AGEP Scholars Description

The UC Davis AGEP Scholars program, offered through the Office of Graduate Studies, is designed to engage and benefit entering graduate students. These benefits include:

• Summer research stipend ($6,000)
• Mentored research program with faculty members
• Weekly seminars and workshops
• Advising and interaction with faculty and current graduate students
• Summer preparation on transitioning to graduate school before school year begins

Commitment

Incoming graduate students accepted into the Scholars summer program are expected to:

• Attend weekly seminars and workshops
• Work with professors and assist with summer labs in your department
• Form study groups with other AGEP Scholars
• Meet with AGEP coordinator and staff weekly
• Research planning on conferences and graduate fellowship funding opportunities
• Produce final poster or Powerpoint presentation of completed summer lab work

Examples of Summer Scholar Workshop Topics

• Getting the Most Out of the Graduate School Experience
• Funding Academic Research
• Communicating Student Issues with Faculty
• Gender and Diversity in STEM Research
• Introduction to Teaching
• Introduction to Publishing
• Research Integrity
• Campus Resources
• Attending Professional Conferences

Examples of Summer Scholar Presentation Topics

• Highly Stereoselective Total Synthesis of Martinellic Acid and Martinelline Via a Novel Alkyl Zinc Halide Coupling Reaction, by Joseph Badillo
• X-ray Spectroscopy of Solar Cell Materials, by Cristian Heredia
• In Vitro Plasma Cell Differentiation of Splenic B Lymphocytes, by Marjannie Eloi
• Development of a Chemically Defined Cultivation Media for the Optimum Growth of Bifidobacteria, by Michelle Lozada Contreras

Application and Selection Process

• Be accepted in a graduate STEM program for fall 2009
• Fill out a completed AGEP Scholars application and statement by May 29, 2009
• Identify Research Faculty on your application from your graduate department that align with your research interests

Applications should be completed and returned to:
E-mail: AGEP@ucdavis.edu
Fax: (530) 754-7115
Mail:
UC Davis
Office of Graduate Studies
AGEP Coordinator: Dominique Beaumonte
One Shields Ave.
250 Mrak Hall
Davis, CA 95616