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

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划通过培养在STEM学科中历来代表性较低的群体中具有高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通向博士学位之桥(BD)活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成学业。在国家高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现NSF 2018-2022年战略计划中的目标之一，即“促进更有能力和多样化的研究劳动力的增长，并提高国家的科学和创新技能。”这笔赠款的愿景是提供一个全国模式，培养出拥有STEM博士学位的代表不足的科学家和工程师。这项LSAMP BD活动的表演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·斯托克斯少数人参与联盟(VA-NC LSAMP)的12个合作伙伴之一。该联盟的牵头机构弗吉尼亚大学将主办VA-NC LSAMP的第一个BD项目；为LSAMP本科项目的12名毕业生提供博士水平的学习。除了提供大量的财政支持，使学生能够全身心地专注于博士课程的工作和研究，该项目还提供了一套综合的活动，旨在推动BD学生完成博士水平的学习。活动包括：1)为期3周的暑期桥牌项目；2)职业发展机会；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，为学生成为STEM专业人员做准备。这些活动解决了限制来自STEM领域历史上代表性不足的学生增加的障碍，特别是在博士水平。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.