Alabama LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate - Cohort 8: BD Site - University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

亚拉巴马路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ALSAMP）将在2010-2012学年期间赞助阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校的博士学位项目（BD）。这15名学生将加入其他69名来自科学，技术，工程和技术（STEM）研究生课程的少数民族学生，并增加了将获得STEM学科博士学位的优秀学生人数。 完成后，这些博士。毕业生将进入技术劳动力或选择在学术界的职业生涯成为未来其他URM学生的榜样。 机构资金将支持这一批学生中的3人。招聘工作将由艺术与科学学院院长和工程学院院长领导，并将涉及2009年8月开始的招聘战略。 亚拉巴马大学（UA）在博士学位课程中保留，毕业和安置LSAMP STEM学生方面有着良好的记录。选定的BD参与者将获得一个指定的教师导师和机会出席和参加每年至少一次专业的科学会议。此外，BD参与者将被要求参加专门为该计划设计的关于研究生院入学的专题研讨会，并申请NSF和其他奖学金。 将与NSF AGEP、IGERT和其他计划建立联系。在两年的奖励期结束时，留在UA博士课程的BD学生将通过部门奖学金和研究生院的额外财政支持的组合，保证继续获得相同水平的财政支持。不留在UA的BD学生将被连接到其他机构的博士课程，并将在选定的机构获得奖学金和其他支持。所有BD学生将被跟踪到博士学位课程和劳动力，包括教授。学生在以前的BD程序已成功地跟踪和接触保持持续。该方案将得到评估。 评估数据将在赠款的两年内和以后的时间间隔收集和评估。在与其他BD网站协调员和国家LSAMP PI合作，亚拉巴马LSAMP将出版年度国家LSAMP BD杂志与杠杆资金从其定期LSAMP奖。该杂志是BD计划的一个很好的宣传来源，也是BD学生的一个重要的网络工具。该项目是提高STEM中代表性不足的少数民族学生的知识的重要一步。这些学生在科学和教育学院工作所获得的经验将使他们获得良好的职业发展。该项目扩大了代表性不足的群体对研究生教育的参与，增加了获得STEM博士学位并进入教授职位的群体数量的真实的前景。本项目的发现和理解将通过国家BD出版物传播到其他专注于研究生教育的机构和项目。

The Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ALSAMP) will sponsor a Bridge to the Doctorate Program (BD) at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa during the 2010-2012 academic years. This cohort of 15 students will join 69 other students from underrepresented minority populations in science, technology, engineering and technology (STEM) graduate studies and increases the number of talented students who will obtain doctoral degrees in the STEM disciplines. Upon completion, these Ph.D. graduates will either enter the technical workforce or choose a career in academia becoming role models for other URM students in the future. Institutional funds will support 3 of students from this cohort.The recruitment efforts will be led by the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and Dean of the School of Engineering, and will involve recruitment strategies that began in August 2009. The University of Alabama (UA) has a proven record of retaining, graduating and placing LSAMP STEM students in doctoral degree programs. Selected BD participants will receive an assigned faculty mentor and the opportunity to attend and participate in at least one professional scientific meeting each year. In addition, BD participants will be required to attend special topic seminars concerning graduate school matriculation designed specifically for the program and to apply for NSF and other fellowships. Linkages will be established with the NSF AGEP, IGERT and other programs. At the end of the two year award period, BD students remaining in UA doctoral programs will be guaranteed a continuation of the same level of financial support through a combination of departmental fellowships and additional financial support from the Graduate School. BD students not remaining at UA will be connected to doctoral programs at other institutions and will be assisted in securing fellowship and other support at the selected institution.All BD students will be tracked into doctoral degree programs and the workforce, including the professoriate. Students in previous BD programs have been successfully tracked and contact is maintained continuously. The program will be evaluated. Assessment data will be collected and evaluated at intervals during the two year period of the grant and beyond. In collaboration with the other BD site coordinators and national LSAMP PIs, Alabama LSAMP will publish the annual National LSAMP BD Magazine with leveraged funds from its regular LSAMP award. The magazine is an excellent source of publicity for the BD program as well as an important networking tool for BD students.The project is an important step in advancing the knowledge of underrepresented minority students in STEM. The experiences gained by these students working with science and education faculty will position them for excellent career advancement.The project broadens participation of underrepresented groups in graduate education with the real prospect of increasing the number of such groups attaining doctoral degrees in STEM and entering the professoriate. Discovery and understanding resulting from this project will be disseminated via a national BD publication to other institutions and programs focusing on graduate education.