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Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Summer Program

The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Summer Program (AGEP) prepares students to pursue graduate education in engineering and in the mathematical, physical, and life sciences. The eight-week program offers early research experience by matching students with University of Iowa faculty mentors in the students' interest areas. It also gives participants the opportunity to experience life as a graduate student at a large university.

Students are required to participate in weekly seminars and in social, cultural, and educational activities. They also tour facilities both on and off campus. A final report/project is required. The program ends with a research symposium at which students make oral and poster presentations of their research.

Students accepted to AGEP receive a $2,500 stipend, on-campus room and board, and round-trip airfare to Iowa.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and members of an underrepresented minority (African American, Hispanic, or American Indian). They must be undergraduate students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. To enter the program, applicants must have completed their sophomore year in college and have a cumulative g.p.a. of at least 3.00. Graduating seniors are not eligible.

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