You can now purchase a copy on Amazon. The book features PROMISE SSI programs from 2003-2013! Purchase here: http://www.amazon.com/Promise-AGEP-Professional-Development-Workshops/dp/1503321770/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428803526&sr=1-1
PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation is pleased to invite you to attend and participate in the 2015 University System of Maryland PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium and Professional Development Conference. This conference replaces the former PROMISE Research Symposium, and adds a professional development component that will prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for faculty positions in Science, […]
PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation is pleased to invite you to attend and participate in the 2014 University System of Maryland PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium and Professional Development Conference. This new conference revises the former PROMISE Research Symposium, and adds a professional development component that will prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for faculty positions in […]
Classes at universities in Maryland begin in a few days. Over the past few weeks, there have been questions concerning what can be done to adequately prepare for a new semester of graduate courses. Part of the answer is in the question itself: one must “prepare” for the new semester before classes begin. There are […]
The PROMISE Program receives a number of funding and fellowship opportunities to share with students. The information provided here is a partial list based on a funding workshop that was presented on UMBC’s campus through the Success Seminar series. Our PROMISE Career Partners website provides weekly updates for fellowships, internships, and positions. A search engine […]
We are pleased to announce that more than 25 of our PROMISE students and affiliates will be attending the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Compact for Faculty Diversity/Institute on Teaching and Mentoring: http://www.instituteonteachingandmentoring.org/Institute/index.html in Atlanta, GA, October 20-23, 2011. The SREB participants will be discussing some thoughts related to their experiences and plans in this thread.
Undergraduate and graduate students who participate in the following NSF programs are invited to submit abstracts for the 2012 Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM: ***Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP); ***Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST); ***Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP); ***Louis Stokes Alliances for […]
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Get the article from AAC&U Peer Review: https://www.aacu.org/peerreview/2014/spring/tull, in memory of 2004 PROMISE Peer Mentor Jessica Soto-Pérez (Chemical Engineering).
Fellowships & Grad School Funding! Saturday Seminar: Sept. 7, 2013 @ UMBC w/ Dr. Carter-Johnson & Dr. Ordóñez
25+ PROMISE students/affiliates attend SREB’s Conference in Atlanta
Annual PROMISE Summer Success Institute: August 17-18, 2012 @ UMBC & The Hotel at Arundel Preserve
When Faculty say “X” … Understanding Faculty Expectations, Unwritten Rules. Dinner Seminar, Fri. Oct. 10, 2014
How to fund your graduate education! Dr. Ordóñez Rozo and Dr. Carter-Johnson (PROMISE Alumni) present their award-winning seminar on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012
Students applying for the NSF GRFP – The Road to the Application @NSFGRFP
Join us for the SREB (@SREBDocSch) conference, Marriott Crystal Gateway, VA, Oct. 29 – Nov. 1 #ThinkBigDiversity
2017 SACNAS – Travel Scholarships for Engineers!
NASA Postdoctoral Program
Apply for Postdoctoral Training in Cancer Prevention at NCI by August 25, 2017
The $1,000,000 STEM Seminar: Applying for the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Summer Horizons 2017: June 30, 2017 @UMBC
15th PROMISE Summer Success Institute: Aug. 19, 2017 #ThinkBigDiversity
Dissertation House @ UMBC July 11-14, 2017
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The primary sponsor for PROMISE is the National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). Current projects are supported by: Collaborative Research: AGEP - T: PROMISE AGEP Maryland Transformation # 1309290, #1309264, and #1309256. Foundational projects were developed and implemented under HRD grant #0202169 - "AGEP: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate," HRD grant #0639698 - "PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP"; and HRD grant #1111217 - "PROMISE Pathways." Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
