The Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP) at UMass Amherst sponsors a number of activities to address the shortage of U.S. students, particularly underrepresented minority students, who receive Ph.D.s in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and become professors. NEAGEP works closely with Partner and other institutions to encourage and prepare students for graduate work. Students accepted into STEM programs at UMass Amherst are offered financial support and supportive mentoring to ensure that their graduate school experiences are rewarding. Students in this program are encouraged to consider entering the professoriate once they have received their Ph.D.
To achieve our goal of increasing diversity in STEM disciplines, NEAGEP at UMass Amherst provides the following resources to students and faculty members:
Recruiting and Capacity Building
- A fully staffed NEAGEP recruitment and retention unit within the Graduate School
- Funds for UMass Amherst faculty and graduate students to recruit at other institutions
- Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR)
- Post-baccalaureate one-year NEAGEP Internships
- Partner Institution Summer Residencies at UMass Amherst
Graduate Student Support
- Stipend and fellowship support through the entire graduate career
- Monthly formal and informal mentoring activities
- Funds for student travel to professional meetings
- NEA Science Day, a meeting for minority graduate students and their mentors from all Alliance Institutions
- Inter-institutional professional development programs within NEAGEP
Graduate Program Support
- Funds to bring in prospective minority students for interviews
- Funds to host minority seminar speakers
- Support for discipline-specific UMass Amherst Recruiting Weekends
NEAGEP Internship Progran
- NEAGEP Internship Program available now at UMass Amherst.
