The Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP), led by Professors Kevin Gibson and Kenneth Ridgway at Purdue, extends across eight campuses from New York to Alaska for the support of indigenous (Native American/Alaska Native) students.  SIGP seeks to increase the number of indigenous graduate students obtaining degrees in STEM; to maintain a critical mass of indigenous graduate students at each site and collectively across the Partnership; and to create supportive and knowledgeable local educational communities focused on indigenous students.  Partnership members provide first-class scientific education and training in concert with students’ cultural identity, and prepare SIGP students to succeed in their chosen professions and to contribute to their communities, institutions, and disciplines. Over the 48-month grant period, SIGP plans to recruit 123 Native American graduate students while maintaining a retention/graduation rate that equals or exceeds 85%.  Through a new undergraduate “feeder” program with the University of North Carolina, Asheville, SIGP also aims to increase recruitment of students from the southeastern United States.