2008 PR-LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Initiative: Diversifying the STEM Workforce by Providing Fellowships to the LSAMP Graduates to Continue and Complete a PhD Degree

波多黎各大学（UPR）路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（PR-LSAMP）桥梁博士学位（BD）计划是国家科学基金会，高等教育和其他合作伙伴之间的合作努力，以提高代表性不足的少数民族录取完成科学，技术，工程和数学领域（STEM）博士学位的质量和数量领域，特别是纳米科学和纳米技术领域。该计划在波多黎各-里约Piedras大学准备学生迎接完成研究的博士课程和高等教育的学术生涯的挑战。 此外，该计划还培养了在国内和国际STEM劳动力中取得成功所需的领导技能。整合研究和教育，BD研究员将在两年多的时间里培养为一个共同的社区，该社区将受益于学术和个人发展活动计划以及社会支持，以维持他们对终端博士学位的承诺和成功。STEM学位。计划活动包括与波多黎各教授研究生教育联盟（亚拉巴马AGEP）的联系，通过功能纳米材料研究所（IFN）以及其他NSF资助的研究和教育项目，包括为本科生提供指导机会的计划，刺激竞争力研究的实验计划。 在2009-2010学年，共有12名来自STEM领域代表性不足的少数民族的学生将参加普遍定期审议方案。 这一支持的结果将扩大非裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲原住民和太平洋岛民在STEM管道中的参与。S.劳动力和国外。 该项目的严格评估结果将增加在STEM领域招募和保留代表性不足的少数民族学生的文献。

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation, higher education and other partners to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating to completion of the doctoral degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (STEM) fields, particularly nanoscience and nanotechnology fields. The program at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras prepares students to meet the challenges of completing doctoral programs of study and for academic careers in higher education. In addition, the program develops leadership skills necessary for success in the STEM workforce nationally and internationally. Integrating research and education, the BD fellows will be nurtured over two years as a cohorted community that will benefit from a program of academic and personal development activities as well as social support to sustain their commitment and success to the terminal Ph.D. STEM degree. Program activities include linkages to the Puerto Rico Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate(Alabama AGEP), the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research through the Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN) as well as other NSF-funded research and education projects, including programs that provide mentoring opportunities for undergraduate students. A total of 12 students from underrepresented minority populations in STEM fields will participate in the program at UPR during the 2009-2010 academic years. Results from this support will broaden the participation of African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific-Islanders in the STEM pipeline, U. S. workforce and abroad. Results from rigorous evaluation of the project will add to the body of literature in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in STEM fields.