Michigan Technological University

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Grants and Programs

ADVANCE (NSF)

ADVANCE goals are to increase the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers, contributing to the development of a diverse science and engineering workforce.

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ARCUS Foundation

The ARCUS Foundation grant is designated to support salary, programming and professional development, and travel for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, & Transgender Office and the Coordinator at Michigan Tech.

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ExSEL—Excelling the Student Experience of Learning

ExSel was created to support student success and retention, and is now part of the Center for Orientation, Mentoring, Parents, and Academic Student Success (COMPASS).

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GEM—The National GEM Consortium

The National GEM Consortium is addressing the critical shortfall in the production of American engineering and scientific talent. Our model is strategic and proven with more than three decades of results. As a nonprofit corporation, our core business is providing graduate fellowships in engineering and science to highly qualified individuals from communities where human capital is virtually untapped.

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The King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program 

The purpose of the King-Chávez-Parks Future Faculty Fellowship Program is to increase the pool of traditionally underrepresented candidates pursuing faculty teaching careers in postsecondary education. Preference may not be given to applicants on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, gender, or national origin. Institutions should encourage applications from minorities, women, people with disabilities, and individuals from cultural, linguistic, geographic, and socio-economic backgrounds who would otherwise not adequately be represented in the graduate student and faculty populations

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MiCUP Michigan College/University Partnership Program

Michigan Tech’s MiCUP Program, partially funded through the State of Michigan, increases the number of admitted underrepresented, academically or economically disadvantaged students who transfer from community colleges to baccalaureate degree programs at four-year institutions.

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MSGC—Michigan Space Grant Consortium (NASA)

Michigan Tech is an active member of MSGC.  Through annual competitions, we offer opportunities to apply for undergraduate and graduate research fellowships to support work in aerospace, space science, mathematics and other science or engineering related fields, as well as grants for students working on educational research topics in mathematics, science, or technology.  MSGC also supports seed, pre-college and outreach programs, and teacher professional development grants.

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NOYCE—Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (NSF)

Michigan Tech and its secondary school partners have established a five-year Teacher Scholarship Program. NOYCE will support 36 STEM students and professionals to become certified mathematics or science teachers. STEM undergraduate and graduate students and STEM professionals are encouraged to review the application materials at the NOYCE website.

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RET Research Experience for Teachers: Wood-to-Wheels, Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies (NSF)

The goal of RET is to provide in-depth, multidisciplinary research experiences and concurrent curriculum development activities for 29 high school teachers over a three-year period in a “Wood-to-Wheels” (W2W) forest-based biofuels transportation enterprise. Teachers are encouraged to view the application materials at the RET website.

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SSEED Sustained Support to Ensure Engineering Degrees (NSF)

Michigan Tech’s S-SEED Scholarship Program for undergraduate and graduate students targets academically talented students who have financial need with the intent of ensuring that they graduate and enter the workforce following completion of a baccalaureate or graduate-level degree in the science and engineering disciplines.

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 VWMLS—Visiting Women and Minority Lecturer/Scholar Series

University departments are invited to apply for financial support to bring women, minority or other role models who are historically underrepresented in their field of expertise to Michigan Tech’s campus.

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Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer.

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