Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Phase IV

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PROJECT SUMMARYPage AThe Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority ParticipationLSMAMPJames Perkins-LSMAMP Project DirectorJackson State UniversityPROJECT SUMMARYThe LSMAMP institutions are focusing their collective resources on the rich pool of STEMstudents to motivate and mentor them toward BS, MS degrees and impact significantly on thenumber choosing the pathway to a STEM doctorate. The synergy that will result from theseinstitutional interactions to increase minority Ph.D.s will transform the instructional,research and administrative aspects of cooperation among these institutions in ways neverbefore envisioned. The requested support for continuation of the LSMAMP to Phase IV willaccelerate this process and contribute to increasing the numbers of minority studentsentering the Ph.D. pipeline. The funding of the Phase IV program will continue tostrengthen the foundation for institutionalization of the program in the state ofMississippi.The MAMP Bridge to the Doctorate program, coordinated by JSU for the alliance andsupported by NSF, provides the resources to support 24 minority students to pursuegraduate STEM degrees (MS) and then bridge to doctoral programs at MAMP institutions orother doctoral institutions across the nation. The MAMP Bridge to the Doctorate programwas distinguished as being only one of two in the nation to place 100% of their Cohort IBridge to the Doctorate students into doctoral programs. The program developed for CohortI students will be shared with all MAMP institutions as a model to be replicated on eachMAMP campus to leverage the NSF funding and increase the total number of undergraduateMAMP students targeting doctoral studies. Students? having undergraduate researchexperiences is fundamental to the success of the Bridge to the Doctorate program.Undergraduate research will be a major focus of the Phase IV MAMP program. Each MAMP siteswill provide undergraduate research experiences for their students. MAMP sites will placestudents in research internship positions at MAMP institutions or at partner institutionsites. MAMP students will present their research at the annual MAMP research symposium.Students will also be encouraged to present the results of their research projects atstate and national conferences and meetings such as the Mississippi Academy of Sciences(MAS), the National Council on Undergraduate Research, the NSF JAM Conference, ABRCMS, andother professional conferences in their disciplines. The large number of minority studentsattending the MAS conference each year, and the steadily increasing number presentingpapers, has benefited the students and has made an indelible impression on the Academy,fostering a climate of increasing diversity in the scientific environment of the state andregion.The Phase IV MAMP will include a fresh approach to tracking students after they completetheir BS. A robust website incorporating web-portal technology will be developed tosupport communications, networking and student tracking across the MAMP community.Intellectual Merit: The goal of the LSMAMP program is to establish a secure pathway forunderrepresented minority students to obtain BS, MS and PhD degrees in science,technology, engineering and mathematics. This proposed project will build upon existingrelationships between MAMP institutions, and partnering institutions, e.g. University ofCalifornia campuses, LBL, LLNL, AGEM and MRC to increase the number of minority studentsenrolling and matriculating in MS and Ph.D. STEM graduate programs within and outside ofthe state of Mississippi. Broader Impacts: The LSMAMP program will increase the number ofPh.D. degrees in STEM areas awarded to minorities, especially African-Americans. We willPROJECT SUMMARYPage Aprovide well-qualified and diverse faculty members for U S universities and colleges, aswell as impact the number of scientists and engineers holding the doctorate for employmentin the STEM workforce.