Full Fellows must contractually agree to intern with a sponsoring GEM Employer the summer after selection.

> Must be a senior, Master’s Degree student of an accredited engineering or applied science program at the time of application.

> Must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0

> Full Fellows must contractually agree to intern with a sponsoring GEM Employer the summer after selection.

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GEM GRAD Lab Agenda

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 Location: Duncan Hall, McMurtry Auditorium

3:00 pm Registration / Snacks / Pre-Survey

4:00 pm Co-sponsoring Universities Information SessionRice University, Texas A&M University, Prairie View A&M University

5:00 pm Research Overviews

7:00 pm Dinner

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2014 Location: Duncan Hall, Room 1064

9:00 am Registration / Breakfast / Pre-Survey

10:00 am Welcome and IntroductionsRoland Smith, Ph.D., Associate Provost, Rice University

10:15 am Session 1: Why Graduate School?Howard G. Adams, Ph.D., GEM Program Consultant

11:15 am Break

11:30 am Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate SchoolRenetta G. Tull, Ph.D., Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs, UMBC, GEM Program Consultant

12:30 pm Lunch Break / Graduate Resource Fair

1:15 pm Session 3: How to Fund Graduate SchoolMarcus A. Huggans, Ph.D., Senior Director of External Affairs, The National GEM Consortium, GEM Alumni

2:15 pm Break

2:30 pm Session 4: Voices from the FieldModerator: Samuel Merriweather, Ph.D., Associate Director of the LSAMP, Texas A&M University CJ Barberan - Electrical and Computer Engineering Doctoral Student, Rice University, GEM FellowSydney M. Gibson - Bio Doctoral Student, Rice University, GEM FellowMatthew Minus - Chemistry Doctoral Student, Rice University

3:30 pm Closing Remarks / Post Survey

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This workshop will prove the fundamental belief of the 21st century and beyond: all STEM professionals should hold an advanced STEM degree. Particularly, the participants will gather information about career and financial implications of NOT obtaining a graduate degree. If you think all you need is a bachelors degree to be competitive in the global society or that you should work first then go back to graduate school, YOU CAN’T MISS THIS WORKSHOP! Come find out why graduate school is not an option but a necessity.

Learn the easy and efficient way to get into graduate school. There really is a process. You will find out the steps to compiling a competitive package that will give you a great advantage over the rest. This workshop should not be missed for those that want to get the highest probability to be accepted into the graduate school of their choice. Specifics will be given on how to write a statement of purpose, how to guarantee you receive strong recommendation letters, and specific tips on the application process.

“Show me the Money”…and then give it to me! During this workshop you will find how to identify and apply for funding whether you are in graduate school or just finishing your first semester as an undergraduate. This information will give you the insight on how much money is available, how to find it, how to apply for it, and how to secure it! Come find out why no one should pay for graduate school if they go about it correctly!

This is where it all comes together! Through the course of the day, you know why you need to go to graduate school. You have a better understanding of the gradu-ate programs and how to get into them. You have multiple opportunities now to make sure that you have adequate funding to finance your graduate education. Now, you have the benefit to hear from those that have done it or are currently doing it. At this workshop you will meet, see, and hear real life stories of how graduate school was/is/and will be. There will be leading faculty members, industry professionals and current graduate students on this panel. You should not miss this last workshop if you want to know the “real scoop” about graduate school!

GEM GRAD Lab WorkshopsSession 1: Why Graduate School?

Session 2: How to Apply to Graduate School

Session 3: How to Fund Graduate School

Session 4: Voices From the Field

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Dr. Smith is associate provost and adjunct professor of sociology at Rice University. He Oversees the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and chairs Rice Council on Diversity and Inclusion. He continues to teach ethnographic research methods and mentor students while serving on the Graduate Council and Institutional Review Board. He is the principal investigator/coordinator for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program at Rice. He came to Rice from the University of Notre Dame, where he served as executive assistant to the president, concurrent associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Center for Educational Opportunity. He also served as a research intern in the United States Senate.

Dr. Smith served as a member of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Congressional Commission and chair of the National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education. Giving back to his alma maters, he served on the Bowie State University Board of Visitors, the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Alumni Advisory Board, and the Board of Directors for the Harvard Alumni Association.

He served as the charter president of the American Association of Blacks in Higher Education and as a board member for the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education. In Houston, he is a past board chair of the LifeGift Organ Donation Center He is past board chair of the Education Foundation of Harris County and past board president of the Center for Health and Faith Initiatives located in the Texas Medical Center. He is a Life Member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Born in Washington, DC, he holds a BA degree in Anthropology and Sociology from Bowie State University and a MPA degree from Indiana University. He holds an Ed.D degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he was elected to the Harvard Educational Review and served as a teaching fellow.

