STEM Research Leadership Program
The STEM Research Leadership Program is a professional development program for graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty who want to develop their leadership skills while increasing their research productivity. Instead of standard 1-on-1 research apprenticeship, research is performed by a diverse undergraduate research team led by a Team Leader preparing for the next stage of a research career. Research teams are productive because they further the Team Leader’s research by leveraging each undergraduate’s unique assets (talents, skills, perspectives, and experiences). Team Leaders meet once a month to identify and develop best practices that not only increase the competencies and motivation of their teams, but also increase research productivity. This program has a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), which provides an additional mechanism to develop research collaborations, prepare broader impacts sections of NSF grants, and structure fellowship or training grants
- Gain executive leadership experience for industry and academic careers
- Increase your research productivity
- Network with leaders in research who can provide professional references
- Earn certification as a STEM Research Leader
- Be junior faculty, postdoctoral fellow, or doctoral student
- Submit the STEM Research Leadership registration form and intake survey
- Indicate the number of undergraduates (3-8) to be recruited to form a research team
- Interview and select team members from undergraduate applicants who contact you
- Postdocs and graduate students must obtain approval from their faculty mentor to create a team
- Participate for at least two semesters
- Conduct weekly meetings with an undergraduate research team
- Attend monthly online STEM Team Leader meetings (will work around your schedule)
- Complete weekly program evaluations and exit survey
- Document the development of a Leadership Best Practice Report
Questions about the program?
Visit FAQs or feel free to email us at aggieresearch@tamu.edu.