This grant to the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) covers expected costs and obligations associated with three years of continued operation of the University Centers of Exemplary Mentoring (UCEMs) at Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the Pennsylvania State University. UCEMs are the primary funding model for the Sloan Foundation’s Minority Ph.D. (MPHD) program and NACME provides administrative and fiscal support for management of all Sloan funding for UCEMs. Funds granted to each UCEM are used primarily for $40,000 scholarships for underrepresented minority doctoral students in STEM fields. Across the three UCEMs, an estimated 61 students will receive such scholarships over the next three years, with an estimated 21 “matching” students receiving additional support from UCEM host institutions. All these students will be designated as Sloan Scholars and become eligible for other Sloan-supported opportunities and services. Additional grant funds support programmatic expenses associated with the recruitment, retention, and mentoring of these students; activities to promote their successful completion of graduate study; efforts to institutionalize UCEM priorities, policies, and practices by the conclusion of the three-year grant period; and a series of interrelated activities by NACME to support the UCEM community.