AGEP Fellowships

• NJIT is one of four university partners in the National Science Foundation Alliance for Graduate Education for the Professoriate (AGEP).
• Goal: recruit, support, mentor and prepare students from underrepresented minority groups
• Emphasis on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines
• Eligibility: U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents, interested in doctoral study
• Approximately five doctoral students per year are supported
• Office of Graduate Studies coordinates the NJIT participation
• More Info: AGEP Fellowships

GEM Fellowships

• The National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science (GEM): Industry-academe consortium of about 90 nationally recognized research universities and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs)
• About 75 industrial and national laboratory partners
• Eligibility: U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents from underrepresented minority groups defined as African American, Hispanic, or Native American.  
• Internships provided at industrial members of the consortium
• Award: typically Master’s level stipend for 9 months and tuition and fees support in addition to the expected paid summer internship
• PhD Engineering / Science fellowships are also offered
• Application deadline: November 15.  For early consideration, complete your application and provide your resume and unofficial transcript by October 1
• Applications (while the student is still an undergraduate) directly to the GEM Consortium

MAC Fellowships

• Minority Academic Careers (MAC) program
• Goal: develop faculty members at any of New Jersey’s public or private institutions of higher education by supporting students for doctoral study
• Eligibility: U.S. citizens or permanent residents of New Jersey, from traditionally underrepresented minority groups, enrolled full time in a college or university in New Jersey, have a GPA of at least 3.0, interested in a college teaching career.
• Students apply for this program individually but in concert with the MAC campus representatives at any of the doctoral granting institutions in New Jersey that participate as host institutions. 
• Three to five MAC fellows resident on its campus annually
• Support level: typically supplements any shortfall in state funding to assure a stipend level of $2000 per month plus tuition and fees
• Deadline for applications: early March 
• More Info: MAC Fellowships

Project 1000

• Designed to assist underrepresented students applying to graduate school.
• Supports arts and sciences, engineering, public health and most fields within education.
• More Info: Project 1000

Anthony Kahng Fellowship

• One recipient per year
• Full-time graduate student in the NJIT School of Management from an underrepresented minority group and a demonstrated need for financial assistance. 
• Amount typically about $2,000 per year.

McNair Achievement

• Assists academically talented minority first-generation undergraduate students to pursue Ph.D. degrees after they obtain their baccalaureate degrees.
• More Info: McNair Program