Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation: Getting the Ph.D - BD Site: University of Florida

佛罗里达-乔治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟在佛罗里达a&m大学的领导下，在2010-2012学年期间为佛罗里达大学（UF）的博士学位（BD）项目提供16名来自未被充分代表的少数族裔的学士学位后学生。其中12名学生将在佛罗里达大学获得美国国家科学基金会的助学金和学费支持。其余4名学生将获院校资源资助。学生将通过NSF项目得到整合和支持，如东南研究生教育联盟（SEAGEP）、综合研究生教育研究和培训计划（IGERT）、通过机构整合活动进行创新以及其他研究和教育项目。佛罗里达大学研究生院在四个具有STEM学科的佛罗里达大学学院的帮助下指导该计划：文理学院、工程学院、农业与生命科学学院和医学学院。佛罗里达大学坚定地致力于增加各个层面的多样性，特别强调加强博士课程的多样性和扩大博士生人数。佛罗里达大学的BD项目确保研究员至少获得5年的支持。它提供了各种专业发展组成部分，以帮助留住参与者并促进研究员向科学劳动力的过渡。BD研究员将受益于校园社区的支持，校园社区致力于为参与者提供他们完成博士学位所需的帮助，并向STEM领域的专业职业过渡。以下是预期的结果，由BD提供的活动和相关的结果：(1)学生进入研究生课程后不久，通过与导师密切合作，获得对教授的见解。(2)学生在教学和教学技术方面接受了更好的教育，并能够运用这些技能将他们的研究成果传达给不同的受众。(3)学生对其研究的跨学科性质、如何建立跨学科合作以及如何在团队中工作有了更深刻的认识。(4)学生们更加意识到他们的研究如何与工业应用相联系。(5)学生能够更好地识别和解决研究中的伦理问题。(6)学生为进入全球劳动力市场做好了更好的准备。(7)学生更有能力开展更广泛的影响活动。更广泛的影响是目前在UF桥的博士课程的整体设计和结构。通过设计，佛罗里达大学通往博士学位课程的桥梁拓宽了STEM领域中代表性不足的学生的参与。通过将研究员与目前校园中未被充分代表的群体的各种NSF项目联系起来，并通过让更多来自未被充分代表的群体的学生参与研究生项目，从而在学生之间营造合作和同伴支持的氛围，从而增强该项目的影响。通过与众多K-12课堂活动的联系，该项目鼓励青年和即将进入大学的学生考虑STEM学科和职业。

The Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, under the leadership of Florida A&M University, Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program at the Unversity of Florida (UF) during the 2010-2012 academic years supports 16 post-baccalaureate students from underrepresented minority populations. Twelve of the students will be supported at the University of Florida through NSF support for stipends and cost of education. The remaining 4 students will be supported through institutional resources. Students will be integrated and supported through NSF projects such as the Southeast Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (SEAGEP), the Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training program (IGERT), the Innovation through Institutional Integrtion activity, and other research and education projects. The UF Graduate School directs the program with the assistance of the four UF colleges with STEM disciplines: the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Medicine. UF is strongly committed to increasing diversity at all levels, with a particular emphasis onenhancing diversity in PhD programs and expanding the PhD student population. The BD program at UF ensures Fellows at least five years of support. It provides a variety of professional development components to help retain the participants and facilitate the Fellows' transitions into the scientific workforce. BD Fellows will benefit from the support of the campus communitythat is committed to providing the participants with the assistance they need to complete their PhDs and make the transition into professional careers in STEM fields.The following are outcomes anticipated as a result of activities provided by and associated with the BD:(1) Students gain insights into the professoriate through working closely with a mentor soon after entering the graduate program.(2) Students are better educated in pedagogical and instructional techniques and are able to apply these skills to communicate their research to diverse audiences.(3) Students gain a greater appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of their research, how to build collaborations across disciplines, and how to work in teams.(4) Students are more aware of how their research may link to industrial applications.(5) Students are better prepared to identify and address ethical issues of research.(6) Students are better prepared to enter the global workforce.(7) Students are better able to conduct broader impact activities.Broader impacts are present in the overall design and structure of the UF Bridge to the Doctorate Program. By design, the UF Bridge to the Doctorate program broadens the participation of underrepresented students in STEM fields. The impact of the program will be enhanced by fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and peer support among students by linking the fellows withthe various NSF programs for underrepresented groups currently on campus and by engaging more students from underrepresented groups in graduate programs. Through linkages with numerous K-12 classroom activities, the program encourages youth and incoming college students to consider STEM disciplines and careers.