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Florida Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (FL-AGEP)
The Florida Alliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (FL-AGEP) is s a collaborative research model among the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, an urban public research university; Florida International University, an urban Hispanic-serving research university (HSI); and Bethune Cookman University, Florida A&M University, and Florida Memorial University, three Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The project’s overall goal is to develop, implement, study, evaluate, disseminate, and sustain a Florida AGEP Alliance centered on increasing the number and successful outcomes of women of color doctoral students, post-doctoral scholars, and early-career faculty in the state of Florida. The objectives of the FL-AGEP Alliance are:
Objective 1: Develop an alliance model that supports stage-appropriate transitions and advancement
of women of color in STEM as faculty.
Objective 2: Implement a programmatic model that includes: annual research bootcamps, online mentoring,
annual research symposia, and longitudinal faculty development opportunities across
alliance institutions.
Objective 3: Study and refine the model and its key design components for doctoral students, postdoctoral
scholars, and early-career faculty.
The FL-AGEP Alliance will also disseminate research and sustain a national model in
Florida which can be replicated in other areas to increase and enhance strategies
to recruit and retain minority women in STEM within the professoriate. Our partnership
combines efforts to provide a structured mentoring and professional development program
model that facilitates the transition and advancement of doctoral, post-doctoral,
and early-career faculty women of color in STEM.
FL-AGEP participants are advanced doctoral, post-doctoral, and early-career women
of color faculty, along with senior scholars (tenured faculty) who will learn new
strategies for advising and mentoring these individuals, constituting an overall impact
of 300 STEM-engaged individuals.
Research BootCamp
The FL-AGEP Alliance offers to eligible doctoral, post-doctoral, and early career faculty women of color in STEM the opportunity to participate in the FL-AGEP Research BootCamp. The five-day intensive virtual bootcamp is modeled after the . Participants experience one-on-one mentoring with a Senior Scholar and professional development activities.
Research Symposium
All eligible participants of the FL-AGEP Alliance Research BootCamps are invited to participate in the FL-AGEP Research Symposia. Take advantage of the opportunity to present your research, network, and seek opportunities for employment at the FL-AGEP Alliance institutions.
Visit to apply for the FL-AGEP Research BootCamp and Research Symposia.
Project Contacts
Dr. Sylvia Thomas, Interim Vice President for Research and Professor of Electrical Engineering, USF
FL-AGEP PI
Dr. Saundra Johnson Austin, USF Project Coordinator
FL-AGEP is funded by the National Science Foundation AGEP Awards under grants to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) HRD-2055302 with University of South Florida (USF) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT), Florida Memorial University (FMU) HRD-1916044, Bethune Cookman University (BCU) HRD-1916068, and Florida International University (FIU) HRD-1916094.
