DOW-MIT ACCESS Program

The DOW-MIT ACCESS has an exciting program hosted by the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. The DOW-MIT ACCESS Program is a weekend-long symposium aimed to expose underrepresented minority students to the benefits of a graduate education in the aforementioned research areas. This 8th annual event, taking place on MIT’s campus October 14th and October 15th, is an interactive and informative symposium that has proven to have a lasting impact on its past participants.

 

Over half of our ACCESS alumni are now enrolled in graduate programs across the country. We hope you will encourage your students to apply to this program as we continue to work toward increasing the number of under-represented minorities in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and materials science.

 

Please forward this linked announcement to your colleagues and students:

http://access.mit.edu/access.pdf

 

We would also like your help to identify potential symposium participants by sending us the names and contact information of any exceptional undergraduate students studying science and engineering who would benefit from learning about graduate school opportunities. Please send me your nominations by June 15, 2016 to mit-access@mit.edu.  We will then contact these students and let them know you have nominated them to apply for this program. 

 

Applications for the ACCESS Fall 2016 session are due July 22, 2016. All travel expenses, meals and hotel accommodations for students selected to participate in the ACCESS program will be paid by us. Participation neither obligates the student to apply for graduate study nor guarantees future consideration for study at MIT. ACCESS was made possible through the generous support of Dow Chemical Corporation. For more information visit http://access.mit.edu/ or email mit-access@mit.edu.

 

Best regards,

 

Paula T. Hammond

Department Head and David H. Koch Professor

MIT Department of Chemical Engineering

 

Timothy F. Jamison

Department Head

MIT Department of Chemistry

 

Christopher Schuh

Department Head

MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering