FGLSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate 2016-2018

FGLSAMP 通往博士学位的桥梁 2016-2018

• 批准号: 1612347
• 负责人: Maurice Edington
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2019-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612347&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FGLSAMP; Bridge; Doctorate; 2016; 2018

The University of South Florida will serve as the 2016-2018 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) institutional site for the NSF Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) Project with the goal of increasing the number of underrepresented students in STEM who will become the next generation of scientists, engineers, research innovators, entrepreneurs, and faculty role models. USF's FGLSAMP BD Project will provide the unique academic setting and multiple opportunities to facilitate the professional advancement of LSAMP graduates committed to both achieving outstanding careers in engineering, computational, mathematics, and scientific disciplines (physical, biological, geosciences), and shaping the nation's 21st century STEM research agenda. The new FGLSAMP BD Activity will boldly build upon the overwhelming success of six previous FGLSAMP USF BD awards (94% of students are expected to earn an advanced STEM degree) by institutionalizing the best practices initiated with the 2004 BD Project to all USF STEM majors. The project also embodies proven organizational and operational principles by extending the successful LSAMP model of empowering minority undergraduates toward achieving academic and social integration and professionalization in the sciences into graduate STEM programs. By around 2020, more than half of the nation's children are expected to come from minority or ethnic groups according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In response to these changing demographics, both the National Academies and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) have documented the need to increase the participation of individuals from historically underrepresented groups in S&E to help maintain the nation's competitiveness in technology and research innovation. As such, an expected benefit of this university-wide, unified, institutionally integrated FGLSAMP BD project will be to help revitalize the national talent pool of domestic PhD trained scientists and engineers. Another benefit of the FGLSAMP BD activity will be to help address the critical shortfall of individuals from underrepresented groups who become STEM faculty. Through evidence-based practices (e.g., proposal writing preparation, peer-to-peer mentoring, minority scientist role model interactions, engagement with undergraduates and K-12 students, etc.), this FGLSAMP BD activity will seek to encourage a greater number of URM students to pursue both academic careers and nontraditional STEM career pathways (entrepreneurship, governmental research, industry, etc.) The five measurable objectives for the project are as follows: 1) Recruit twelve (12) minority students as NSF FGLSAMP BD fellows by fall 2016 into all USF STEM Colleges, 2) Initiate professional development activities to prepare FGLSAMP BD fellows and FGLSAMP scholars across the Alliance for competitive NSF GRFP applications and other fellowship programs, 3) Support the transition of all USF FGLSAMP BD fellows into STEM PhD programs, 4) Prepare FGLSAMP BD fellows to become globally engaged researchers through cutting-edge research projects and interactions with international scientists; and 5) Implement new graduate student mentoring and outreach initiatives that will both encourage students to pursue academic careers and also help to broaden the national participation of URM students in STEM.

南佛罗里达大学将作为2016-2018年桥梁博士学位（BD）机构网站的NSF佛罗里达州-格鲁吉亚路易斯·斯托克斯联盟少数民族参与（FGLSAMP）项目，其目标是增加STEM中代表性不足的学生人数，他们将成为下一代科学家，工程师，研究创新者，企业家和教师榜样。USF的FGLSAMP BD项目将提供独特的学术环境和多种机会，以促进LSAMP毕业生的专业发展，这些毕业生致力于在工程，计算，数学和科学学科（物理，生物，地球科学）方面实现杰出的职业生涯，并塑造国家的21世纪世纪STEM研究议程。新的FGLSAMP BD活动将大胆地建立在六个以前的FGLSAMP USF BD奖（94%的学生预计将获得高级STEM学位）的压倒性成功的基础上，通过将2004年BD项目发起的最佳实践制度化到所有USF STEM专业。该项目还体现了经过验证的组织和操作原则，通过扩展成功的LSAMP模式，使少数民族本科生能够实现学术和社会融合以及科学专业化，进入研究生STEM课程。 根据美国人口普查局的数据，到2020年左右，预计全国一半以上的儿童将来自少数民族或族裔群体。为了应对这些不断变化的人口统计数据，美国国家科学院和总统科技顾问理事会（PCAST）都记录了需要增加来自历史上代表性不足的群体的个人在S E中的参与，以帮助保持国家在技术和研究创新方面的竞争力。因此，这个全校范围内，统一的，机构整合的FGLSAMP BD项目的预期效益将有助于振兴国内博士培训的科学家和工程师的国家人才库。FGLSAMP BD活动的另一个好处是帮助解决来自代表性不足的群体的个人成为STEM教师的严重短缺。通过循证实践（例如，提案写作准备，点对点指导，少数民族科学家榜样互动，与本科生和K-12学生的互动等），该FGLSAMP BD活动将鼓励更多的URM学生追求学术生涯和非传统的STEM职业途径（创业，政府研究，工业等）。该项目的五个可衡量目标如下：1）招聘十二（12）少数民族学生作为NSF FGLSAMP BD研究员到2016年秋季进入所有USF STEM学院，2）启动专业发展活动，以准备FGLSAMP BD研究员和FGLSAMP学者在整个联盟的竞争NSF GRFP应用程序和其他奖学金计划，3）支持所有USF FGLSAMP BD研究员过渡到STEM博士课程，4）通过尖端研究项目和与国际科学家的互动，准备FGLSAMP BD研究员成为全球参与的研究人员;和5）实施新的研究生指导和推广计划，既鼓励学生追求学术生涯，也有助于扩大URM学生在STEM的全国参与。