2014-2016 Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate at the University of South Florida

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科高质量学位课程的学生人数，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留策略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：非裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动为STEM项目的学士学位后学习提供支持，从而获得STEM博士学位。南佛罗里达大学（USF）是佛罗里达-乔治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟2014-2016（队列十二）BD项目的主办地点，该联盟由佛罗里达a&m大学领导，这是一所历史悠久的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）。该项目支持来自全国各地LSAMP校区的12名未被充分代表的少数族裔（URM） STEM博士研究生。作为一个新的美国物理学会（APS）桥梁计划网站，该BD活动提供了具体STEM学科的广泛培训，特别是物理学。在两年的时间里，该项目提供专业发展和指导，促进科学界的同伴指导和领导。学生将获得严格的学术和研究培训经验，以支持博士学位的完成，并过渡到学术界和工业界的竞争职业。研究员还参与指导和K-12外展活动，以扩大少数族裔学生追求STEM职业和STEM研究生教育的潜在渠道。在项目期间及之后，USF的BD计划旨在提高来自代表性不足群体的学生完成STEM博士学位并进入STEM职业的研究生就业的数量和质量。它加强了HBCU （FAMU）与包括国家实验室在内的几个主要的多数服务研究机构之间的伙伴关系、研究合作和衔接战略。BD活动的长期影响反映在美国的STEM劳动力中，无论是在学术界还是在工业研发领域。通过从历史上的少数民族中培养未来的STEM校友，可以在全国STEM学科的多样性中看到附加值，增加了博士水平的代表性，并为下一代提供了榜样和动力。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups historically under-represented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity provides support for postbaccalaureate studies in STEM programs leading to the STEM doctoral degree.The University of South Florida (USF) is the host site for the 2014-2016 (Cohort XII) BD program for the Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation under the leadership of Florida A&M University, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU). The program supports a graduate student cohort of 12 underrepresented minority (URM) STEM Ph.D. students from LSAMP campuses across the nation. This BD Activity provides extensive training in specific STEM disciplines, particularly physics, as a new American Physical Society (APS) Bridge Program site. Over a two-year period, the program provides professional development and guidance that promote peer mentoring and leadership in the scientific community. Students receive rigorous academic and research training experiences that support completion of the Ph.D. and the transition to a competitive career in academia and industry. Fellows also engage in mentoring and K-12 outreach to expand the potential pipeline of underrepresented minority students pursuing STEM careers and STEM graduate education.Over the duration of the project and beyond, the BD program at USF serves to increase the number and quality of students from underrepresented groups completing STEM Ph.D. degrees and entering post-graduate employment in STEM careers. It enhances partnerships, research collaborations, and articulation strategies between an HBCU (FAMU) and several major majority-serving research institutions, including national laboratories. The long-term impact of the BD activity is reflected in America's STEM workforce,both in academia and in industrial research and development. By nurturing futureSTEM alumni from historically minority populations, the value added is seen in the diversity of STEM disciplines in the nation, increasing representation at the doctoral level and providing role models and motivation for the next generation.