Spring 2017 University System of Maryland PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium & Professional Development Conference: Fri. Feb. 17, 2017

PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professionate (AGEP) is a National Science Foundation alliance of the 12 institutions within the University System of Maryland, dedicated to the increasing the number and diversity of Ph.D. graduates in the sciences and engineering who go on to academic careers. AGEP is a program of the National Science Foundation, and PROMISE is one of several AGEPs with the United States.Broadly, students can participate in PROMISE regardless of their status (full-time, part-time), ethnicity, discipline, or source of funding.Narrowly, students who are underrepresented will be strongly supported as they utilize the services and resources of PROMISE;these students can be encouraged to consider PROMISE to be one of their major mechanisms of support.PROMISE has activities for undergraduate students, with a focus on cultivating graduate students, supporting postdoctoral fellows, and faciltating future faculty diversity in STEM.http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/USM InstitutionsVisit one of USM's 12 Institutions:Bowie State UniversityCoppin State UniversityFrostburg State UniversitySalisbury UniversityTowson UniversityUniversity of BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland, BaltimoreUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore CountyUniversity of Maryland, College ParkUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreUniversity of Maryland University CollegeUniversity of MD Center for Environmental ScienceRegional Higher Education CentersFind out more about USM's systemwide learning centers, offering access to USM resources for working Marylanders:Universities at Shady GroveUniversity System of Maryland at Hagerstown

PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP

PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation is pleased to invite you to attend and participate in the 2017 University System of Maryland PROMISE AGEP Research Symposium and Professional Development Conference. This conference replaces the former PROMISE Research Symposium, and adds a professional development component that will prepare graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for faculty positions in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM, which includes social sciences) disciplines. This conference seeks to provide a venue that will allow students to present their work at any stage, receive feedback in preparation for presenting at larger venues, and provide training that will prepare participants for faculty careers.