Getting the PhD 2012-2014

佛罗里达大学（UF）的博士学位（BD）计划的桥梁主要由美国国家科学基金会通过佛罗里达-乔治亚州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（FG-LSAMP）资助，并得到UF研究办公室的额外支持。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。BD将整合学生到UF的研究网络和教育计划，以确保他们得到适当的培训，指导和发展的研究事业在STEM领域。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，包括定期与佛罗里达大学和南佛罗里达大学的BD队列进行会议，以帮助留住参与者并促进研究员向科学劳动力的过渡。佛罗里达大学的BD研究员将受益于校园社区的支持，该社区致力于为他们提供完成博士学位所需的帮助，并将其过渡到STEM领域的职业生涯。我们的期望是，UF BD将把这些研究员培养成一个关系良好的群体，能够成功地从本科项目转移到研究生项目，然后在完成博士学位后进入职场的专业职位。在UF BD计划的整体设计和结构中嵌入的更广泛的影响促进了有利于研究员和更广泛的社区的活动。通过与众多K-12课堂活动的联系，BD计划将鼓励青年和即将进入大学的学生考虑STEM学科和职业。佛罗里达大学的BD还将培养一种氛围，使一些研究员能够进入教授岗位，并进一步使高校的STEM部门多样化。这些人将成为下一代STEM学生的榜样和导师。

The Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program at the University of Florida (UF) is funded primarily by the National Science Foundation through the Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FG-LSAMP) with additional support from UF Office of Research. 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. The BD will integrate students into UF's research networks and education programs to ensure that they are properly trained, mentored and developed for research careers in the STEM fields.UF is strongly committed to increasing diversity at all levels, with a particular emphasis on enhancing 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, including regularly scheduled meetings with the UF BD cohort and the University of South Florida BD cohorts, to help retain the participants and facilitate the Fellows' transitions into the scientific workforce. BD Fellows at UF will benefit from the support of the campus community that is committed to providing them with the assistance they need to complete their PhDs and make the transition into professional careers in STEM fields. The expectation is that the UF BD will develop the Fellows as a well-bonded cohort that is able to move successfully from undergraduate to graduate programs, and then move into professional positions in the workforce upon completion of the PhD. The broader impacts embedded in the overall design and structure of the UF BD Program fosters activities that benefit the fellows and the broader community. Through linkages with numerous K-12 classroom activities, the BD Program will encourage youth and incoming college students to consider STEM disciplines and careers. The BD at UF also will cultivate a climate that will allow a number of the Fellows to enter the professoriate and further diversify STEM departments in colleges and universities. Such individuals will become role models and mentors for the next generation of STEM students.