Key elements of the GAELA project include :

• Supplementing first-year stipends for students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) doctoral programs at Tulane and LSU.  Application Procedures.

• Providing travel funds for students enrolled in STEM doctoral programs at Tulane and LSU

• Providing academic career training

• Providing cultural, orientation and adaptation activities for graduate students

• Hosting faculty mentoring workshops

• Hosting annual recruitment conferences to increase diversity at Tulane and LSU
   
• Providing additional funding to students in the writing stages of their doctoral program (up to $21,000) through the GAELA Dissertation Writing Fellowship. Application Procedures.
   
• Other activities provided by the four Historical Black Colleges and Universities (Xavier, Dillard, Southern Universities at Baton Rouge and New Orleans) include:
  • summer bridge programs
  • undergraduate research
  • graduate school preparation and mentoring
  • graduate records examination (GRE) preparation

For more information on GAELA click the links below:

• General Information
  
  
• Objectives
  
  
• Staff and STEM Departments
   
• National Conferences and Recruitment Opportunities