Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: Virginia--North Carolina (2023-2028)

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努力显著增加进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）学科并成功完成高质量学位课程的学生人数，以使STEM劳动力多样化。特别强调通过创新的、基于证据的招聘和保留策略，以及相关的教育经验来改变本科STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中代表性不足的人群：非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。这些策略有助于培养准备充分的学生，这些学生高素质，有动力追求STEM的研究生教育或职业生涯。美国要保持全球竞争力，至关重要的是要挖掘所有公民的才能，并在支撑知识经济的STEM领域提供卓越的教育准备。弗吉尼亚-北卡罗来纳州STEM路径和研究联盟（VA-NC SPRA）已经形成了一个联盟，以响应对更多样化和熟练的技术劳动力的需求。这种需求仍然存在，在弗吉尼亚州和北卡罗来纳州尤其迫切。组成联盟的机构是多种多样的，包括弗吉尼亚大学，领导机构，贝内特学院，伊丽莎白州立大学，乔治梅森大学，约翰逊C.史密斯大学，国家射电天文台，老道明大学，皮埃蒙特弗吉尼亚社区学院，圣奥古斯丁大学，弗吉尼亚联邦大学，弗吉尼亚理工学院和州立大学。通过这个项目，联盟将实施一些活动，通过提高学生的保留率、参与本科研究，以及从11所联盟机构毕业的STEM学位的历史上代表性不足的人口总数，来支持学生的成功。通过这一努力，参与该项目的研究人员相信，改进的结果将加强弗吉尼亚州和北卡罗来纳州的STEM劳动力，并最终为美国的国家安全做出贡献。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 their efforts to significantly increase the numbers of students matriculating into and successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines to diversify the STEM workforce. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming undergraduate STEM education through innovative, evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies, and relevant educational experiences in support of populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. These strategies facilitate the production of well-prepared students highly qualified and motivated to pursue graduate education or careers in STEM.For the United States to remain globally competitive, it is vital that it taps into the talent of all its citizens and provides exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. The Virginia-North Carolina STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (VA-NC SPRA) has formed an alliance in response to the need for a more diverse and skilled technical workforce. That need still exists and is particularly acute in the States of Virginia and North Carolina. The institutions that make up the Alliance are diverse and include the University of Virginia, lead institution, Bennett College, Elizabeth City State University, George Mason University, Johnson C. Smith University, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Old Dominion University, Piedmont Virginia Community College, St. Augustine’s University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Through this project, the Alliance will implement activities to support student success by improving retention, participation in undergraduate research, and the overall number of historically underrepresented populations graduating with STEM degrees from the eleven Alliance institutions. Through this effort, researchers involved in this project believe that the improved results will strengthen the STEM workforce in the States of Virginia and North Carolina and ultimately contribute to America's national security.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.