Programs

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Scholars Programs

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation scholars began attending the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring in 1998. Their first cohort was 22 students, and participation has grown to approximately 2400. 

Through the funding of University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring, the Foundation partners with select universities with proven track records of successfully recruiting and graduating underrepresented Ph.D. candidates in STEM fields. Funds provide scholarships to underrepresented students and support for recruitment and retention activities. Over 2,000 doctoral students have received support through the Program since 1995.

Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program (McNair)

The McNair Program seeks to increase the attainment of Ph.D. degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society. Through a grant competition, funds are awarded to institutions of higher education to prepare eligible participants for doctoral studies through involvement in research and other scholarly activities. McNair scholars are given opportunities for research, summer internships, seminars, tutoring, academic counseling, and other activities that are meant to solidify their path to graduate school. McNair began attending the Institute in 2000, and over 1,700 scholars have attended the Institute.

Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)

The goal of Old Dominion University’s U-RISE program is to provide a solid foundation for students underrepresented in the biomedical sciences, who have made a firm commitment to entering doctoral training in a biomedical research-relevant program. The U-RISE program was formerly the MARC program, where its trainees began attending the Institute in 2018.

SREB State Doctoral Scholars Program (SREB) 

The Southern Regional Education Board developed the Doctoral Scholars Program in 1993 to address the shortage of historically underrepresented Ph.D. students in faculty positions. The Doctoral Scholars Program provides multiple layers of support including financial assistance, academic/research funding, career counseling and job postings, scholar counseling and advocacy, a scholar directory for networking and recruiting, invitation to the annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, and continued early career support. SREB has supported all of their scholars to attend the Institute at some point in their doctoral career. Over 5,800 scholars have attended the Institute at least once in their doctoral career. 

Partners

NCFDD

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent center dedicated to helping faculty, graduate students, and post-docs, particularly underrepresented groups, make a successful transition from graduate student to professor. The NCFDD works with colleges, universities, organizations, and individuals to ensure faculty success and offers programs and services to help new faculty to increase writing productivity, maintain work-family balance, create broad networks of collegial support on their campus. NCFDD offers online and on-site training workshops, leadership devevlopment programs, individual coaching, and institutional counseling.

Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)

HERC is a non-profit consortium of colleges, universities, hospitals, research labs, government agencies, and related non- and for-profit organizations, committed to diversifying the pipeline of faculty, staff, and executives in academia. HERC supports its member institutions in recruiting and retaining outstanding and diverse employees.

The partnership encourages you to utilize its excellent, free resources for your academic job search process: access to more than 50,000 higher education job opportunities, webinars, a jobseeker blog, and many more helpful tools.