Diversity & Outreach

NSF AGEP

The UCSB Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate is a graduate education program that is funded jointly by the National Science Foundation and the University of California, Santa Barbara, in order to increase the number of minority students earning doctoral degrees.

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WELCOME!

We invite you to browse our pages and learn more about our efforts to support graduate diversity at UCSB. You will also find links to resources, people, and programs. If you can't find the information you are looking for, please email us or call. You'll find our contact information below. We look forward to hearing from you!

ABOUT AGEP
The NSF AGEP program at UC Santa Barbara is administered by the UCSB Graduate Division and the Colleges of Science and Engineering, who work in concert to support successful graduate admissions, and to facilitate networking and mentorship relationships within departments and disciplines. UCSB NSF AGEP is a member in an alliance among the ten campuses of the University of California and the NSF. The goal of this partnership is to increase the number of underrepresented minority students who acquire doctoral degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and ultimately enter the professoriate.

Though the UCSB Graduate Division Office of Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention works to support diversity of all kinds (including race, class, gender, and physical ability), NSF AGEP particularly focuses on supporting groups that have been historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans and Native Pacific Islanders.

AGEP Activities:

The Graduate Research Internship Program (GRIP), an eight-week, faculty-mentored research program for students in master's programs and advanced doctoral students seeking postdoctoral opportunities.
Partnerships with California State Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Professional development seminars, interdisciplinary opportunities, and support for student-initiated community-building efforts.
Full-time Diversity Coordinators who work closely with the divisional deans, faculty, administrators and students on recruitment, admissions, advising, retention and advocacy.
Graduate diversity peer advocates who assist in maintaining an environment that fosters graduate student diversity.

Contact Information
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	Monique Limón, Director, UCSB AGEP and Director of UCSB Graduate Division Office of Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention 805-893-4656
	Linda Murray, Graduate Diversity Coordinator 805-893-8994
	Zia Isola, AGEP Diversity Coordinator for the College of Mathematical, Life, and Physical Sciences 805-893-4820
	Tony Jimenez, AGEP Diversity Coordinator for the College of Engineering 805-893-4838
	Jennifer Stewart, Program Assistant 805-893-899