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STEM Research Leadership Program

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

Benefits
  • 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
To join the program, prospective STEM Research Leaders must
  • 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
To earn certification as a STEM Research Leader
  • 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.

Register for spring 2023
 
 
 

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