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- lsamp，队列15路易斯·斯托克斯密西西比少数民族参与联盟（LSMAMP）通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）计划是一个致力于并决心积极响应增加科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中代表性不足的少数民族博士获得者数量的呼吁的计划。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，并有目的的指导将增加BD研究员进入和完成博士研究的可能性。第15批（15）将提供必要的资源，以支持另外12名BD研究员进入他们的STEM博士项目。LSMAMP-BD项目的愿景是培养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，并为创新发现所必需的文化和思想多样性做出贡献的BD研究员。由杰克逊州立大学（JSU）领导的路易斯·斯托克斯·密西西比少数民族参与联盟（LSMAMP）将支持第15届博士衔接班。LSMAMP博士之桥（BD）计划的目标是提高代表性不足的少数民族（URM）获得科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）硕士学位的质量和数量，并衔接博士课程，以攻读和获得STEM学科的博士学位。这一目标与NSF的愿景是一致的。这些学生最终进入劳动力市场，为美国经济的增长做出贡献。LSMAMP-BD有幸在协助NSF实现其创建一个在人才，技能和经验方面多样化的包容性劳动力的目标方面做出重大贡献。这是通过创建和利用一个综合项目来实现的，该项目培养了一批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。此外，通过不断使用我们的“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的富有同情心和坚定的指导相结合。此外，来自特邀专家的指导、研讨会、演讲系列、期刊俱乐部和参与科学会议也有助于学生的效率和毕业。指导我们的BD研究员的教师有外部资金，他们积极参与研究活动，提高我们的学生对博士课程的准备。同样，我们的学生接触到软技能，如科学写作，公开演讲，创造力，创新，决心，耐心，信心，专注和适应能力。在实验室或可能不具有包容性的环境中，这些品质的量化和发展更加复杂和具有挑战性。LSMAMP-BD计划专注于发展我们的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队列概念。该项目由路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划和促进竞争研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。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。