FGLSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate

南佛罗里达大学将作为2009-2011年桥梁博士学位（BD）项目网站佛罗里达州-格鲁吉亚路易斯斯托克斯联盟少数民族参与（FGLSAMP）计划。根据国家科学基金会和FGLSAMP的目标？的承诺，提供体验曝光的机会，新的FGLSAMP USF BD计划扩展了成功的成果，并？最佳实践？九个以前的培训补助金（BD，IGERT和GK-12和斯隆）的所有STEM领域，？数学、地球系统科学、生物物理科学和工程/计算机科学。该计划的一个独特之处在于，它利用了来自USF、斯隆基金会和麦克奈特基金会的广泛机构承诺，以及来自坦帕湾社区公司的承诺，世界各地的合作者都致力于确保学员和计划的成功。这一承诺将导致7个额外的两年期奖学金（补充12个NSF资助的BD奖学金，共19个两年期BD奖学金）作为BD研究员。此外，该提案获得的非USF承诺将使培训的第3-5年平均每年30，000美元的一揽子资金制度化，来自捐赠奖学金和外部方案。该计划利用NSF的资金，从USF获得90万美元的学生和计划支持（奖学金学费减免，管理）; 60万美元的斯隆博士奖学金用于继续攻读博士学位的学生，90万美元来自佛罗里达教育基金。因此，该计划由250万美元的非NSF基金杠杆。NSF的每一美元都将带来至少2.5美元的配套支持。我们对这一群体的目标是确保100%的学生完成博士学位，并采取变革性的指导，保留和社区建设策略。此外，USF BD项目将作为LSAMP BD研究员与其他NSF支持计划（GRFP，IGERT，GK-12，CREST，AGEP，LSAMP等）的协同和正式联系的国家模式，使学生通过教学课程和研究经验获得国际水平的研究视角，在国家实验室（布鲁克海文，NIST）接受研究培训，这将提供一个？桥接？博士后任命和永久就业机制;并发展技术、沟通和研究技能。NSF补充提供的教育津贴费用将用于：1）促进BD研究员的研究和培训活动; 2）开展专业发展活动和特殊的BD课程相关活动; 3）共同赞助年度FGLSAMP BD和GK-12研究研讨会，供各自项目的研究生研究员介绍他们的研究; 4）支付BD研究员出席NSF LSAMP/AGEP研究会议的差旅费; 5）支持在国家实验室进行扩展研究的差旅; 6）支付与赞助BD研究员参加GRE考试准备课程和重新参加GRE考试相关的费用（这将提高他们获得国家外部和内部USF奖学金的竞争力）; 7）与国际合作伙伴和合作者一起促进BD研究员的国际研究培训;和8）为所有BD研究员提供医疗保险。为了实现少数民族研究生STEM奖学金机会的制度化，USF已经在八个不同的学术课程中建立了两个阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆少数民族奖学金项目，在海洋科学学院为少数民族BD学生建立了两个捐赠基金，已经承诺提供超过90万美元。

University of South Florida will serve as the 2009-2011 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Project site for the Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP) Program. In accordance with the goal of the National Science Foundation and FGLSAMP?s commitment to providing experiential exposure opportunities, the new FGLSAMP USF BD Program extends the successful outcomes and ?best practices? of nine previous training grant awards (BD, IGERT and GK-12 and Sloan) to all STEM fields, ? mathematics, earth system sciences, biological & physical sciences and engineering/computer Science. This proposal extends a successful mentoring and training model used in the previous cohorts to the entire USF.A unique feature of this program is that it leverages extensive institutional commitment from across USF, Sloan Foundation and McKnight Foundation with commitment from companies in the Tampa bay community and collaborators all over the world are all committed to ensuring success of both, the trainees and the program. This commitment will result in 7 additional two-year fellowships awards (supplementing the 12 NSF-funded BD Fellowships for a total of 19 two-year BD Fellowships) as BD Fellows. Additionally, the non-USF commitments secured for this proposal will enable institutionalization of funding packages averaging $30,000 per year in years 3-5 of the traineeship, from endowed fellowships and external programs. This has been complemented with national and international internship opportunities.The program leverages NSF dollars with $900,000 in student and program support (fellowships tuition waivers, administration) from USF; $600,000 in Sloan Doctoral Fellowships for students continuing towards their Ph.D., and $900,000 from the Florida Education Fund. Thus, this program is leveraged by $2,500,000 of non NSF funds. Every dollar from NSF will result in at-least $2.5 in matching support.Our goal for this cohort is to ensure that 100% of the students complete their Ph.D, with transformative mentoring, retention and community building strategies. Additionally, the USF BD Project will serve as a national model for the synergistic and formal connection of LSAMP BD fellows with other NSF supported programs (GRFP, IGERT, GK-12, CREST, AGEP, LSAMP, etc.), enable students to gain an international level research perspective via didactic coursework and research experiences, receive research training at national labs (Brookhaven, NIST) that will provide a ?bridging? mechanism for postdoctoral appointments and permanent employment; and develop technical, communication and research skills.The cost of education allowance provided by the NSF supplement will be utilized to: 1) facilitate the BD Fellows' research and training activities; 2) conduct professional development activities and special BD course-related activities; 3) co-sponsor an annual FGLSAMP BD and GK-12 research symposium for graduate fellows from the respective programs to present their research; 4) cover travel costs for the BD Fellows to present at NSF LSAMP/AGEP research conferences; 5) support travel for extended research experiences at national labs; 6) cover costs associated with sponsoring the BD Fellows' participation in GRE exam preparation courses and retaking the GRE exam (this should result in their increased competitiveness for national external and internal USF fellowships); 7) foster international research-training for BD fellows with international partners and collaborators; and 8) provide health insurance coverage for all BD Fellows.With a goal towards institutionalization of minority graduate STEM fellowship opportunities, USF has already established two Alfred P. Sloan Minority Fellowship programs in eight different academic programs, two endowment funds in College of Marine Science for minority BD students to which more than $900,000 has already been committed.