NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship The NASA Postdoctoral Program offers U.S. and international scientists the opportunity to advance their research while contributing to NASA’s scientific goals. The NPP supports fundamental science; explores the undiscovered; promotes intellectual growth; and encourages scientific connections. Selected by a competitive peer-review process, NPP Fellows complete one- to three-year Fellowship appointments that advance […]

Drs. Cynthia Leifer and Hector Aguilar-Carreno in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University have been awarded an NIH NIAID Research Education Program grant entitled “Cornell Program to Increase Faculty Diversity and Promote Research Excellence”.   Several departments within Cornell University have successfully employed targeted pre-interviews on an ad […]

Last update: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 @ 6:30 pm This page is currently under construction. Please read some of the history of our SSI Conference, and the tentative agenda.   In 2003, “SUCCESS 2003” (later named the PROMISE Summer Success Institute or “SSI”) brought together graduate students in STEM from underrepresented groups in Maryland for […]

The following information was mirrored on March 05, 2019 from the symposium website. For more up to date information, please visit the UMES 2019 Symposium page. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE    Welcomes you to its  5th GRADUATE EDUCATION WEEK April 15, 2019 to April 19, 2019 hosting the 10th ANNUAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM 2019  April 16, 2019 […]

The Ecological Society of America is seeking your help to reach your graduate students particularly from underrepresented minority groups for a brief survey. Kindly forward the following information to them.   The Ecological Society of America’s SEEDS – Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability – program is planning to develop workshops for graduate students, […]

About NREL At NREL, we focus on creative answers to today’s energy challenges. From breakthroughs in fundamental science to new clean technologies to integrated energy systems that power our lives, NREL researchers are transforming the way the nation and the world use energy. More on their link: https://www.nrel.gov   “Join us in building a clean […]

  “Students Maya Hanna, MPH, and Juan-David Rueda, MD, received the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research’s (PHSR) Student Travel Scholarship to present their research at the 2018 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research meeting in Europe. Other PHSR awards to graduate students included the Harris Zuckerman Scholarship to Yoon Hong, PharmD, the Donald […]

The UMB Graduate School, Writing Center, and PROMISE Program Dissertation Boot Camp are returning to UMB the Dissertation House on January 15-17, 2019.  If you haven’t heard about this dynamic program or if you would like to learn more about how it works, visit this direct link to the following 2016 CBE Life Science Education […]

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!   Stoop Stories: Telling Your Research Story A Saturday Workshop Presented by Laura Wexler of The Stoop Storytelling Series Photo collage developed from individual images that are the property of the Stoop Stories Series website. When: Saturday, January 26, 2019 Time: 09:00 AM – 02:00 PM Location: […]

2019 USM PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium & Professional Development Conference Location: University of Maryland College Park Adele H. Stamp Student Union – Center for Campus Life 3972 Campus Dr Colony Ballroom College Park, MD 20742 Time: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Attire: Business Casual Transportation: There will be free transportation from UMBC and UMB campus to UMD. Please […]