broadening participation

Broadening Participation

• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Program - Broadening participation through undergraduate research.
• Seeds of Opportunity - Seed award funding for prospective faculty considering the College of Science and Engineering.
• UMN MRSEC Graduate and Post Doctoral Fellowships in Honor of Frank Snowden.

Climate

• MRSEC supports a variety of programming designed to foster a supportive climate and environment. Recent examples include:
• “Just What Are You ‘Worth’? Knowing and Demonstrating Your Value to Potential Employers”
• “Medtronic Workshop: Critical Thinking”
• First-Gen Institute (2023 - ) Mentorship training workshops for MRSEC postdocs and graduate students
• “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg (discussion)
• "COACh workshops" (CSE-wide female faculty retreat)
• “Implicit Bias in Scientific Authorship”
• “Ambitious Women in Academia”
• “Work-Life Balance”
• “Microaggressions in the Lab”

Partners

• University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (NSF PREM) - Multifaceted collaboration on research and E&O activities.
• First-Gen Institute
• Science for All
• CSE Diversity & Inclusivity Alliance
• CEMS Students Organizing Against Racism (SOAR)

UTRGV PREM partners visit UMN- Summer 2023

Funded by the National Science Foundation through the University of
Minnesota MRSEC under Award Number DMR-2011401