LSAMP BD: University of Virginia, Virginia ? North Carolina Alliance (2018-2020)

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）活动的目标是提高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2018-2022年战略计划的目标之一，即“培养一支更有能力和多样化的研究队伍，提高国家的科学和创新技能”。这项资助的愿景是提供一个全国性的模式，以培养具有STEM博士学位的代表性不足的科学家和工程师。这项LSAMP BD活动的演出地点是弗吉尼亚大学（UVA），它是弗吉尼亚州-北卡罗来纳州路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（VA-NC LSAMP）的12个合作伙伴之一。UVA是该联盟的牵头机构，将主持VA-NC LSAMP的首个BD项目；为LSAMP本科项目的12名毕业生提供博士水平的学习。除了提供大量的资金支持，使学生能够专注于博士课程和研究，该项目还提供了一套完整的活动，旨在推动BD学生完成博士水平的研究。活动包括：1)为期三周的夏季桥梁丰富活动；2)专业发展机会；3)培训和准备竞争性研究生奖学金的申请；4)课外辅导支持，帮助学生成为STEM专业人士。这些活动解决了限制STEM领域中历史上代表性不足的群体学生增长的障碍，特别是在博士阶段。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。

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 PhD matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, namely to "foster the growth of a more capable and diverse research workforce and advance the scientific and innovation skills of the Nation." The vision of this grant is to provide a national model to produce underrepresented scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees in STEM.The performance site for this LSAMP BD activity is the University of Virginia (UVA), one of the 12 partners included in the Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC LSAMP). UVA, the lead institution for the alliance, will host the first BD program for VA-NC LSAMP; providing doctoral-level study for a cohort of 12 graduates from LSAMP undergraduate programs. In addition to affording substantial financial support to enable students to focus full time on doctoral course work and research, the project provides an integrated set of activities designed to advance BD students toward completion of doctoral level studies. Activities include: 1) a 3-week summer bridge enrichment program; 2) professional development opportunities; 3) training and preparation of applications for competitive graduate fellowships; and 4) extracurricular mentoring support that prepares the students to become STEM professionals. These activities address barriers that limit the increase of students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields, particularly at the doctoral level.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.