How the Feeder Component Works
The Sloan Foundation will include in the feeder component of its Minority Ph.D. program only departments that have a record of sending a significant number of their underrepresented minority B.S. or M.S. graduates (African Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans) on into Ph.D. programs in mathematics, natural science and engineering.
The Foundation will provide three-year, renewable grants to a limited number of such departments for the purpose of increasing the number of their underrepresented minority graduates sent on into Ph.D. programs in mathematics, natural science and engineering. Funded programs must be open to any student in supported departments, not only the minority students. The amount of the grants is adjusted to take into account the fact that some fraction of the participating students will not be underrepresented minorities. Because of this adjustment, as a practical matter, the program will only be useful to departments with a high percentage of minority students.
The maximum annual amount of the grant is based on the following formula:
| number of additional under- represented minority students expected to be sent on into Ph.D. programs |
|
fraction of students that are minority |
|
$19,250 for undergraduate programs |
| x |
x |
or |
|
|
$28,875 for M.S. programs |
The number of additional graduates expected to be sent on into Ph.D. programs need not be constant from year to year. For example, if a proposal promises an increase of two minority M.S. graduates going on for a Ph.D. the first year, three the second year and four the third year over a baseline and 80 percent of these are expected to be minorities, then the maximum amount of a three-year grant would be 9 x .8 x $28,875 = $207,900.
All or most of the money should be used for student support, including tuition, stipend, books, summer support while working toward the degree, or travel to professional meetings. If needed, some of the money may also be used for program administration, including recruiting, and to cover overhead up to 15 percent.
How Faculty Can Become Part of The Feeder Component of the Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program
Note:
The Sloan Minority Ph.D. Program is currently fully subscribed and the Foundation is not accepting new applications to participate at this time. |
Feeder Schools
MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL BIOLOGY INSTITUTE
Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez
Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor of Mathematical Biology
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 871804
Tempe, AZ 85287-1804
Phone: 480/965-1151
Fax: 480/965-8119
chavez@math.asu.edu
NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY - INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Dr. Eui Park
Chair, Department of Industrial Engineering
Department of Industrial Engineering
1601 Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone 336 334 7780
Fax 336 334 7729
park@ncat.edu
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ - BIOLOGY
Dr. Mildred Chaparro
Department of Biology
Mayaguez, PR 00681-5000
Phone 782 832 4040 ext 2514
m_chaparro@rumac.upr.clu.edu
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ - CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Dr. Jose Colucci
Department of Chemical Engineering
PO Box 9046
Mayaguez, PR 00681-9046
Phone: 787-832-4040, ext. 3749
Fax: 787-833-1961
j_colucci@rumac.uprm.edu
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, MAYAGUEZ - CHEMISTRY
Dr. Doris Ramirez - Soto
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Mayaguez, PR 00681
Phone 787 832 4040 ext 3138
marc@darwin.upr.clu.edu