Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation: Getting the Ph.D - BD Site: University of Florida

佛罗里达州-佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟，在佛罗里达A M大学的领导下，在2010 - 2012学年期间，佛罗里达大学（UF）的博士学位（BD）计划为16名来自代表性不足的少数民族的学士后学生提供支持。& 其中12名学生将在佛罗里达大学获得NSF的助学金和教育费用支持。 其余4名学生将通过机构资源提供支持。 学生将通过NSF项目整合和支持，如东南联盟研究生教育在教授（SEAGEP），综合研究生教育研究和培训计划（IGERT），通过机构整合活动创新，以及其他研究和教育项目。用友研究生院指导与四个用友学院与干学科的援助方案：文科和理科，工程，农业和生命科学，医学学院。UF坚定地致力于在各级增加多样性，特别强调增强博士课程的多样性和扩大博士生人口。在UF的BD计划确保研究员至少五年的支持。它提供了各种专业发展组成部分，以帮助留住参与者，并促进研究员过渡到科学劳动力。BD Fellows将受益于校园社区的支持，致力于为参与者提供完成博士学位并过渡到STEM领域职业生涯所需的帮助。以下是BD提供的活动和与BD相关的活动的预期成果：（1）学生在进入研究生课程后不久通过与导师密切合作获得对教授职位的见解。(2)学生在教学和教学技术方面受到更好的教育，并能够运用这些技能将他们的研究传达给不同的受众。(3)学生获得他们的研究，如何建立跨学科的合作，以及如何在团队中工作的跨学科性质的更大的赞赏。(4)学生们更清楚他们的研究如何与工业应用联系起来。(5)学生更好地准备识别和解决研究的伦理问题。(6)学生为进入全球劳动力市场做好了更好的准备。(7)学生能够更好地开展更广泛的影响活动。更广泛的影响体现在佛罗里达大学博士学位课程桥梁的整体设计和结构中。通过设计，UF桥博士课程扩大了在干领域代表性不足的学生的参与。该计划的影响将通过培养学生之间的合作和同伴支持的氛围来增强，方法是将研究员与目前在校园中代表性不足的群体的各种NSF计划联系起来，并让更多来自代表性不足的群体的学生参与研究生课程。通过与众多K-12课堂活动的联系，该计划鼓励年轻人和即将入学的大学生考虑STEM学科和职业。

The Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, under the leadership of Florida A&M University, Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program at the Unversity of Florida (UF) during the 2010-2012 academic years supports 16 post-baccalaureate students from underrepresented minority populations. Twelve of the students will be supported at the University of Florida through NSF support for stipends and cost of education. The remaining 4 students will be supported through institutional resources. Students will be integrated and supported through NSF projects such as the Southeast Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (SEAGEP), the Integrative Graduate Education Research and Training program (IGERT), the Innovation through Institutional Integrtion activity, and other research and education projects. The UF Graduate School directs the program with the assistance of the four UF colleges with STEM disciplines: the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Medicine. UF is strongly committed to increasing diversity at all levels, with a particular emphasis onenhancing diversity in PhD programs and expanding the PhD student population. The BD program at UF ensures Fellows at least five years of support. It provides a variety of professional development components to help retain the participants and facilitate the Fellows' transitions into the scientific workforce. BD Fellows will benefit from the support of the campus communitythat is committed to providing the participants with the assistance they need to complete their PhDs and make the transition into professional careers in STEM fields.The following are outcomes anticipated as a result of activities provided by and associated with the BD:(1) Students gain insights into the professoriate through working closely with a mentor soon after entering the graduate program.(2) Students are better educated in pedagogical and instructional techniques and are able to apply these skills to communicate their research to diverse audiences.(3) Students gain a greater appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of their research, how to build collaborations across disciplines, and how to work in teams.(4) Students are more aware of how their research may link to industrial applications.(5) Students are better prepared to identify and address ethical issues of research.(6) Students are better prepared to enter the global workforce.(7) Students are better able to conduct broader impact activities.Broader impacts are present in the overall design and structure of the UF Bridge to the Doctorate Program. By design, the UF Bridge to the Doctorate program broadens the participation of underrepresented students in STEM fields. The impact of the program will be enhanced by fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and peer support among students by linking the fellows withthe various NSF programs for underrepresented groups currently on campus and by engaging more students from underrepresented groups in graduate programs. Through linkages with numerous K-12 classroom activities, the program encourages youth and incoming college students to consider STEM disciplines and careers.