Bridge to the Doctorate at UMCP, 2012-2014

马里兰大学系统（USM）路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）桥梁博士（BD）计划（队列7）是国家科学基金会和USM机构之间的合作努力，以提高代表性不足的少数民族入学和完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的博士学位的质量和数量。自2005年马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校（University of Maryland, Baltimore County，简称UMBC）第一批BD学员入学以来，已有74名BD学员在马里兰大学巴尔的摩分校和马里兰大学帕克分校（University of Maryland, College Park，简称UMCP）攻读STEM研究生课程。自2005年以来，USM BD研究员已获得7个博士学位和27个硕士学位；在读硕士、博士50人，在读硕士8人，在读博士42人。自一九九五年成立“少数族裔大学生科学系学士学位计划”以来，该计划一直致力推动获得STEM学科学士学位的少数族裔学生人数增加，至今有8,480名少数族裔学生获颁STEM学士学位。作为一个高级联盟，USM LSAMP继续致力于增加URM学生获得STEM学士学位的数量，以及URM本科生进行科学研究和继续攻读STEM博士学位的数量。BD项目为参加LSAMP项目的12名本科生提供了获得大量资金和其他关键支持的机会，以成功地在马里兰大学帕克分校攻读不同STEM领域的研究生学位。参与者还有机会在学术生涯的早期，在UMCP校园和靠近校园的国家实验室与顶级研究科学家一起进行前沿研究。屋宇署研究员：-参加社区会议及个别谘询会议；-为当前LSAMP本科生在申请研究生院过程中树立榜样；-在国家和地方会议上进行研究；-在LSAMP/LSAMP- bd联合研究研讨会上进行研究并担任导师；-参加各种校园研讨会，促进专业发展和成长；并参与联合USM BD队列活动，如夏季成功学院。许多LSAMP学生是传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的成员。BD计划增加了这些学生在这些领域获得博士学位的人数。此外，计划的活动将为参与者提供有关各种STEM职业选择的信息，并帮助激励他们中的一些人为教授职业做准备。

The University System of Maryland (USM) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program (cohort 7) is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation and the USM institutions to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities matriculating and completing doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Since the first BD cohort matriculated at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2005, 74 BD Fellows have enrolled in STEM graduate programs at UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). Since 2005, USM BD Fellows have earned 7 Ph.D. and 27 M.S. degrees; 50 fellows are persisting in M.S. or Ph.D. programs, 8 students in masters programs and 42 students in doctoral programs.Since the inception of the USM LSAMP in 1995, the USM has remained a driving force in increasing the number of underrepresented minority (URM) baccalaureate degree recipients in STEM disciplines, and 8,480 STEM bachelor degrees have been awarded to underrepresented students. As a Senior-level Alliance, the USM LSAMP continues to work to increase the number of STEM bachelor's degrees awarded to URM students and the number of undergraduate URM students conducting scientific research and going on to pursue STEM doctorates. The BD program provides a cohort of 12 students who have participated in LSAMP Programs as undergraduates the opportunity to receive substantial funding and other critical support to successfully pursue graduate degrees in diverse STEM fields at the University of Maryland, College Park. The participants also have the opportunity, early in their academic careers, to conduct cutting-edge research with top research scientists on the UMCP campus and at national laboratories located in close proximity to the campus. BD Fellows:-Participate in community meetings and individual advising meetings;-Serve as role models to current undergraduate LSAMP students in the process of applying for graduate school;-Present research at national and local conferences;-Present research and serve as mentors at the joint LSAMP/LSAMP-BD Research Symposium;-Participate in various seminars on campus in order to promote professional development and growth; and-Participate in joint USM BD cohort events such as the Summer Success Institute.Many LSAMP students are members of groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in STEM fields. The BD Program increases the number of such students in the pipeline to earn doctoral degrees in these fields. In addition, activities are planned that will provide the participants with information about a variety of STEM career options, and help to motivate some of them to prepare for careers in the professoriate.