TXARM

Welcome to TxARM

This is the home of an Alliance of four Texas A&M System institutions, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University Kingsville, and Prairie View A&M University, that are working together to develop, implement, and study a model for advancing STEM doctoral candidates as they complete their doctorates, enter postdoctoral fellowships, and succeed in faculty positions. 

 

The Texas A&M System AGEP Alliance: A Model to Advance Historically Underrepresented Minorities in the STEM Professoriate

The Texas A&M System AGEP Alliance is a collaboration between four leading Texas Universities [Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Texas A&M University - Kingsville and Prairie View A&M University] to develop, implement, and study a model of STEM doctoral degree completion and the transition to successful postdoctoral fellowships and faculty careers for historically underrepresented minorities.

The participants of the Alliance include women and men who are either African American, Hispanic American or Native American and who are majoring in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Marine Biology, and Wildlife Science.
The model development, implementation, and testing, focuses on a unique set of interventions, including  (1) using individualized development plans for participants as they transition from dissertator to postdoctoral scholar to faculty; (2) providing participants with professional development opportunities related to communication, writing, networking and job preparation/transition; (3) supporting participants with mentors at the institutional and field-specific expert levels; and (4) offering participants opportunities to experience academic culture and activities at historically black colleges and universities. The integrated research will address the effects of stigmatization on male and female adults who are non-STEM and STEM African Americans and Hispanic Americans.

The TxARM AGEP Alliance is funded by a $2,816,700 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Funding Sources: NSF 1723255, 1723260, 1723165, and 1723253