Dr. Howard G. Adams is Founder and President of H.G. Adams & Associates, Inc.; a Norfolk, VA based company that provides consulting and training in the areas of mentoring, student development, and leadership.

Adams has written, lectured and consulted extensively on developing people in both academic and workplace settings. He is a sought after keynote speaker and seminar presenter, having spoken at over 600 colleges and universities and numerous national conferences and conducted training for a number of fortune 500 companies. He is the author or coauthored of fifteen self help guides and handbooks. In his 2002 book, Get Up With Something On Your Mind: Lessons for Navigating Life, Adams offers some essential for living a successful and productive life. In Family Wisdom, 2006, he traces his ancestral family roots from the 1700 to the present. His latest book, Career Management 101: A Primer for Career and Life Goal Planning, 2008, provides critical insight, skills, and tools for planning and managing one’s career and life.

In 1989 President Ronald Reagan named Adams to the US Congressional Task Force on Women, Minorities and the Handicapped in Science & Technology. In 1993, the Society of Engineering Education awarded him it “Centennial Medallion” for individuals who have had a lasting impact on engineering education. In 1996, Adams was named by President Clinton as one of the first recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Mentoring. He was named a “20th Century Outstanding Educator” by Black Issues in Higher Education in 1999; In 2002 the National Society of Black Engineers awarded Adams its Golden Torch Award “Lifetime Achievement in Academia.” In 2004 he was named both the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education’s ”2004 Distinguished Alumni” and the Norfolk State University School of Science and Technology’s Alumni Star.”

ROLAND SMITH, Ph.D.ASSOCIATE PROVOST, RICE UNIVERSITY

HOWARD G. ADAMS, Ph.D.H.G. ADAMS & ASSOCIATES, INC.GEM PROGRAM CONSULTANT

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Dr. Renetta Garrison Tull is Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC: An Honors University in Maryland), where she is the Co-PI and Founding Director for the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) for the 12 institutions in the University System of Maryland, and Co-PI LSAMP’s Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC. Dr. Tull has worked with thousands of students from Alaska to Puerto Rico, and in Latin America through graduate school preparation workshops that have been sponsored by The National GEM Consortium and partners (e.g., NSBE, AISES, SHPE), the National Science Foundation’s PROMISE AGEP, and UMBC. She has presented workshops on graduate school admissions, “The Success Equation,” STEM initiatives, and PhD Completion in Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Puerto Rico, and schools across the United States.

Tull earned the B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, the M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Speech Science from Northwestern University, and researched speech technology as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has co-authored several publications on achievement in STEM fields, and is a mentoring consultant for Purdue, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and MIT. She is a Tau Beta Pi “Eminent Engineer” and was a speaker for the 2013 U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference.

From 1978 to 1994 Adams served as Executive Director of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, Inc. (GEM). Prior to joining GEM, Adams served as Vice President for Student Affairs at Norfolk State University. Adams holds a B.Sc. from Norfolk State University, M.S. from Virginia State University Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

She co-leads the “ADVANCE Hispanic Women in STEM” project in Puerto Rico, the Latin and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions’ (LACCEI) “Women in STEM” forum, and the Foro Estudiantil (Student Forum) in Latin America. Dr. Tull led the National Science Foundation’s “International Engagement for Women of Color in STEM” delegation to Ecuador in 2014, and she leads the annual Graduate School Workshop at the Research Symposium for Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez (SUAGM) in Puerto Rico. Dr. Tull has been a consultant for the National GEM Consortium for several years, and she loves every minute of the GEM GRAD Labs!

RENETTA G. TULL, Ph.D.ASSOCIATE VICE PROVOST UNIVERSITY OF MARYLANDBALTIMORE COUNTYGEM PROGRAM CONSULTANT

GEM GRAD Lab Presenters

Matthew Minus is a NRSA fellow entering his fourth year in the Rice University’s Ph.D. chemistry program. His research interests include developing new chemicals and methods to meet the energy demands of the future as well as new therapeutic approaches to address our current drugging challenges. In 2009, He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Texas Southern University. After starting a family and teaching high school chemistry for two years, Matthew started graduate school at Rice in 2011. While at Rice, Matthew has been awarded the IRISE fellowship in 2011, the NRSA fellowship in 2013, and two departmental awards for teaching and leadership. His current research focuses on developing new inhibitors for STAT3, a protein which plays a critical role in the survival of many drug resistant cancers.

