Getting the PhD 2012-2014

佛罗里达大学(UF)的博士之桥(BD)项目主要由国家科学基金会通过佛罗里达-佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与联盟(FG-LSAMP)提供资金，并得到佛罗里达大学研究室的额外支持。密歇根大学研究生院在拥有STEM学科的四所UF学院的协助下指导该项目：文理学院、工程学院、农业和生命科学学院以及医学学院。BD将把学生纳入密歇根大学的研究网络和教育项目，以确保他们在STEM领域的研究职业生涯中得到适当的培训、指导和发展。密歇根大学坚定地致力于在各个层面增加多样性，特别强调加强博士项目的多样性和扩大博士生人数。UF的BD计划确保研究员至少五年的支持。它提供了各种专业发展部分，包括定期安排与UF BD队列和南佛罗里达大学BD队列的会议，以帮助留住参与者并促进研究员过渡到科学劳动力。密歇根大学的BD研究员将受益于校园社区的支持，校园社区致力于为他们提供完成博士学位并过渡到STEM领域的专业职业生涯所需的帮助。预计UF BD将把研究员培养成一个联系良好的群体，能够成功地从本科生转到研究生课程，然后在完成博士学位后进入劳动力市场的专业职位。UF BD计划的总体设计和结构中嵌入的更广泛的影响促进了使研究员和更广泛的社区受益的活动。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入学的大学生考虑STEM学科和职业。密歇根大学的BD还将营造一种氛围，允许许多研究员进入教授职位，并进一步使高校的STEM系多样化。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.