MSU, UM and Montana Tech join national push to increase American Indian participation in STEM fields

Montana State University is part of a new national network that has just received $2.4 million to increase the number of indigenous Americans obtaining advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced Monday, June 23, that it is forming a three-year collaboration with the Montana University System, which includes MSU, the University of Montana and Montana Tech; as well as the University of Alaska, the University of Arizona and Purdue University.

The new network, titled the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership http://www.montana.edu/gradschool/SIGP.html (SIGP), is designed to strengthen and expand successful initiatives at each of the four partners to recruit, train and graduate American Indian and Alaska Native students in STEM disciplines.

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