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Collaborative Research: A Bridge to Physics and Astronomy Doctorates for Students with Financial Need

合作研究：为有经济需要的学生攻读物理和天文学博士学位的桥梁

基本信息

批准号：
1741798
负责人：
Julie Posselt
金额：
$ 35.33万
依托单位：
University of Southern California
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-01 至 2024-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1741798&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Collaborative Research Bridge Physics Astronomy

项目摘要

With funding from the NSF's Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) program, this project at California State Polytechnic University Pomona (CalPoly Pomona) will support high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need. This project will fund 146 scholarships over five years for students who are pursuing bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy. Participating scholars will join a cohort-based mentoring and undergraduate research program spanning a diverse network of more than 50 California higher education institutions. These institutions are dedicated to the goal of increasing the number of students pursuing PhDs in physics, astronomy, and associated STEM disciplines. Led by CalPoly Pomona and the University of California Irvine in Southern California, and by San Jose State University and the University of California Santa Cruz in Northern California, more than 140 physics and astronomy faculty at the 24 California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) campuses in the bridge network will serve as mentors to scholars supported by the project. In addition to receiving biweekly mentoring and progress monitoring by pairs of one UC and one CSU professor, these scholars will also receive full need-based scholarships during their junior and senior years, monthly professional development workshops, and supervised research opportunities via the successful NSF-funded CAMPARE program.Given the size and diversity of the California secondary education system, the success of this S-STEM Track 3 project will likely significantly increase the number of PhDs nationwide earned by underrepresented minorities in the fields of physics and astronomy. All low-income students enrolled in a participating CSU campus are eligible for this California Bridge (Cal-Bridge) program, which searches for students with unusual potential, using holistic review and research-based criteria developed by successful bridge programs such as the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's-to-PhD Bridge program. Unlike other existing bridge programs, Cal-Bridge begins with students during their formative undergraduate years, focusing on preparation rather than remediation. This multifaceted support will mitigate known barriers to graduate school entry for high-achieving, motivated students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and will thus greatly increase the probability they complete their undergraduate degree and gain entry to PhD programs. The project also involves multi-method social science research to understand the networks of scholars and institutions formed because of partnerships between Minority/Hispanic Serving Institutions and Research Universities, and the effect of those networks on recruitment and admissions to participating UC physics and astronomy departments. Over the five-years, social network analysis and qualitative case study methods will be used to capture patterns in Cal-Bridge Scholars' graduate school admissions and enrollment, as well as in impediments to these outcomes. These results, along with the project's growing connections with institutions beyond California, will have the potential to influence the national landscape of equitable participation by low-income students in STEM higher education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在美国国家科学基金会科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的资助下，加州州立波莫纳理工大学（CalPoly Pomona）的这个项目将支持有经济需求的高成就低收入学生。该项目将在五年内为攻读物理学和天文学学士学位的学生提供146个奖学金。参与的学者将加入一个基于群体的指导和本科生研究项目，该项目跨越了50多所加州高等教育机构的多元化网络。这些机构致力于增加攻读物理学、天文学和相关STEM学科博士学位的学生数量。由南加州的加州波莫纳理工学院和加州大学欧文分校，以及北加州的圣何塞州立大学和加州大学圣克鲁斯分校领导，桥梁网络中的24所加州州立大学（CSU）和加州大学（UC）校区的140多名物理和天文学教师将担任该项目支持的学者的导师。除了每两周一次接受加州大学和科罗拉多州立大学教授的指导和进度监测外，这些学者还将在大三和大四期间获得全额奖学金，每月专业发展研讨会，并通过成功的国家科学基金会资助的CAMPARE项目获得监督研究机会。考虑到加州中等教育系统的规模和多样性，这个S-STEM Track 3项目的成功可能会显著增加全国范围内在物理和天文学领域未被充分代表的少数民族获得博士学位的人数。所有在加州州立大学注册的低收入学生都有资格参加加州桥项目，该项目使用全面审查和基于研究的标准，寻找具有非凡潜力的学生，这些标准是由成功的桥梁项目（如菲斯克-范德比尔特硕士到博士桥梁项目）开发的。与其他现有的桥梁项目不同，加州大学桥项目从学生的本科阶段开始，侧重于准备而不是补习。这种多方面的支持将减轻来自经济困难背景的成绩优异、积极进取的学生进入研究生院的已知障碍，从而大大增加他们完成本科学位并进入博士课程的可能性。该项目还涉及多方法社会科学研究，以了解由于少数民族/西班牙裔服务机构和研究型大学之间的伙伴关系而形成的学者和机构网络，以及这些网络对参与加州大学物理和天文学部门的招聘和录取的影响。在五年的时间里，社会网络分析和定性案例研究方法将被用来捕捉加州桥学者研究生院录取和注册的模式，以及这些结果的障碍。这些结果，以及该项目与加州以外的机构日益增长的联系，将有可能影响低收入学生公平参与STEM高等教育的全国格局。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。