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Home  › Programs  › Minority and Diversity Programs Diversity Programs Increasing Diversity in Political Science The American Political Science Association has established several major programs to help identify and aid minorities in the political science discipline. These programs include the: Minority Fellows Program, which is a fellowship competition designed to increase the number of minority Ph.D.'s in political science and to encourage institutions to provide financial assistance to them. Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI), which is an annual five-week program designed to introduce minority students to the world of graduate study and to encourage application to Ph.D programs. Minority Student Recruitment Project (MID), which is a collaboration of undergraduate programs and graduate schools in political science created to identify undergraduate students from under-represented backgrounds who are interested in, or show potential for, graduate study and, ultimately, to help further diversify the political science profession. APSA has also developed a mentoring program to connect interested graduate students and faculty to those in the field who are available for mentoring on professional matters.  APSA Mentoring Initiatives APSA has also compiled a set of minority scholar resources that contains links to services, information, and funding assistance for minority students: Minority Scholar Resources African American Political Scientist Oral History Project