Greater Philadelphia Region LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort VII) Project

2009-2011年大费城地区路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（Philadelphia AMP）的博士学位桥梁项目将扩大和加强该联盟正在进行的努力，以大幅增加合格的非洲裔美国人、西班牙裔和美洲原住民学生进入科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）研究生学习，获得博士学位，并进入教授职位的人数。费城黑人学院代表了一个由9个机构组成的多元化联盟，包括公立和私立、2年制和4年制研究型和非研究型、传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs）以及大多数机构。特拉华州立大学是2009-2011年博士学位衔接项目的所在地。费城AMP博士之桥项目的目标是：(1)招收12名学生进入特拉华州立大学攻读硕士学位；(2)通过完成硕士课程保留这些学生，为他们提供进入其所选STEM专业的备受尊敬的博士课程的全部资格，并提供全额资助；(3)使其顺利进入博士学位课程；(4)监测他们从博士毕业到就业的进展。我们的目标是让这些学生100%成功完成研究生学习并进入STEM职业，其中许多人将成为高等教育机构的教授。这些学生将能够进入10个STEM硕士项目（化学、应用化学、应用数学、数学、物理、应用光学、自然资源、生物学、神经科学和植物科学），其中许多是少数民族代表性不足的。

The 2009-2011 Bridge to the Doctorate Program of the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP)will expand and intensify the alliance's on-going efforts to substantially increase the number of qualified African American, Hispanic and Native American students entering graduate study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), attaining doctoral degrees, and moving into the professoriate. The Philadelphia AMP represents a diverse alliance of nine institutions consisting of public and private, 2- and 4-year research and non-research, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and majority institutions. Delaware State University is the site for the 2009-2011 Bridge to the Doctorate program. The goals of Philadelphia AMP's Bridge to the Doctorate project are to: (1) recruit twelve students into masters degree programs at Delaware State University; (2) retain these students through the completion of the Masters program providing them with full qualifications for admission into a highly regarded Ph.D. program in their chosen STEM specialty with full financial support; (3) enable their admission and smooth transition into a Ph.D. program; and (4) monitor their progress through Ph.D. completion into employment. We aim to have 100% of these students successfully complete their graduate study and enter a STEM career, with many progressing into the professoriate at institutions of higher education. The students will be able to matriculate into 10 STEM M.S. programs (chemistry, applied chemistry, applied mathematics, mathematics, physics, applied optics, natural resources, biology, neuroscience, and plant science), many of which are underrepresented by minorities.