UNC Asheville has become the first undergraduate institution in the nation to be part of the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP). Funded by the Sloan Foundation, the program is designed to increase the number of Native American and Indigenous students attending graduate programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
UNC Asheville received a four-year sub-award from the Sloan Foundation’s $4.5 million dollar grant to Purdue University. UNC Asheville will use this funding t