Louisiana State University Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research Scholars Program (LA-STEM) -- Phase II

这一奖项重申了NSF对路易斯安那州立大学科学、技术、工程和数学研究学者计划(LA-STEM)的支持。LA-STEM是一项多学科试点计划，旨在增加在STEM学科获得学士学位和博士学位的人数不足的学生人数，并展示这一目标的成功模式，该模式可以全部或部分移植到其他院校。这是一项以研究为基础的活动，旨在全面发展一支成就卓著的劳动力队伍。LA-STEM包含六个主要组件？其目标是保持80名LA-STEM奖学金获得者的稳定人数，每年招收约15-20名新学生；在五年内保持LA-STEM奖学金获得者在毕业后至少75%的保留率；以及促进至少50%的这些学生在从路易斯安那州立大学毕业后三年内在STEM地区攻读博士学位。这个项目的学术价值在于，它通过对LA-STEM研究学者计划的有效性的研究，为学生在STEM学科中的成功建立了一个模型。该项目更广泛的影响在于它可能通过以下方式影响STEM学科的教育：(1)创建一批准备充分的研究生；(2)扩大女性和代表性不足的少数群体在STEM学科中的参与；(3)鼓励在历史上以种族隔离为标志的教育格局中的多样性；(4)通过展示LA-STEM和Meyerhoff等模式可以成功地适应个别机构的情况，鼓励开发整合本科教育、研究和指导的项目。

This award renews NSF support of the Louisiana State University Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research Scholars Program (LA-STEM). LA-STEM is a multidisciplinary pilot program designed to increase the number of underrepresented students who receive baccalaureate and doctoral degrees in STEM disciplines, and to demonstrate a successful model for this goal that can be ported, in whole or in part, to other institutional settings. It is a research-based activity targeting the holistic development of a highly achieving workforce. LA-STEM combines six primary components ? recruitment, selection, a summer bridge, mentoring, education, and research to achieve its objectives of maintaining a steady-state population of 80 LA-STEM Scholars, recruiting approximately 15-20 new students each year; sustaining a minimum 75% retention rate of LA-STEM Scholars through graduation within five years; and facilitating the enrollment of at least 50% of these students in Ph.D. programs in STEM areas within three years of their graduation from LSU. The intellectual merit of this project is that it builds a model for student success in the STEM disciplines through a study of the effectiveness of the LA-STEM Research Scholars Program. The broader impacts of the project lie in its potential to impact education in the STEM disciplines through (1) creating a pool of well-prepared graduate students, (2) broadening participation of women and underrepresented minorities in the STEM disciplines, (3) encouraging diversity in an educational landscape historically marked by segregation, and (4) encouraging development of programs that integrate undergraduate education, research, and mentoring by showing that models such as LA-STEM and Meyerhoff can be successfully adapted to fit the contexts of individual institutions.