Scholarships in Science and Technology for Talented Low-income Students

该项目将有助于对受过良好教育的科学家，数学家，工程师和技术人员的国家需要，通过支持在海崖（UAPB）的阿肯色州大学的高成就，低收入学生证明经济需要的保留和毕业。UAPB是HBCU，92%的学生获得佩尔助学金。在5年的时间里，该项目将为18名正在攻读农业科学、生物学、化学、物理学、数学、计算机科学或工业工程与管理学士学位的独特学生提供奖学金。一年级的学生，在两个队列，将获得四年的奖学金支持。活动包括为期一周的方向，定期咨询和指导，同行辅导，和学术年的研究参与。上升的学生将有机会和财政支持，采取在夏季课程，以帮助保持对毕业的进展。该项目的重点是帮助学生为暑期研究、研究生院和加入STEM劳动力队伍做好准备。该项目的总体目标是提高低收入、高成就、有经济需求的本科生的STEM学位完成率。该项目的五个主要目标是：1）招募两批9名学者，2）通过强有力的参与活动留住至少95%的学者，3）在四年内毕业至少90%的学者，4）将至少25%的学者放在研究生院从事STEM研究事业，5）跟进学者，支持他们在第一年成功过渡到工业或研究生院。一个S-STEM成就辅导员和教师导师将促进学生对校内和校外资源的利用。该项目的评估将通过由STEM主席组成的内部咨询委员会以及外部评估人员进行。评估人员将收集和分析学生和教师的数据，这些数据与定向计划、研究生院准备和指导等活动有关。关于STEM研究和职业准备的知识生成，特别是在主要是农村学生的HBCU，可能对其他机构和STEM项目有益。该项目由NSF的科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，该计划旨在增加低收入学术人才的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来STEM工作者的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功，保留，转移，毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

This project will contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians by supporting the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB). UAPB is an HBCU with 92% of students receiving Pell grants. Over its 5-year duration, this project will fund scholarships to 18 unique students who are pursuing bachelor’s degrees in the Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or Industrial Engineering and Management. First-year students, in two cohorts, will receive four years of scholarship support. Activities include a week-long orientation, regular advising and mentoring, peer-tutoring, and academic-year research participation. Rising sophomores will have the opportunity and financial support to take classes during the summer to help maintain progress toward graduation. The project focuses on preparing students for summer research, graduate school, and joining the STEM workforce.The overall goal of this project is to increase STEM degree completion of low-income, high-achieving undergraduates with demonstrated financial need. Five main objectives of the project are: 1) to recruit two cohorts of nine scholars, 2) to retain at least 95% of scholars through robust engagement activities, 3) to graduate at least 90% of scholars within four years, 4) to place at least 25% of scholars in graduate school to pursue STEM research careers, and 5) to follow-up with scholars to support them in succeeding in the first year of transition to industry or graduate school. An S-STEM Achievement Counselor and faculty mentors will facilitate students' utilization of resources on and off-campus. Assessment of the project will occur through an internal Advisory Committee consisting of STEM chairpersons, as well as an external evaluator. The evaluator will gather and analyze data from students and faculty related to activities such as the orientation program, graduate school preparation, and mentoring. Knowledge generation about STEM research and career preparation, particularly at an HBCU with a largely rural student population, could be beneficial to other institutions and STEM programs. This project is funded by NSF’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future STEM workers, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.