LSU BD-8: 2017 Cohort LA-BRIDGE

LSU BD-8：2017 年 LA-BRIDGE 队列

• 批准号: 1702501
• 负责人: Tyrslai Williams-Carter
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2020-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1702501&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSU; BD; 2017; Cohort; LA

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the 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. 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 vision of this grant is to provide a national model for the production of underrepresented scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees in STEM. Louisiana State University (LSU) serves as host of a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) project within the Louis Stokes - Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation. The LSU BD activity employs a multifaceted model that integrates research, education, and mentoring to address challenges underrepresented students face in doctoral programs. As such this project seeks to (1) recruit a cohort of twelve highly qualified Fellows from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds employing evidence-based recruitment and selection strategies; (2) retain and support Fellows through doctoral candidacy, and prepare them for successful completion of the PhD and professional research careers by providing academic and research support, and professional development opportunities; and (3) expand and institutionalize best mentoring strategies for underrepresented PhD students. The program components are executed via an educational model that integrates mentoring and research into recruitment and retention strategies. This proposal implements additional requirements that BD Fellows apply for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Toward this end, scientific communication, especially written communication, will become a larger focus for this cohort. The use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) will be refined and a new Bridge Orientation will be implemented. Evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies will be employed. The proposal includes a transformative design that incorporates inter- and intra-institutional alliances to improve the quality of STEM education at the doctoral level. This project will implement evidence-based mentoring strategies designed to support student matriculation and tools to promote self-efficacy toward PhD candidacy and doctoral attainment.

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通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生，使STEM劳动力多样化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：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。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。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”。这项资助的愿景是为培养具有STEM博士学位的代表性不足的科学家和工程师提供一个国家模式。路易斯安那州立大学（LSU）在路易斯·斯托克斯-路易斯安那少数民族参与联盟中担任博士学位桥梁（BD）项目的主持人。路易斯安那州立大学的BD活动采用多方面的模式，将研究、教育和指导结合起来，以解决代表性不足的学生在博士课程中面临的挑战。因此，该项目寻求(1)采用基于证据的招聘和选拔策略，从代表性不足的种族和民族背景中招募12名高素质的研究员；(2)通过博士候选人资格保留和支持研究员，并通过提供学术和研究支持以及专业发展机会，为他们顺利完成博士学位和专业研究生涯做好准备；(3)扩大和制度化对代表性不足的博士生的最佳指导策略。该计划的组成部分通过一种教育模式来执行，该模式将指导和研究整合到招聘和保留策略中。该提案实施了BD研究员申请NSF研究生研究奖学金计划（GRFP）的额外要求。为此，科学交流，尤其是书面交流，将成为这一群体更大的焦点。个人发展计划（IDPs）的使用将得到改进，并将实施新的桥梁导向。将采用循证招聘和留用策略。该提案包括一个变革性的设计，包括机构间和机构内的联盟，以提高博士水平的STEM教育质量。该项目将实施以证据为基础的指导策略，旨在支持学生的入学，并使用工具提高自我效能感，以获得博士学位。