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

• 批准号: 1741863
• 负责人: Alexander Rudolph
• 金额: $ 416.7万
• 依托单位: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.
• 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 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1741863&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Bridge; Physics; Astronomy

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NSF的科学、技术、工程和数学奖学金（S-STEM）计划的资助下，加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校（CalPoly Pomona）的这个项目将支持成绩优异、有经济需求的低收入学生。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队列的指导和本科生研究计划，该计划涵盖了加州50多所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的目标。在南加州的CalPoly Pomona和加州大学欧文分校以及北方加州的圣何塞州立大学和加州大学圣克鲁斯分校的领导下，桥梁网络中24所加州州立大学（CSU）和加州大学（UC）校园的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。除了每两周接受一位UC和一位CSU教授的指导和进度监控外，这些学者还将在大三和大四期间获得基于需求的全额奖学金，每月的专业发展研讨会，以及通过成功的NSF资助的CAMPARE计划进行监督研究的机会。鉴于加州中等教育系统的规模和多样性，这个S-STEM轨道3项目的成功可能会大大增加全国物理学和天文学领域代表性不足的少数民族获得博士学位的数量。所有低收入家庭的学生就读于一个参与CSU校园都有资格参加这个加州桥（Cal-Bridge）计划，该计划使用整体审查和基于研究的标准，通过成功的桥梁计划，如菲斯克-范德比尔特硕士到博士桥梁计划开发，寻找具有非凡潜力的学生。与其他现有的桥梁课程不同，Cal-Bridge从学生的本科阶段开始，专注于准备而不是补救。这种多方面的支持将减轻已知的障碍，以研究生入学的高成就，积极的学生从经济上处于不利地位的背景，从而将大大增加他们完成本科学位的概率，并获得进入博士课程。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UC物理和天文学部门的招聘和招生的影响。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Cal-Bridge学者研究生院录取和入学的模式，以及这些结果的障碍。这些成果，沿着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NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

项目成果

The Strike for Black Lives: Growth of community in the Cal-Bridge program

为黑人生命而罢工：加州大桥计划中社区的发展

• DOI: 10.1063/pt.6.5.20220720a
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Physics Today
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Rudolph, A.L.;Hood, C.
• 通讯作者: Hood, C.

PhD bridge programmes as engines for access, diversity and inclusion

博士桥梁课程作为准入、多样性和包容性的引擎

• DOI: 10.1038/s41550-019-0962-1
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Nature Astronomy
• 影响因子: 14.1
• 作者: Rudolph, Alexander L.;Holley-Bockelmann, Kelly;Posselt, Julie
• 通讯作者: Posselt, Julie

Cal-Bridge: Creating pathways to the PhD for underrepresented students in physics and astronomy

加州大学桥分校：为物理学和天文学领域代表性不足的学生创造攻读博士学位的途径

• DOI: 10.1063/pt.3.4319
• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: Physics Today
• 影响因子: 3.5
• 作者: Rudolph, Alexander L.