LSU BD-8: 2017 Cohort LA-BRIDGE

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生来实现STEM劳动力的多样化，这些学生来自历史上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体：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。LSAMP桥梁博士（BD）活动的目标是提高STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位。入学和毕业。在全国高等教育机构实施的BD计划有助于实现NSF 2014-2018战略计划中的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，以支持具有尖端能力的多元化STEM劳动力的发展。“这笔赠款的愿景是为培养具有STEM博士学位的代表性不足的科学家和工程师提供一个国家模式。路易斯安那州州立大学（LSU）是路易斯·斯托克斯-路易斯安那州少数民族参与联盟（Louis Stokes - Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation）的博士学位桥梁（BD）项目的主办方。LSU BD活动采用多方面的模式，整合研究，教育和指导，以解决博士课程中代表性不足的学生面临的挑战。因此，该项目旨在（1）采用循证招聘和选拔战略，从代表性不足的种族和族裔背景中招聘一批12名高素质的研究员;（2）通过博士候选人资格留住和支持研究员，并通过提供学术和研究支持以及专业发展机会，为他们成功完成博士和专业研究生涯做好准备;以及（3）为代表性不足的博士生扩大和制度化最佳指导策略。 该计划的组成部分是通过教育模式，将指导和研究纳入招聘和保留战略执行。 该提案实施了BD研究员申请NSF研究生研究奖学金计划（GRFP）的额外要求。为此，科学交流，特别是书面交流，将成为这一群体的一个更大的焦点。个人发展计划（IDP）的使用将得到完善，并将实施新的桥梁方向。 将采用循证征聘和留用战略。该提案包括一个变革性的设计，其中包括机构间和机构内的联盟，以提高博士阶段STEM教育的质量。该项目将实施以证据为基础的指导战略，旨在支持学生入学和工具，以促进对博士候选人和博士学位的自我效能。

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." The vision of this grant is to provide a national model for the production of underrepresented scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees in STEM. Louisiana State University (LSU) serves as host of a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) project within the Louis Stokes - Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation. The LSU BD activity employs a multifaceted model that integrates research, education, and mentoring to address challenges underrepresented students face in doctoral programs. As such this project seeks to (1) recruit a cohort of twelve highly qualified Fellows from underrepresented racial and ethnic backgrounds employing evidence-based recruitment and selection strategies; (2) retain and support Fellows through doctoral candidacy, and prepare them for successful completion of the PhD and professional research careers by providing academic and research support, and professional development opportunities; and (3) expand and institutionalize best mentoring strategies for underrepresented PhD students. The program components are executed via an educational model that integrates mentoring and research into recruitment and retention strategies. This proposal implements additional requirements that BD Fellows apply for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Toward this end, scientific communication, especially written communication, will become a larger focus for this cohort. The use of Individual Development Plans (IDPs) will be refined and a new Bridge Orientation will be implemented. Evidence-based recruitment and retention strategies will be employed. The proposal includes a transformative design that incorporates inter- and intra-institutional alliances to improve the quality of STEM education at the doctoral level. This project will implement evidence-based mentoring strategies designed to support student matriculation and tools to promote self-efficacy toward PhD candidacy and doctoral attainment.