Collaborative research: A Linked Initiative for Developing MinorityDoctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences

合作研究：发展海洋科学少数民族博士学者的一项联系倡议近年来，数百名少数民族学生获得了水产科学的本科或硕士学位。 此外，每年有数千名少数民族学生毕业，获得基础科学学位。 尽管人数不断增加，但这些学生中很少有人继续攻读海洋学或海洋科学的博士学位。 为了利用这一不断增长的人才库，合作者将创建一个卓越计划，用于教育海洋科学领域的少数民族博士生。 汉普顿大学、老自治领大学和威廉和玛丽海洋科学学院、弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所将合作培养大量的博士学位。来自代表性不足的少数群体的海洋科学家和海洋学家。 该方案将建立在成功合作培训海洋科学少数民族学生的既定记录基础上。 合作者将培养一批少数民族学生，他们组成海洋科学学者社区。 这个概念是，一个高度集中，互动的少数民族学生群体将促进更多的个人成功比孤立的个人分散在各种机构。 结构化的计划将通过课程和论文研究支持学生。支持将包括：津贴，学费，广泛的方向，一些共享的课程工作，定期小组会议，特别研讨会，近同行指导，并接触少数民族导师。 其他专业发展将包括参与外联活动和指导年轻学生，参加国家会议，并在granitary指导和导致第一个博士后职位的过程。

ABSTRACTCollaborative Research: A Linked Initiative for Developing Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean SciencesIn recent years, several hundred minority students have earned undergraduate or Masters degrees in the aquatic sciences. Additionally, several thousand minority students graduate each year with degrees in the basic sciences. Despite these growing numbers, very few of these students go on for Ph.D.s in oceanography or marine science. In order to take advantage of this growing pool of talent the collaborators will create a Program of Excellence for educating minority doctoral students in ocean sciences. Hampton University, Old Dominion University and the College of William and Mary's School of Marine Science, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, will team together to produce significant numbers of Ph.D. marine scientists and oceanographers from underrepresented minority groups. The program will build upon an established record of successful cooperation in training minority students in the ocean sciences. The collaborators will develop cohorts of minority students who form a community of scholars in the ocean sciences. The concept is that a highly concentrated, interacting group of minority students will foster more individual success than isolated individuals dispersed among a variety of institutions. The structured program will support the students through coursework and dissertation research. The support will include; a stipend, tuition, an extensive orientation, some shared course work, regular group meetings, special seminars, near-peer mentoring, and exposure to minority mentors. Additional professional development will include participation in outreach activities and mentoring of younger students, participation in national meetings, and guidance in grantsmanship and the process leading to the first post-doctoral positions.