LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate

LSAMP 通往博士学位的桥梁

• 批准号: 1906146
• 负责人: Thomas Hudson
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: Jackson State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-08-01 至 2022-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1906146&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSAMP; Bridge; Doctorate

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.

通往博士学位的桥梁：密西西比州-LSAMP，第 15 组路易斯斯托克斯密西西比少数族裔参与联盟 (LSMAMP) 通往博士学位的桥梁 (BD) 计划是一项致力于并决心积极响应增加科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 领域代表性不足的少数族裔博士学位获得者数量的号召的计划。我们的 LSMAMP-BD 计划的持续成功基于这样一个前提：在参与者的硕士学位入学过程中提供足够的财务支持和有目的的指导将增加 BD 研究员过渡并完成博士研究的可能性。第十五 (15) 队列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 计划的愿景是培养 BD 研究员，他们不仅要收集信息和知识，还要以创新的方式应用这些知识，并为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) 领导的路易斯斯托克斯密西西比州少数族裔参与联盟 (LSMAMP) 将支持博士之桥第 15 组。 LSMAMP 通往博士学位的桥梁 (BD) 计划的目标侧重于提高获得科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 硕士学位的少数族裔 (URM) 的质量和数量，以及衔接博士项目以攻读并获得 STEM 学科的博士学位。这个目标与NSF的愿景是一致的。这些学生最终进入劳动力市场，为美国经济的增长做出贡献。 LSMAMP-BD 很荣幸能够在协助 NSF 实现创建一支具有多样化人才、技能和经验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综合计划来实现的，该计划培养了一批 BD 研究员，不仅可以完成硕士学位要求，还可以完成博士学位要求。此外，通过不断利用我们的“最佳实践”和“经验教训”，我们的 BD 项目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 项目首席研究员和主任富有同情心和坚定的指导相结合。此外，受邀专家的指导、研讨会、演讲系列、期刊俱乐部以及参加科学会议也有助于我们学生的效率和毕业。指导我们的 BD 研究员的教师拥有外部资金，他们积极参与研究活动，以提高我们的学生为博士课程做好准备。同样，我们的学生也能接触到科学写作、公开演讲、创造力、创新、决心、耐心、自信、专注和适应能力等软技能。在实验室或可能不具有包容性的环境中量化和开发这些品质更加复杂和具有挑战性。 LSMAMP-BD 计划专门培养 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，利用学生参与和发展的群体概念。该项目由路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP) 计划和刺激竞争性研究既定计划 (EPSCoR) 共同资助。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命和 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，该项目被认为值得支持。