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

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划帮助大学和学院通过努力显著增加成功完成科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的高质量学位课程的学生数量，使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历来代表性不足的群体：非洲裔美国人、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。博士之桥(BD)活动为获得STEM博士学位的STEM项目提供学士学位后学习的支持。南佛罗里达大学(USF)是佛罗里达-佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟2014-2016(Cohort XII)博士学位项目的举办地，该项目由佛罗里达农工大学领导，该大学是一所历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)。该计划支持来自全国LSAMP校区的12名未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)STEM博士生组成的研究生队列。作为一个新的美国物理学会(APS)桥梁计划站点，该BD活动提供特定STEM学科的广泛培训，特别是物理学。在两年的时间里，该计划提供专业发展和指导，以促进科学界的同行指导和领导力。学生接受严格的学术和研究培训经验，以支持完成博士学位并过渡到在学术界和工业界具有竞争力的职业生涯。研究员还参与指导和K-12外展，以扩大从事STEM职业和STEM研究生教育的未被充分代表的少数族裔学生的潜在渠道。在该项目的持续时间和以后，USF的BD计划有助于增加来自未被充分代表的群体的学生的数量和质量，这些学生完成STEM博士学位并进入STEM职业生涯的研究生就业。它加强了HBCU(FAMU)与几个主要的为多数人服务的研究机构之间的伙伴关系、研究合作和衔接战略，包括国家实验室。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中。通过培养来自历史上少数族裔的未来STEM校友，增值体现在国家STEM学科的多样性上，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.