Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (AGEP-PUI)

The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), is a collaboration between Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University (lead Institution), Farmingdale State College, and Suffolk County Community College. Partners in the AGEP Predominately Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) Alliance work toward developing, implementing, studying, institutionalizing, evaluating and disseminating a model for training and supporting for underrepresented STEM doctoral dissertators interested in faculty careers. 
Program participants may follow one of two paths as AGEP PUI scholars:

• Path 1: PhD >> Faculty Position at PUI
• Path 2: PhD >> Postdoctoral Training >> Faculty Position at PUI

Brookhaven Lab supports the AGEP PUI Alliance in a unique role as a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) with

• Research Engagement and Capacity Development
• FFRDC Access and Collaborations 
• Pedagogical Support and  Experience
• FFRDC Community Engagement

In addition, participants in the program benefit from programmatic elements such as:

• Laboratory Events and Workshops
• Pedagogical Training and Mentored Micro-Teaching Experiences in Informal Learning Settings
• Near-Peer and Brookhaven Lab Community Interactions
• Professional Development Training

Partners

Stony Brook University

NSF-AGEP Leadership:

• Eric Wertheimer, Principal Investigator
• Toni Sperzel, Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director 
• Monica Bugallo, Co-Principal Investigator
• Bonita London, Co-Principal Investigator (Research Study)

• Karian Wright, Program Manager

Suffolk County Community College

NSF-AGEP Leadership:

• Wesley Francillon, Principal Investigator
• Nina A Leonhardt, Program Coordinator
• Candice J. Foley, Program Consultant

Farmingdale State College

NSF-AGEP Leadership:

• Erwin Cabrera, Principal Investigator
• Erica LoBello, Program Coordinator

This project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1821083, 1821005 & 1820997

AGEP-PUI BNL Virtual Facility Tutorial, a 2021 virtual workshop hosted by the Brookhaven Lab Office of Educational Programs as part of a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration between Brookhaven, Stony Brook University, Farmingdale State College, and Suffolk County Community College. The workshop introduced BNL facilities, community and capabilities to AGEP scholars interested in pursuing faculty careers at Predominately Undergraduate Institutions.