Students to Academic Professoriate for American Indians

What is Faculty Prep?

Scholars will participate in a TCU Training Program that will prepare them for assuming a faculty position at a TCU. This workshop will accept a small number of scholars and will offer enhancement of skills and knowledge useful for TCU STEM faculty. It will focus on how a TCU faculty member can raise funding in support of research, teaching and infrastructure. The goal is to provide graduates with the ability to prepare grant proposals that will generate funding. Each SAPAI Scholar will be part of a transition team consisting of the scholar, the scholar’s major professor during their graduate degree, a representative from the TCU where the scholar will become a faculty member, and a representative from the SAPAI Staff. This team will assist the scholar during Step 3 and beyond.

SAPAI Scholar Benefits:

• Stipend, up to $250 a week
• Lodging
• Meals
• Transportation
• Limited childcare available
• Attend workshops on grant writing, leadership, teaching, and entrepreneurial skills
• Transition team that will provide mentoring

Who is eligible?

• American Indian or Alaskan Native
• U.S. Citizen
• Alfred P. Sloan American Indian Graduate Program (AIGP) Student
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Graduate Student
• Graduate students who have completed all degree requirements with the exception of their thesis or dissertation

Faculty Preparation training dates and location:

Faculty Training will be from July 20-31, 2009 and is tentatively planned to be held at Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana