GEM is a unique and powerful connection to a national network of universities and employers (corporations and national laboratories). With more than 120 University members to date, GEM connects highly qualified students from underrepresented groups to STEM graduate programs with much-needed financial support that is often the deciding factor in pursuing graduate education.
Benefits of a GEM University membership:
| University Name | Collaborative Research Link | Type of GEM Fellows MS and/or PhD |
| Arizona State University (ASU) | Masters PhD | |
Auburn University | Masters PhD | |
Binghamton University | Masters PhD | |
| Boston University | PhD | |
| Brown University | PhD | |
| California Institute of Technology | Masters PhD | |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Masters PhD | |
| Case Western Reserve University (CASE) | Masters PhD | |
| City College of New York (CCNY), The | Masters PhD | |
| Clemson University | Masters PhD | |
| Colorado School of Mines (MINES) | Masters PhD | |
| Colorado State University (CSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Columbia University | Masters PhD | |
| Cornell University | Masters PhD | |
| Dartmouth College | Masters PhD | |
| Drexel University | Masters PhD | |
| Duke University | Masters PhD | |
| Emory University | PhD | |
| Florida International University (FIU) | Masters PhD | |
| Florida State / Florida A&M University (FSU/FAMU) | PhD | |
| Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) | Masters PhD | |
| Harvard University | PhD | |
| Howard University | PhD | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) | Masters PhD | |
| Indiana University | Masters PhD | |
| Indiana University Indianapolis | Masters PhD | |
| Iowa State University (ISU) | Masters PhD | |
| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | Masters PhD | |
| Lehigh University | PhD | |
| Louisiana State University (LSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Masters PhD | |
| Miami University (OH) | Masters PhD | |
| Michigan State University (MSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) | Masters PhD | |
| Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) | Masters PhD | |
| Mississippi State University (MSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) | PhD | |
| Morgan State University | Masters PhD | |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | Masters PhD | |
| New Mexico State University (NMSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Norfolk State University | Masters PhD | |
| Northern Arizona University (NAU) | Masters PhD | |
| North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT) | Masters PhD | |
| North Carolina State University (NC State) | Masters PhD | |
| Northeastern University (NEU) | Masters PhD | |
| Northwestern University (NU) | Masters PhD | |
| NYU Tandon School of Engineering | Masters PhD | |
| Ohio State University, The (OSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Old Dominion University (ODU) | Masters PhD | |
| Oregon State University (OSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) | Masters PhD | |
| Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) | Masters PhD | |
| Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) | PhD | |
| Princeton University | Masters PhD | |
| Purdue University | Masters PhD | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | Masters PhD | |
| Rice University | Masters PhD | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | Masters PhD | |
| Rowan University | Masters PhD | |
| Rutgers University | Masters PhD | |
| Rutgers University – Newark | Masters PhD | |
| Southern Methodist University (SMU) | Masters PhD | |
| Southern University and A&M College | Masters PhD | |
| Stanford University | PhD | |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | PhD | |
| Stony Brook University | Masters PhD | |
| Syracuse University | Masters PhD | |
| Texas A&M University (TAMU) | Masters PhD | |
| Texas Tech University (TTU) | Masters PhD | |
| Tufts University | Masters PhD | |
| Tulane University | Masters PhD | |
| Tuskegee University | Masters PhD | |
| University of Alabama | Masters PhD | |
| University of Alabama in Huntsville | Masters PhD | |
| University at Albany, State University of New York | Masters PhD | |
| University of Arizona | Masters PhD | |
| University of Arkansas | Masters PhD | |
| University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (SUNY) | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Berkeley | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Davis | PhD | |
| University of California – Irvine | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Los Angeles | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Merced | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Riverside | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – San Diego | PhD | |
| University of California – Santa Barbara | Masters PhD | |
| University of California – Santa Cruz | PhD | |
| University of Central Florida (UCF) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Chicago (UChicago) | PhD | |
| University of Cincinnati (UC) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Colorado – Boulder (UC Boulder) | PhD | |
| University of Connecticut (UCONN) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Delaware | Masters PhD | |
| University of Florida (UF) | PhD | |
| University of Georgia | Masters PhD | |
| University of Houston | Masters PhD | |
| University of Idaho | Masters PhD | |
| University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Iowa | Masters PhD | |
| University of Kansas (KU) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Kentucky (UK) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Maryland – College Park (UMD) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Massachusetts – Amherst (UMass-Amherst) | PhD | |
| University of Memphis, The | PhD | |
| University of Michigan | Masters PhD | |
| University of Minnesota | Masters PhD | |
| University of Missouri – Columbia (MIZZOU) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Nevada – Reno (UNR) | Masters PhD | |
| University of New Mexico (UNM) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Notre Dame | Masters PhD | |
| University of Oklahoma, The | Masters PhD | |
| University of Oregon | PhD | |
| University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) | PhD | |
| University of Pittsburgh (PITT) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Rochester | PhD | |
| University of South Carolina | Masters PhD | |
| University of South Florida (USF) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Southern California | Masters PhD | |
| University of Tennessee – Knoxville (UTK) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Texas at Arlington, The (UTA) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Texas at Austin, The (UT) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Texas at El Paso, The (UTEP) | Masters PhD | |
| University of Texas at San Antonio, The (UTSA) | PhD | |
| University of Utah | PhD | |
| University of Virginia | Masters PhD | |
| University of Washington | PhD | |
| University of Wisconsin – Madison | Masters PhD | |
| Vanderbilt University | Masters PhD | |
| Villanova University | Masters PhD | |
| Virginia Tech | Masters PhD | |
| Wake Forest University | Masters PhD | |
| Washington State University (WSU) | Masters PhD | |
| Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) | Masters PhD | |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | PhD | |
| Yale University | Masters PhD |