Support, Mentorship, Accountability, Responsibility, Training, Education, and Research (SMARTER)

该S-STEM项目为在数学和计算机科学方面有天赋的全日制经济困难学生提供20个奖学金，每位学生每年最高5,500美元，为期四年。该提案本质上是一个系统的计划，旨在吸引、培养和准备硕士生在数学或计算机科学领域进行博士研究。这20个奖项中有10-12个是给研究生的，其余的是给本科生的，他们形成了研究生项目的资助池。为学生提供广泛的支持，包括教师导师。额外的教育机会包括实习和研究经历，以及定期举办的涵盖数学和计算机科学研究成果和主题的论坛和座谈会。该项目的目标是：(1)提高学生对学位成就的保留率；(2)完善学生支持计划；(3)提高学生受教育的机会；(4)在国家需要的技术领域增加受过良好教育和熟练的雇员。该项目的一个主要成果是，有资格参加数学和计算机科学博士课程的少数族裔学生人数显著增加。

This S-STEM project awards 20 scholarships of up to $5,500 per student per year for up to four years to full-time financially disadvantaged students who are talented in mathematics and computer science. The proposal is essentially a systematic plan to attract, nurture, and prepare masters students to do doctoral studies in mathematics or computer science. Between 10-12 of the 20 of these awards are for graduate students, and the remainder for the undergraduates who form a feeder-pool for the graduate programs. Students are provided extensive support, including faculty mentors. Additional educational opportunities include internship and research experiences, and regularly scheduled forums and colloquia that cover research findings and topics on mathematics and computer science. The goals of this project are: (1) Increased retention of students to degree achievement; (2) Improved student support programs; (3) Improved educational opportunities for students; and (4) Increased numbers of well-educated and skilled employees in technical areas of national need. A major outcome of the project is a significant increase in the pool of minority students who will qualify for and enroll in mathematics and computer science doctoral programs.