Illinois LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2015-2017)

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院实现科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）劳动力的多样化，通过培养来自STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体的高竞争力学生：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。LSAMP通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位的入学和完成。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。在美国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现美国国家科学基金会2014-2018年战略计划的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持具有尖端能力的多样化STEM劳动力的发展”。伊利诺斯州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ILSAMP）由芝加哥州立大学领导，芝加哥州立大学是一所以黑人为主的大学，将主办2015-2017年的BD研究员，伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校（UIC）是主要的实施校园。UIC将提供一个全面的计划，包括严格的学术准备和研究培训经验，以及指导和专业发展活动。由于在UIC实施的战略将导致从代表性不足的群体中培养出训练有素、高技能的STEM专业人员，因此该项目将为增加学术界和STEM劳动力的多样性和代表性做出重大贡献，从而确保国家的全球竞争力。自2006年启动以来，UIC的ILSAMP BD已经从三个队列的42名研究员中产生了22名STEM博士。UIC的伊利诺伊州LSAMP BD计划将继续培养更多的STEM博士，以下是该计划的四个主要目标：1。从全国各地的LSAMP校区招募12名积极进取的学生；2. 为即将入学的学士学位研究员准备学习和博士学位培训；3. 举办活动，鼓励学士学位研究员坚持博士研究；和4。实施一系列旨在加强ILSAMP BD研究员的教育和培训的活动，帮助他们过渡到博士后奖学金，在学院的安置，或其他需要博士水平STEM教育的职位。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. For the U.S. to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." The Illinois Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ILSAMP) is led by Chicago State University, which is a Predominantly Black University and will host the 2015-2017 cohort of BD Fellows, with the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) as the main implementation campus. UIC will offer a comprehensive program that includes rigorous academic preparation and research training experiences as well as mentorship and professional development activities. Since the strategies implemented at UIC will result in the production of well-trained, highly-skilled STEM Professionals from underrepresented groups, the project will contribute significantly to increasing the diversity and representation in academia and the STEM workforce, thereby ensuring the nation's global competitiveness. Since starting in 2006, the ILSAMP BD at UIC has produced 22 STEM PhDs out of its 42 fellows from three cohorts. The Illinois LSAMP BD Program at UIC will continue to produce more STEM PhDs following the four primary objectives of the program: 1. To recruit twelve highly motivated students from LSAMP campuses across the nation; 2. To prepare matriculating BD Fellows to study and train towards the PhD; 3. To facilitate activities that will encourage BD Fellows to persist in PhD studies; and 4. To implement a series of activities designed to enhance the education and training of ILSAMP BD Fellows and help them transition to postdoctoral fellowships, placement in the academy, or other positions requiring doctoral level STEM education.