MATTHEW MINUSPhD STUDENTRICE UNIVERSITY

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Dr. Marcus A. Huggans, is the Senior Director, External Relations of The National GEM Consortium. Dr. Huggans primary responsibility is to recruit and conduct programming to encourage under-represented minority students to pursue their graduate degrees in STEM fields and to create and maintain meaningful partnerships to support GEM students to receive their graduate degree in science or engineering.

Prior to GEM, Dr. Huggans held a variety of job opportunities. He has worked for 3M Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Department of Justice-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Texas Instruments Inc (TI). Marcus joined TI full-time as a member of the Technical Sales Associate program. Dr. Huggans transitioned from Technical Sales to Strategic Marketing/New Product Development for the PanelBus Division. Finally at TI, he worked in an applications engineering role evaluating consumer electronics for US and international customers. Dr. Huggans ran his own real estate company while teaching Marketing, Management, and Mathematics at the University of Phoenix. Dr. Huggans also worked at the University of Missouri-Rolla as the Director of the Student Diversity and Academic Support Program.

Dr. Huggans received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering, an MS in Engineering Management and a Ph.D. in Engineering Management, from University of Missouri Rolla (now Missouri University of Science & Technology). He was one of the first African-American males to earn a Ph.D. in this discipline from the University. Marcus conducted his research as a GEM fellow through the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Inc, sponsored by Texas Instruments.

Dr. Huggans resides in Dallas, TX where he is married to his lovely wife Melanie, and he is a proud father of his daughter Hannah and son Ellis.

Dr. Samuel Merriweather is the Associate Director for the Texas A&M University System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (TAMUS LSAMP). Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), TAMUS LSAMP is part of a national initiative to increase the numbers of underrepresented minority (URM) students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, and increasing the number of students interested in, academically qualified for and matriculating into programs of graduate study. As Associate Director, Dr. Merriweather coordinates the undergraduate and graduate recruitment and retention strategies to increase URM STEM enrollment and degree production across the TAMUS LSAMP alliance institutions. He is committed to engineering education and mentoring.

Dr. Merriweather received his BS in industrial engineering in 2000 and a MS in industrial engineering in 2002 from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He received his PhD in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University in 2013.

MARCUS HUGGANS, Ph.DSENIOR DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONSTHE NATIONAL GEM CONSORTIUM

SAMUEL MERRIWEATHER, Ph.D.ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE LSAMP TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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CJ Barberan is an incoming GEM and NSF Fellow starting his first year in Rice’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. program. His research interests are in image processing and machine learning. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering and another BS in Applied Mathematics from New Mexico State University in 2013 and 2014 respectively. During the summer of 2014, he completed his GEM internship with MIT Lincoln Laboratory working on image processing algorithms on an embedded GPU board. During his undergrad, he was working under Dr. Laura Boucheron as an undergraduate research assistant. That research dealt with utilizing image processing and machine learning to predict solar flares from solar images.

Sydney M. Gibson is a current GEM Fellow and NSF Fellow entering her second year in Rice’s Bioengineering Ph.D. program. Working under Dr. Mary Dickinson, Sydney’s graduate research focuses on using three-dimensional biomaterial scaffolds to understand vascular remodeling. After obtaining her B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2013, she completed her GEM internship with Draper Laboratories in the development of a microfluidic device that mimics the alveolar function of the human lung. She is a member of the Rice Bioengineering Graduate Student Association leadership board, acting as last year’s Outreach Chair and this year’s Social Chair. She has also acted as a mentor for undergraduate students in NSBE, SWE, and the University of Pittsburgh’s EXCEL Diversity in Engineering Program.

Theresa Chatman oversees numerous activities at Rice University focused on the recruitment, mentoring, and retention of minority students in all fields of academic pursuits, including social sciences, humanities, and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She has also been instrumental in many national partnerships and events designed to support minority students. Her work has enabled and inspired hundreds of students to focus on their academic programs and achieve their personal and professional goals.

Through outreach programs that Theresa has helped orchestrate for several organizations and activities, such as the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM), Rice-Houston Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, the Center for Research on Parallel Computation, the Diversity Graduate Program in Science and Engineering, the Rice University Graduate Orientation Program, and others, Rice University has been recognized as having an outstanding percentage of minority Ph.D. graduates. After graduating from Rice, these students have gone on to make their own mark in their respective fields at universities, national laboratories, and in industry.

Theresa has served on several national committees to further the accomplishments of minorities, including the GEM Board of Directors, the Celebration of Diversity in Computing conferences, and the Houston Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. She has also helped lead efforts that secured national grants for overarching programs to support students and provide resources for institutions that are dedicated to student success.

