Broadening Participation in Materials Science through Institutional Integration of a Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program at Fisk, Delaware State, and Vanderbilt Universities

通过菲斯克大学、特拉华州立大学和范德比尔特大学硕士到博士桥梁课程的机构整合，扩大对材料科学的参与

• 批准号: 0930018
• 负责人: Richard McCarty
• 金额: $ 120.49万
• 依托单位: Vanderbilt University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0930018&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Broadening; Participation; Materials; Science; through

We propose an innovative pathway to the PhD for substantially broadening the participation of underrep-resented minorities in materials science, linking multiple NSF-funded materials research programs (CREST and REU) at the partnering institutions. The nucleus of this I3 will be the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge program, with its strong track record of enabling students to earn a Master?s degree at Fisk as a stepping stone to the PhD program at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt and Fisk are joined in this I3 by Dela-ware State University (DSU). Our program?s path to the PhD emphasizes research engagement and de-liberate mentorship by faculty at PhD-granting institutions to help students cross the aspirational and insti-tutional transitions.We will directly address all of the I3 program goals. In so doing, with the I3 funding requested here we will enable at least 2 underrepresented minority graduate students toward the PhD in Materials Sci-ence each year, representing ~20 times the national institutional average. Over the 5 years of requested I3 support, this represents 10 individuals supported by I3 funding who will complete, or be on the path to-ward completing, the PhD. By itself this is a substantial, tangible result of our innovation and integration and a vital contribution to the STEM workforce.Arguably even more important for the long-term sustained impact and institutionalization of this program, and the eventual expansion of our Masters-to-PhD Bridge model into additional STEM disci-plines, will be the foundation laid here for truly understanding how best to design the architecture of our model to ensure successful portability into new disciplinary and institutional contexts.We will:1.Expand the Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program to include Materials Science. Key faculty have been identified as the ?bridge builders? following the model of the existing program in physics. Leveraging significant institutional support already in place, we will ex-pand and deepen the footprints of our NSF-funded CREST projects and enhance their sus-tainability.2.Extend the Bridge Program in partnership with Delaware State University. The resulting Fisk-Vanderbilt-DSU Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program will permit students to transition from the MS at Fisk to the PhD at Vanderbilt, from the MS at Fisk to the PhD at DSU, or from the MS at DSU to the PhD at Vanderbilt. The result will be increased synergy and collaboration across our NSF-funded CREST and REU programs, reducing the artificial boundaries that can so often impede student mobility across educational junctures.Broadening Participation in Materials Science through Institutional Integration of a Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program at Fisk, Delaware State, and Vanderbilt Universities brings together NSF/EHR awards from the IGERT and CREST programs, as well as other work, around the I3 integrative themes for broadening participation, critical educational junctures, and the integration of research and education.

我们提出了一个创新的途径，以博士学位，大大扩大了在材料科学的少数民族的参与，连接多个NSF资助的材料研究项目（CREST和REU）在合作机构。这个I3的核心将是菲斯克-范德比尔特硕士到博士桥梁计划，其强大的跟踪记录，使学生获得硕士学位？作为进入范德比尔特博士课程的垫脚石，他在菲斯克获得了博士学位。范德比尔特和菲斯克加入了这个I3由特拉华州立大学（DSU）。我们的计划？我们的博士之路强调研究参与和博士授予机构的教师解除导师制，以帮助学生跨越理想和机构的过渡。我们将直接解决所有的I3计划目标。在这样做的过程中，与I3资金要求在这里，我们将使至少2个代表性不足的少数民族研究生对材料科学博士学位，每年，代表~20倍的国家机构平均水平。在要求I3支持的5年中，这代表了由I3资助的10个人将完成或正在完成博士学位。这本身就是我们创新和整合的实质性成果，也是对STEM劳动力的重要贡献。可以说，这对该计划的长期持续影响和制度化以及我们的硕士到博士桥梁模型最终扩展到其他STEM课程更加重要。将是真正理解如何最好地设计我们的模型架构以确保成功移植到新的学科和机构环境的基础。我们将：1.扩大菲斯克-范德比尔特硕士到博士桥梁计划，包括材料科学。关键教师已被确定为？桥梁建设者？遵循物理学现有课程的模式。利用已经到位的重要机构支持，我们将扩大和深化我们的NSF资助的CREST项目的足迹，并提高其可持续性。2.与特拉华州州立大学合作，扩大桥梁项目。由此产生的菲斯克-范德比尔特-DSU硕士到博士桥梁计划将允许学生从菲斯克的MS过渡到范德比尔特的博士，从菲斯克的MS过渡到DSU的博士，或者从DSU的MS过渡到范德比尔特的博士。其结果将是增加我们的NSF资助的CREST和REU计划之间的协同作用和合作，减少人为的界限，往往会阻碍学生在教育交界处的流动性。通过菲斯克，特拉华州和范德比尔特大学的硕士到博士桥梁计划的机构整合扩大材料科学的参与汇集了IGERT和CREST计划的NSF/EHR奖项，以及其他工作，围绕I3的综合主题，扩大参与，关键的教育结合点，以及研究和教育的整合。