About PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP

ABOUT AGEP

The National Science Foundation's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program is intended to increase significantly the number of domestic students receiving doctoral degrees in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with special emphasis on those population groups underrepresented in these fields (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders). In addition, AGEP is particularly interested in increasing the number of minorities who will enter the professoriate in these disciplines. Specific objectives of the AGEP program are (1) to develop and implement innovative models for recruiting, mentoring, and retaining minority students in STEM doctoral programs, and (2) to develop effective strategies for identifying and supporting underrepresented minorities who want to pursue academic careers.

ABOUT PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP

PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP is an alliance of the three public research universities in Maryland, led by UMBC, dedicated to the increasing the number and diversity of Ph.D. graduates in the sciences and engineering who go on to academic careers. AGEP is a program of the National Science Foundation.

Directions For Applying

Dear PROMISE,
 
Several of the partners listed on this website and on the PROMISE forum (http://www.umbc.edu/promise/forum/viewforum.php?f=2) have contacted us personally to invite you to apply for their positions.  Please be sure that you do the following:
  • Write your introductory email as if it is a cover letter. Please use a formal style.
  • Look at the program/university/company website in advance and be prepared to mention your areas of interest as it pertains to available openings, faculty research, or division initiatives, or group projects.
  • Attach the latest version of your full CV (not your resume).  Your CV should include your publications (published and in preparation), presentations, professional activities, and university mentoring and support programs (e.g. PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP).
  • If there is an online application, apply online in advance of writing the email so that the hiring manager can find you in the system.
Please "cc" me so that I can follow up if appropriate.
 
Best wishes with your job search!
 
Sincerely,
Renetta Tull