Education and Diversity Initiatives

Program Name	Description	Website
Bridges	View	Go To
The mission of the Bridges program is to improve tribal college student learning, leading to high student achievement in science by creating opportunities for students to participate in summer science activities in a university setting, providing professional development for tribal college teachers, and providing mentoring experiences which will lead to students' successful completion of science majors and degree programs.
ECOS - No Child Left Indoors	View	Go To
ECOS is a partnership program for enhancing teaching skills of graduate students in the sciences and promoting hands-on science education in K-12 schools. We use the schoolyard and adjacent open areas in western Montana as outdoor laboratories for learning about the environment.
Montana Ecology of Infectious Diseases	View	Go To
The research and educational focus of this Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program is the ecology of infectious diseases (EID). This topic was chosen based on the interests and expertise of University of Montana faculty and affiliates and because it is an emerging field of global importance with significant national and local consequences.
Montana Integrated Learning Experience for Students	View	Go To
Montana Integrative Learning Experience for Students (MILES) brings the excitement of cutting-edge research to undergraduates at The University of Montana. Funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), MILES provides opportunities for students to conduct original research through internships and honors fellowships with mentoring by nationally and internationally recognized faculty researchers.
EPSCoR	View	Go To
Sponsored by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is designed to promote the development of science and technology resources across the United States.
Project IBS-CORE	View	Go To
Project IBS-CORE brings the excitement of cutting-edge research to undergraduates in The Division of Biological Sciences. Funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to The University of Montana, we provide opportunities for students to conduct original research during summer fellowships and in laboratory courses. Nationally and internationally recognized faculty researchers bring up-to-date scientific advances to the courses they teach.
Montana IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence	View	Go To
The MT INBRE is one of 23 states and one territory (Puerto Rico) participating in the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program. The MT INBRE is a collaborative network of Ph.D.-granting institutions, baccalaureate schools, and tribal colleges and is regionally linked to other INBRE and COBRE (Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence) programs through the Lariat, which is the first phase of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) IDeANet Program.
Montana Natural History Center	View	Go To
The mission of the Montana Natural History Center is to promote and cultivate the appreciation, understanding and stewardship of nature through education. MNHC is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 by a group of educators who had the vision to create a natural history center as a resource for schools and the public. Originally housed on the University of Montana campus, MNHC continued to grow and outgrow its rented space at Fort Missoula. In 2004, MNHC purchased its first home at 120 Hickory Street, at the edge of McCormick Park in the heart of Missoula.
Project TRAIN	View	Go To
Training American Indians in Environmental Biology has four primary objectives. It will: 1.) Increase the number of American Indian students entering graduate school and careers in environmental biology by providing research experiences and mentoring. 2.) Expand the existing collaborative relationship between the University of Montana and Salish Kootenai College to include the other tribal colleges in the state and through providing research experience for the most talented students. 3.) Increase the knowledge of UM faculty and students about minority issues. 4.) Disseminate throughout Indian country the relevance of training in environmental biology.
Native American Research Laboratories	View	Go To
The University of Montana Native American Research Laboratories were established in 2007 to provide “hands-on” research experiences for undergraduate students, graduate students, post-docs, and faculty in a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary laboratory environment. Two laboratories - one in the Division of Biological Sciences and another in the Department of Biomedical Sciences - are available for training Native American students in areas of microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology, cellular biology, biophysics, neurosciences, mathematical modeling of biological systems, and other related disciplines. Both non-Native and international students also participate in NARL activities to facilitate a cross-cultural and collaborative research environment.
Students to Academic Professionals for American Indians (SAPAI)	View	Go To
Student to Academic Projessoriate for American Indians (SAPAI) is a project funded by the National Science Foundation to increase the rates of degree completion for American Indian graduate students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). It also aims to increase the representation of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) scholars in STEM faculties at Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs).
PArtnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE)	View	Go To
The University of Montana-Missoula PArtnership for Comprehensive Equity (PACE) opened shop in September 2003 with an Institutional Transformation grant from the NSF ADVANCE Program. The ADVANCE program, with its goal of increasing "the representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers," began in response to growing awareness in the scientific community of the disproportionate representation of talented women scientists at different levels of the academic hierarchy. To date, twenty-eight ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grants have been awarded to study the causes of this gender imbalance and devise strategies to address it.
Sloan Program for American Indian Graduate Students	View	Go To
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation American Indian Graduate Program (AIGP) allows eligible American Indian master's and doctoral candidates at University of Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks The University of Arizona, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Tech of The University of Montana, Butte, and Purdue University to apply for scholarships designed to facilitate graduate study in mathematics, natural sciences, and engineering through approved faculty and departments.

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