LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate

博士之桥：密西西比州-LSAMP，Cohort 15密西西比州路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSMAMP)博士之桥(BD)计划是一个致力于并决心积极响应呼吁增加科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)中代表不足的少数族裔博士学位获得者数量的计划。我们的LSMAMP-BD项目的持续成功是基于这样一个前提，即在整个硕士学位预科阶段为参与者提供足够的经济支持和有目的的指导将增加BD研究员衔接并完成博士学习的可能性。为第15(15)号队列提供的资金将提供必要的资源，以支持另外12名BD研究员过渡到他们的STEM博士项目。LSMAMP-BD计划的愿景是培训BD研究员，他们不仅仅是收集信息和知识，而是以创新的方式应用这些知识，并为做出创新发现所需的文化和思想的多样性做出贡献。由杰克逊州立大学(JSU)领导的密西西比州路易斯·斯托克斯少数人参与联盟(LSMAMP)将支持博士学位之桥的第15批人。LSMAMP通向博士学位(BD)项目的目标是提高未被充分代表的少数族裔(URM)获得科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)硕士学位的质量和数量，并与博士项目衔接，在STEM学科攻读和获得博士学位。这一目标与NSF的愿景是一致的。这些学生最终进入劳动力大军，为美国经济增长做出贡献。LSMAMP-BD有幸在帮助NSF实现其创建一支才华、技能和经验多样化的包容性劳动力队伍的目标方面做出重大贡献。这是通过创建和利用一个全面的计划来实现的，该计划发展了一批BD研究员，不仅完成了他们的硕士学位要求，而且还完成了博士学位的要求。此外，通过持续使用我们的“最佳实践”和“经验教训”，我们的BD计划利用了双管齐下的方法，将实验室的严格培训与研究顾问和BD计划的首席调查员和主任富有同情心和坚定的指导相结合。此外，特邀专家的指导、研讨会、演讲者系列、期刊俱乐部和参加科学会议都有助于提高我们学生的效率和毕业。指导我们BD研究员的教职员工有外部资金，他们积极参与研究活动，帮助我们的学生为博士项目做好准备。同样，我们的学生可以接触到软技能，如科学写作、公开演讲、创造力、创新、决心、耐心、自信、专注和适应能力。在实验室或可能没有包容性的环境中对这些品质进行量化和培养是更加复杂和具有挑战性的。LSMAMP-BD计划致力于发展BD研究员的“硬”和“软”技能，同时通过为所有参与者创造社区氛围来利用学生参与和发展的队列概念。该项目由Louis Stokes少数群体参与联盟(LSAMP)计划和既定的激励竞争研究计划(EPSCoR)联合资助。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。

Bridge to the Doctorate: Mississippi-LSAMP, Cohort 15The Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program is a program that is committed and determined to aggressively answer the call for increasing the number of underrepresented minority PhD recipients in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The continued success of our LSMAMP-BD program is based upon the premise that the provision of adequate financial support for participants throughout their MS degree matriculation and purposeful mentoring will increase the likelihood that the BD Fellows will bridge to and complete doctoral studies. Funding for Cohort Fifteen (15) will provide the necessary resources to support an additional 12 BD Fellows to bridge to their STEM PhD program. The vision of the LSMAMP-BD program is to train BD Fellows who go beyond just gathering information and knowledge to applying that knowledge in innovative ways and contributing to the diversity of culture and ideas necessary for making innovative discoveries.The Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP), led by Jackson State University (JSU), will support Cohort 15 of the Bridge to the Doctorate. The goal of the LSMAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program focuses on increasing the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities (URM) earning MS degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and bridging to PhD programs to pursue and earn PhDs in a STEM discipline. This goal is consistent with the vision of NSF. These students ultimately enter the workforce and contribute to the growth of the US economy. The LSMAMP-BD is privileged to make significant contributions in assisting the NSF in its goals of creating an inclusive workforce which is diverse in talent, skills, and in experience. This has been accomplished through the creation and utilization of a comprehensive program that develops a Cohort of BD Fellows to not only complete their MS degree requirements, but also the PhD. Furthermore, through the continual use of our "best practices" and "lessons learned," our BD program takes advantage of a two-pronged approach that combines rigorous training in the laboratory with compassionate and firm mentoring from research advisors and the BD Program's Principal Investigator and Director. Also, mentoring from invited experts, seminars, speaker series, journal club, and participation in scientific conferences contribute to the effectiveness and graduation of our students. Faculty who mentor our BD Fellows have external funding and they are actively engaged in research activities that boosts our student's readiness for PhD programs. Equally, our students are exposed to soft skills such as scientific writing, public speaking, creativity, innovation, determination, patience, confidence, focus, and adaptability. These qualities are more complex and challenging to quantify and develop in a laboratory or an environment that may not be inclusive. The LSMAMP-BD Program specializes in developing the "hard" and "soft" skills of our BD Fellows and at the same time takes advantage of the cohort concept of student engagement and development by creating a climate of community for all participants.This project is jointly funded by the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.