LSAMP BD: LSU BD 9 2022 Cohort, LA-BRIDGE: Louisiana Broadening Resources for Increasing Diversity in Graduate Education

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在STEM学科中代表性不足的人群中具有高度竞争力的学生，使STEM劳动力多样化：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美洲印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、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。LSAMP BD活动的演出地点是路易斯安那州立大学（LSU），这是路易斯·斯托克斯路易斯安那州少数民族参与联盟（LS-LAMP）计划中包含的14所大学和学院之一。该项目旨在吸引、留住和毕业一批代表性不足的STEM学科博士生，这些博士生具备职业准备技能和自我效能感，可以进入STEM劳动力市场。该计划的组成部分将指导和研究融入到招聘和保留策略中，以及有针对性的活动，如静修、研讨会、月度会议、个人发展计划、文化活动、夏季写作体验和社区外展。此外，该项目以研究问题为指导，旨在点燃最佳实践，并为关键研究生群体的经历产生新的知识。LSU的LS-LAMP BD活动将对STEM研究生的保留率和毕业率产生积极影响，从而产生多样化的STEM专业人才队伍。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 populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, 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 Louisiana State University (LSU), one of the 14 universities and colleges included in the Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP) program. This project is designed to attract, retain, and graduate a cohort of underrepresented PhD students in STEM disciplines equipped with career readiness skills and self-efficacy to enter the STEM workforce. The program components integrate mentoring and research into recruitment and retention strategies alongside targeted activities such as retreats, workshops, monthly meetings, individual development plans, cultural events, summer writing experiences and community outreach. In addition, the project is guided by research questions that are designed to ignite best practices and generate new knowledge about the experiences of a critical graduate student populace. This LS-LAMP BD activity at LSU will positively impact the retention and graduation rates of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations in doctoral programs, thus producing a diverse workforce of STEM professionals.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.