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This STAR Research Project Program centers on a collaborative research and development initiative integrated within the Research Fellowship Program: AI for Academic Writing and Publishing. Over a duration of four weeks, faculty and doctoral students participate in online learning and project execution to develop a full-length academic manuscript or book chapter using generative AI tools. Participants work within guided modules designed to enhance scholarly writing, publication readiness, and peer engagement.

This program ensures collaboration by requiring each fellow to participate in a collective research project contributing to a co-authored journal article or book chapter. Participants also gain practical experience in roles such as editorial board membership or reviewer positions, aligning their contributions with professional engagement in the academic publishing system.

The STAR Mentorship: Millennium Scholars Program focuses on supporting emerging and early career scholars who identify with a low income, lower-middle income, or upper-middle income country by birth, cultural heritage, or current residence. As the premiere scholarship development program of the STAR Scholars Network, it enables participants to build the network and knowledge required to advance their academic careers and disseminate research to a global audience.

The program is designed with the belief that knowledge does not exist in one individual but grows through interactive engagement among multiple audiences. It uses a network-building approach to support collaboration across disciplinary, national, and career levels through the following components: Peer-To-Peer Support, Professional Development, and Perspectives Roundtables.

The STAR Training: Certified Research Scholar program is a self-driven professional development initiative by the STAR Scholars Network. It prepares STAR members for leadership roles locally and transnationally while aligning their academic work with a mission of global social good.

The STAR Scholars Network advances global scholarly engagement by supporting cross-border research publication through internationally recognized open-access journals. The American Journal of STEM Education: Issues and Perspectives and the Journal of International Students serve as leading platforms where global scholars publish empirical research, reviews, and practitioner perspectives.

Contributors engage in a complete publication lifecycle: calls for papers are issued on global themes, authors submit scholarly manuscripts, reviewers evaluate submissions through a double-blind process, and accepted works are published with online-first visibility.