Current Projects:

»  AGEP: Pathways and Connections

This project supports AGEP alliances in institutional and faculty level networking as well as the recruitment and retention of students. The agep.us website provides a central repository for programmatic information, news, events, profiles, and contacts for AGEP alliances across the country.

»  Maine STEM

The Maine STEM website was developed in conjunction with the Maine STEM Collaborative. The Collaborative is a statewide initiative with two goals: 1) Ensuring that Maine students graduate with essential knowledge and skills in the STEM fields and 2) Encouraging Maine students to aspire to achieve higher degrees in the STEM fields. The Maine STEM web portal is a central repository of programs, news, events, profiles, and contacts in Maine. It also provides additional web presence for several ongoing state initiatives such as the Maine Girls Collaborative Project and the Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative.

»  MS PHD'S

The Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Excellence in Earth Systems Science (MS PHD'S) is a national mentoring program in Earth Systems Sciences. Students are mentored by professional scientists, participate in professional society meetings and field trips, gain earth system science exposure, and benefit from networking and a virtual community.

»  National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematics

The National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences is an alliance between a group of proven mentors in math sciences departments at several Ph.D. and master's granting universities together with mentors at math science departments at colleges and universities which serve a substantial number of underrepresented undergraduate students. IBP provides technical support to the National Mathematics Alliance, including website development, digital application tools, and data management.

»  Pathways to Science

This web portal highlights program and funding opportunities in STEM from K-12 through the graduate and post-doctoral level. The site provides a central repository for programs, funding opportunities, news, events, contacts, profiles, and best practices associated with STEM programs across the country. Students may use the site to search programs and funding opportunities, read student and faculty profiles, contact programs of interest, and add their name to our mailing list. Faculty may use the site to search contacts, identify complementary STEM programs and research efforts across the country, and publicize STEM news and events.

»  Virtual Classroom and Community Engagement Mentoring Project (VCCEMP)

VCCEMP provides underrepresented minority 4th-5th graders and their classroom teachers with increased exposure to earth system science. The project engages teachers in the use of digital curriculum resources such as DWEL, DLESE, and NSDL. It also uses virtual mentoring activities to pair 4th and 5th grade students with undergraduate and graduate MS PHD'S program participants.