For many successful minority students, Theresa was one of their strongest supporters and a safety net for their early academic experience. Her passion and compassion for the student experience is both well known and appreciated by her colleagues and the students whose lives she has touched.

CJ BARBERANPh.D. STUDENTRICE UNIVERSITYGEM FELLOW

SYDNEY M. GIBSONPh.D. STUDENTRICE UNIVERSITYGEM FELLOW

THERESA CHATMAN - FACILITATORDIRECTOR, GRADUATE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAMSRICE UNIVERSITY

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How to Apply for the GEM Fellowship (with tips)

Complete Part I of the Application

After registering, you will be directed to the application form.Answer the questions carefully and accurately and include your resume and unofficial transcript (for each University or college attended after high school). You will need to have your employment and educational history (and, if applicable, information on research experiences) handy to complete the questionnaire. If you cannot answer all the required questions, you can save your draft application and return to the application later to complete.

Complete Part II of the Application by November 15, 2014

Part II requires you to submit supplemental material:

Statement of Purpose—You must submit at least a one page statement of purpose that outlines your academic, research and/or career goals.For tips go to www.statementofpurpose.com.

Tip: Please focus your statement of purpose on your career/ research goals (i.e., do not focus on your deficiencies in your past, why you would make a great GEM Fellow, etc. focuson the future, how great you will be in your dream highly technical/research area of interest).

Letters of Recommendation—Request directly from 3 faculty members (preferred) or a high level technical manager (who holds a STEM graduate degree) if they are willing to complete an on-line form to strongly recommend you to receive the GEM Fellowship. We will not accept letters via email, fax, or via postal mail, all recommendations must be attached to your electronic eGEM application. At least two of your recommenders must submit their recommendations on-line by 11:59 PM Eastern on November 15th.

Register Online at GemFellowship.org

Go to www.gemfellowship.org. Click on the url in the large blue box in the right bar menu to Log In to eGEM. Register-ing with eGEM creates an account that allows you to work on your application securely, to save draft work, and return later to complete and submit online. After registering, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with information for later use.

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Tips:

1. TYPE IN EACH EMPLOYER you worked for in the on-line application. (Simply attaching a resume and not typing in each past Employer will decrease your chances of receiving the GEM Fellowship).

2. RESUMES: Make sure your resume has been reviewed by a professional, i.e., your campus intern placement staff, English professor, etc. Please make sure you include your GPA on your resume. Please also include key words that describe your skills, like specific computer programs, e.g, MATLAB, interest in a specific research field that may be a different name than your actual major, like “nuclear engineering”, and any skills acquired on past internships e.g., “supply chain”. A polished resume makes a huge difference in the GEM application.

3. GRE SCORES are not required however they are highly recommended. Applicants are however required to answer all of the questions we ask about the GRE, i.e., the date you plan to take it, if you do not plan to take the GRE, why not, etc. as prompted about the GRE. You can scan a copy of your GRE score report to your eGEM application (i.e., you do not have to pay for an additional report). If you choose to list GEM for an additional report our code is 1305.

4. LIST 3 GRADUATE SCHOOLS: Unless you are already in a STEM Ph.D. program (or in the first year of a STEM master’s program) at a GEM school, to submit a complete GEM application you are required to directly apply to at least 3 GEM Member Universities between Nov 15–Jan 15. For Part I, you just have to list the names of 3 schools you will most likely apply to after November 15th. Research the schools to make sure they have a program you are interested in!

Tips:

1. QUICK ON-LINE FORM: Let your recommenders know the on-line form takes five minutes to complete. A letter is not required, however they will have an option to cut and paste a letter as part of their electronic form submission.

2. FACULTY SUBMISSIONS SUGGESTED: Please make sure at least one recommendation form is from a faculty member.

3. STRONGLY RECOMMEND 3 SUBMISSIONS You are asked to submit 3 emails and phone numbers of recommenders. Your application will be complete if at least 2 recommenders submit. However your application is automatically scored higher if you have 3 recommendations on file.

The strict deadline to submit a complete on-line GEM application is 11:59 PM Eastern on November 15th

The deadline to submit your complete GEM application is November 15th. The deadline to submit your STEM graduate application directly to 3 GEM member schools is January 15th.

5. DRAFT: You can save your application as a draft up until question 10 (Part I). Do not go past Part I of the application until you feel your answers are final. To have your application viewed by GEM Employers in our first review round, you must submit Part I by October 1st.

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