LSAMP BD: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

LSAMP BD：波多黎各里约彼德拉斯大学，波多黎各路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟

• 批准号: 2306079
• 负责人: Orestes Quesada
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306079&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSAMP; BD; University; Puerto; Rico

With support from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) this Bridge to Doctorate Activity will offer 12 talented students from multiple LSAMP alliances the opportunity to pursue doctoral degrees in STEM fields at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, Puerto Rico (UPRRP). Puerto Rico LSAMP (PR-LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) fellows will receive multidisciplinary training in high-impact research practices while enrolled in one of the following graduate programs at UPRRP: Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Physics, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Geology and Mathematics. The work produced by BD Scholars will advance a plethora of research efforts that address many complex scientific issues with high societal impact, including understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change, developing novel technologies, and leveraging computational tools to understand the natural world.The implementation of the 14th cohort of BD scholars will help to further develop and maintain a highly competitive STEM research enterprise required to advance Puerto Rico's economic development, and to meet the national need for diverse STEM professionals. Specifically, the PR-LSAMP BD Program aims to increase enrollment and retention of students in STEM from the LSAMP population with a focus on Afro-Caribbean students who are US citizens or nationals. Upon completion of the program, BD fellows will become role models for other students from underrepresented groups across the Nation, to become the next generation of STEM professionals. BD fellows will become STEM ambassadors by presenting their research at local conferences such as the Puerto Rico Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting (PRISM), at national conferences of their disciplines, and will undertake outreach activities by visiting public high schools to offer their experience and knowledge on STEM fields and careers. As the recruitment pool of LSAMP baccalaureate recipients includes a high proportion of individuals from underrepresented minority populations, the project anticipates that LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellows will be students from these groups. Therefore, the project will contribute significantly to broadening participation in academe and science research.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.

在路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）的支持下，这座通往博士学位的桥梁活动将为来自多个LSAMP联盟的12名才华横溢的学生提供在波多黎各-里奥皮德拉斯大学（波多黎各）攻读STEM领域博士学位的机会。波多黎各LSAMP（PR-LSAMP）桥梁博士（BD）研究员将接受高影响力的研究实践的多学科培训，同时在UPRRP参加以下研究生课程之一：生物学，化学，化学物理，物理学，环境科学，计算机科学，工程，地质学和数学。BD学者的工作将推动大量的研究工作，解决许多具有高度社会影响的复杂科学问题，包括理解和减轻气候变化的影响，开发新技术，第14批BD学者的实施将有助于进一步发展和保持一个具有高度竞争力的STEM研究企业所需的促进波多黎各的经济发展，并满足国家对不同STEM专业人员的需求。具体而言，PR-LSAMP BD计划旨在增加LSAMP人口中STEM学生的入学率和保留率，重点是美国公民或国民的非洲裔加勒比学生。在该计划完成后，BD研究员将成为全国代表性不足的群体的其他学生的榜样，成为下一代STEM专业人士。BD研究员将通过在当地会议上展示他们的研究成为STEM大使，如波多黎各跨学科科学会议（PRISM），在他们学科的全国会议上，并将通过访问公立高中开展外联活动，提供他们在STEM领域和职业的经验和知识。由于LSAMP学士学位获得者的招聘库包括来自代表性不足的少数民族人口的比例很高，该项目预计LSAMP博士学位研究员的桥梁将是来自这些群体的学生。该奖项反映了NSF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。