LSAMP BD: California State University, Los Angeles, CSU-LSAMP-BD Cohort 15

路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）项目帮助大学和学院通过培养具有高度竞争力的学生，使STEM劳动力多样化，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原住民。LSAMP通往博士学位的桥梁（BD）活动的目标是提高来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士入学和完成。在美国高等教育机构实施的BD项目有助于实现美国国家科学基金会2018-2022年战略计划的目标之一，即“培养一支更有能力和多样化的研究队伍，提高国家的科学和创新技能”。这项资助的愿景是提供一个全国性的模式，以培养具有STEM博士学位的代表性不足的科学家和工程师。这次LSAMP BD活动的演出地点是加州州立大学洛杉矶分校，这是加州州立大学-路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟的23个加州州立大学校园之一。该项目为LSAMP本科项目的12名毕业生提供了一个硕士水平到博士水平学习的“桥梁”。硕士水平的经验旨在提高参与者在STEM方面的持久性和能力，并在完成硕士学位后进入博士课程。除了提供大量的资金支持，使学生能够专注于为期两年的硕士课程和研究项目，该项目还提供了一套完整的活动，旨在推动BD学生完成博士水平的研究。活动包括：(1)与屋宇署项目总监定期会面，以监察学生进度及提供全面建议；(2)以适应研究生院和在研究生院取得成功所需的信息/工具为重点的讲习班；(3)文字支持；(4)每周专业研讨会；（五）社区建设活动；(6)通过与博士院校的教师和项目合作，将研究员与博士项目联系起来；(7)期刊读书会；(8)协助申请博士课程，以及奖学金机会和经济援助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

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 PhD matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2018-2022 Strategic Plan, namely to "foster the growth of a more capable and diverse research workforce and advance the scientific and innovation skills of the Nation." The vision of this grant is to provide a national model to produce underrepresented scientists and engineers with doctoral degrees in STEM.The performance site for this LSAMP BD Activity is California State University, Los Angeles, one of the 23 California State University campuses included in the California State University-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The project provides a Master's level "bridge" to doctoral-level study for a cohort of 12 graduates of LSAMP undergraduate programs. The Master's-level experience is designed to increase participant persistence and competencies in STEM and their advancement to PhD programs following completion of the Master's degree. In addition to providing substantial financial support to enable students to focus full time on a two-year program of Master's-level course work and research, the project provides an integrated set of activities designed to advance BD students toward completion of doctoral level studies. Activities include: (1) regular meetings with the BD project directors to monitor student progress and provide comprehensive advising; (2) workshops focused on information/tools needed for adjustment to and success in graduate school; (3) writing support; (4) weekly professional seminars; (5) community building activities; (6) connecting Fellows to doctoral programs through collaborations with faculty and programs at PhD institutions; (7) journal reading club; and (8) assistance with applications to PhD programs, as well as fellowship opportunities and financial aid.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.