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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p><b>FOR
UNDERGRADUATES:<br>
Paid Summer 2008 Undergrad Research Positions</b><br>
Over 600 programs -Undergraduate REU and Other Summer
Research Opportunities: See <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.agep.us/summers.asp">www.agep.us/summers.asp</a><br>
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">or <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.igert.org/summers.asp">www.igert.org/summers.asp</a><br>
<o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">(Both
AGEP and IGERT databases are searchable by region and discipline) </span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b>FOR THOSE
CONSIDERING GRAD SCHOOL in 2008:</b><br>
(Opportunities at over 100 colleges and universities)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> </o:p>Professional
Development and Support: Alliance for Graduate
Education and the Professoriate (AGEP): see <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.agep.us">www.agep.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For Financial Support
in New Interdisciplinary PHD Programs
Graduate School IGERT Opportunities: </span><span style=""><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.igert.org/">www.igert.org<br>
</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IGERT
programs provide generous stipend ($30,000 per year)
and tuition support for students through the National Science
Foundation.<o:p> <br>
</o:p></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p>The </o:p></span>Executive
Director of the Institute for Broadening Participation<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p> is happy
to answer any questions you may have and
provide you and your students with assistance in looking into and
applying to
these programs:<br>
<o:p></o:p></span><b>Sandra Thomas<br>
Executive Director, Institute for Broadening Participation<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sthomas@ibparticipation.org">sthomas@ibparticipation.org</a>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:shthomas@umich.edu">shthomas@umich.edu</a><br>
Websites: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.agep.us">www.agep.us</a>; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ibparticipation.org">www.ibparticipation.org</a>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.igert.org">www.igert.org</a></b><br>
</p>
<br>
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Zia Isola, Ph.D.
Diversity Coordinator
UCSB AGEP Program
(Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate)
1215 Student Resource Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Phone: (805) 893-4820
Fax: (805) 893-8259
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