2014-2016 Alabama Bridge to the Doctorate at the University of Alabama-Birmingham

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划通过显著增加成功完成科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科高质量学位课程的学生人数，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化。 特别强调通过创新的招聘和保留战略和经验来改变STEM教育，以支持在STEM学科中历史上代表性不足的群体：非洲裔美国人，阿拉斯加原住民，美洲印第安人，西班牙裔美国人，夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。 桥梁博士学位（BD）活动提供了在STEM项目导致STEM博士学位的学士后研究的支持。伯明翰大学（UAB）是2014-2016年（队列XII）BD计划的主办单位，支持12个代表性不足的少数民族（URM）STEM博士的研究生队列。来自全国各地LSAMP校园的学生。 亚拉巴马路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ALSAMP）BD活动提供了特定STEM学科的广泛培训，以及促进科学界同行指导和领导的专业发展和指导。 学生获得严格的学术和研究培训经验，支持完成博士学位。以及向学术界和工业界竞争性职业的过渡。参加者必须参加专门为该计划设计的关于研究生入学的专题研讨会以及申请NSF和其他奖学金的程序。通过提供最好的研究经验和资源，建立适当的教师指导和质量指导，并提供完成获得博士学位的目标所需的支持，进行保留战略。学生将与NSF研究生教育和教授联盟（AGEP）、综合研究生教育研究和培训（IGERT）、南部地区教育委员会博士学者计划（SREB）、亚拉巴马实验计划等项目联系起来刺激竞争性研究（亚拉巴马EPSCoR）和其他STEM研究生教育项目。在两年的奖励期结束时，学生留在UAB博士课程保证通过部门奖学金和大学的额外财政支持相结合的相同水平的财政支持的延续。BD学生不留在UAB协助连接到他们在其他机构选择的博士课程，并在选定的机构获得奖学金和其他支持。 所有ALSAMP BD学生都被跟踪到STEM博士学位课程和劳动力，包括教授。招聘和保留研究生研究人员的最佳实践是基于从以前的ALSAMP BD主机站点吸取的经验教训而实施的。通过出版物和在国家会议上的发言，传播这些活动的调查结果、经验教训和影响。迄今为止，亚拉巴马路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（ALSAMP）的博士学位桥梁活动已经支持了114名代表性不足的少数民族（URM）研究生在科学，技术，工程和数学[STEM]学科。BD活动的长期影响反映在美国的STEM劳动力中，无论是在学术界还是在工业研究和开发中。通过培养未来的教授和科学工作者，增加的价值体现在少数群体在科学和工程领域的可见度，增加了代表性，为下一代提供了榜样和动力。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity provides support for postbaccalaureate studies in STEM programs leading to the STEM doctoral degree.The University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) is the host site for the 2014-2016 (Cohort XII) BD program that supports a graduate student cohort of 12 underrepresented minority (URM) STEM Ph.D. students from LSAMP campuses across the nation. The Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ALSAMP) BD Activity provides extensive training in specific STEM disciplines as well as professional development and guidance that promote peer mentoring and leadership in the scientific community. Students receive rigorous academic and research training experiences that support completion of the Ph.D. and the transition to a competitive career in academia and industry.Participants are required to attend special topic seminars concerning graduate schoolmatriculation designed specifically for the program and procedures for applying for NSF and other fellowships. Retention strategies are carried out by providing the best available research experiences and resources, establishing appropriate faculty guidance and quality mentoring and providing the support needed to accomplish the goal of earning doctoral degrees. Students will be linked to projects such as the NSF Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), Integrated Graduate Education Research and Traineeships (IGERT), the Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program (SREB), Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (Alabama EPSCoR) and other STEM graduate education programming.At the end of the two year award period, students remaining in UAB doctoral programs are guaranteed a continuation of the same level of financial support through a combination of departmental fellowships and additional financial support from the university. BD students not remaining at UAB are assisted in connecting to doctoral programs of their choice at other institutions and securing fellowship and other support at the selected institution. All ALSAMP BD students are tracked into STEM doctoral degree programs and the workforce, including the professoriate.Best practices for recruitment and retention of graduate researchers are implemented and built upon lessons learned from previous ALSAMP BD host sites. The findings, lessons learned, and impact of the activities are disseminated through publications and presentations at national meetings. To date, the Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ALSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate activity has supported 114 underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics [STEM] disciplines.The long-term impact of the BD activity is reflected in America's STEM workforce, both in academia and in industrial research and development. By nurturing the future professoriate, as well as the scientific workforce, the value added is seen in the visibility of minorities in science and engineering, increasing representation and providing role models and motivation for the next generation.