Alabama Bridge to the Doctorate UAB

阿拉巴马大学博士桥梁课程 UAB

• 批准号: 1304515
• 负责人: Louis Dale
• 金额: $ 98.7万
• 依托单位: University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-06-15 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1304515&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Alabama; Bridge; Doctorate; UAB

The Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a senior ? level alliance that has an infrastructure uniquely positioned to implement a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program as described in the solicitation: NSF 12-564. Moreover, Alabama LSAMP has had success with previous BD programs and has secured the experience necessary to continue the implementation of this important national program. While gaining this experience, the alliance has learned many lessons in implementation of a successful BD program. The lessons learned will ensure that all BD students will transition successfully into science; technology; engineering and mathematics (STEM) Ph.D. programs and the professoriate and/or STEM workforce. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) will serve as the site of the BD program. Fourteen underrepresented minority STEM students will be recruited nationwide to participate in the program. Twelve of the selected students will be supported by NSF funds and two supported by UAB funds committed to the program by the UAB president. The recruitment efforts will be led by the dean of the college of arts and sciences and interim dean of the school of engineering. UAB has a proven record of recruitment, retention, graduation and placement of STEM students in doctoral degree programs. Selected BD participants will receive an annual stipend of $30,000 plus tuition, fees, health insurance, an assigned faculty mentor and the opportunity to attend and participate in at least one professional scientific meeting each year. In addition, BD participants will be required to attend special topic seminars concerning graduate school matriculation designed specifically for the program and procedures for applying for NSF and other fellowships. Linkages will be established with the NSF AGEP, IGERT and other programs. At the end of the two year award period, BD students remaining in UAB doctoral programs will be guaranteed a continuation of the same level of financial support through a combination of departmental fellowships and additional financial support from the university. BD students not remaining at UAB will be connected to doctoral programs at other institutions and will be assisted in securing fellowship and other support at the selected institution. All BD students will be tracked into doctoral degree programs and the workforce, including the professoriate. The proposed program will be evaluated by the Alabama LSAMP Social Science Research Team, consisting of two UAB social scientists involved with the regular LSAMP program. Assessment data will be collected and evaluated at intervals during the two year grant period and beyond. In collaboration with other BD site coordinators and national LSAMP PIs, Alabama LSAMP will publish the annual National LSAMP BD Magazine with funds leveraged from its regular LSAMP award. The magazine is an excellent source of publicity for the BD program as well as an important networking tool for BD students. Intellectual Merit - The project is an important step in advancing the knowledge of underrepresented minority students in STEM. The experiences gained by these students working with science and education faculty will position them for excellent career advancement and contribute to the nation's great need for minority scientist in both research and the professoriate.Broader Impact - The project broadens participation of underrepresented groups in graduate education with the real prospect of increasing the number of such groups attaining doctoral degrees in STEM and entering the professoriate. Discovery and understanding resulting from this project will be disseminated via a national BD publication to other institutions and programs focusing on graduate education.

阿拉巴马州路易斯·斯托克斯少数派参与联盟(LSAMP)是一名学长吗？具有独特定位的基础设施的级别联盟，可实施博士学位桥(BD)计划，如征集：NSF 12-564中所述。此外，阿拉巴马州LSAMP在以前的BD计划中取得了成功，并获得了继续实施这一重要国家计划所需的经验。在获得这一经验的同时，该联盟在实施成功的BD计划方面吸取了许多教训。所学到的经验将确保所有BD学生成功地过渡到科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)博士课程以及教授和/或STEM劳动力。阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)将作为BD项目的地点。将在全国范围内招募14名代表不足的少数民族STEM学生参加该项目。其中12名被选中的学生将得到NSF基金的支持，两名学生将得到UAB主席承诺的UAB基金的支持。招聘工作将由文理学院院长和工程学院临时院长领导。UAB在招收、保留、毕业和安置STEM学生攻读博士学位课程方面有着良好的记录。选定的BD参与者将获得每年3万美元的津贴，外加学杂费、医疗保险、指定的教师导师，以及每年至少参加一次专业科学会议的机会。此外，BD参与者将被要求参加专门为申请NSF和其他奖学金的计划和程序而设计的关于研究生院入学的专题研讨会。将与NSF AGEP、IGERT和其他计划建立联系。在两年授予期结束时，继续攻读UAB博士课程的BD学生将通过院系奖学金和大学提供的额外经济支持相结合，保证继续获得同等水平的经济支持。没有留在UAB的BD学生将被联系到其他机构的博士课程，并将在选定的机构获得奖学金和其他支持。所有BD学生都将被追踪到博士学位课程和劳动力市场，包括教授。拟议的计划将由阿拉巴马州LSAMP社会科学研究小组进行评估，该小组由两名参与LSAMP常规计划的UAB社会科学家组成。评估数据将在两年资助期及以后每隔一段时间收集和评估。阿拉巴马州LSAMP将与其他BD现场协调员和国家LSAMP绩效指标合作，利用其定期LSAMP奖励的资金出版年度国家LSAMP BD杂志。这本杂志是BD项目的极好的宣传来源，也是BD学生的重要网络工具。智力价值-该项目是促进STEM中代表性不足的少数族裔学生了解知识的重要一步。这些学生与科学和教育学院合作所获得的经验将为他们的职业发展奠定基础，并有助于国家在研究和教授方面对少数族裔科学家的巨大需求。广泛影响-该项目扩大了未被充分代表的群体在研究生教育中的参与，真正有望增加此类群体获得STEM博士学位并进入教授职位的数量。这个项目产生的发现和理解将通过全国性的BD出版物传播给其他机构和专注于研究生教育的项目。