LSAMP BD: Delaware State University / Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (Philadelphia AMP)

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）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位的入学和完成。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。特拉华州立大学（DSU）在大费城地区路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟中担任博士学位桥梁（BD）项目的主持人。DSU BD活动采用多方面的模式，将研究、教育和指导结合起来，以解决代表性不足的学生在博士课程中面临的挑战。因此，本项目旨在(1)通过增加科学和专业技能发展活动的深度和广度，提高学生对全方位学术职业的认识，改善DSU STEM研究生的整体研究生体验；(2)进一步加强行政结构和支持，以促进DSU研究生课程的长期可持续性。该计划的组成部分通过科学和技术能力的学术课程来执行，为BD学生准备博士学位资格和候选人考试；从第一年开始提供实质性的前沿实验室研究经验，使研究员接触到可以形成博士论文基础的研究；专业发展经验，如工作坊、研讨会和/或会议，以帮助学生发展个人和专业成功所需的辅助技能；促进与教师和同学的互动，使学生充分融入研究小组；学生有机会在国内和/或国际上展示他们的研究，以促进他们与更大的科学和技术社区的接触；为学生提供反思的机会，培养学生应对研究生学习压力和挑战的能力。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 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 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.Delaware State University (DSU) serves as host of a Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) project within the Greater Philadelphia Region Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation. The DSU 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) improve the overall graduate experience of STEM graduate students at DSU by increasing the depth and breadth of scientific and professional skills development activities and raising students' awareness of the full range of academic careers; and (2) to further enhance the administrative structure and support to facilitate the long-term sustainability of DSU's graduate programs. The program components are executed via academic coursework for scientific and technical competency that prepares BD students for the doctoral degree qualifying and candidacy examinations; substantive cutting-edge laboratory research experiences beginning in the first-year to expose fellows to research that can form the basis for their doctoral dissertation; professional development experiences such as workshops, seminars and/or conferences to help students to develop the ancillary skills needed for personal and professional success; facilitated interaction with faculty and peers to fully integrate students into research groups; opportunities for students to present their research nationally and/or internationally to promote their engagement with the larger scientific and technical community; and opportunities for student reflection, and the development of coping skills to contextualize the pressures and challenges associated with graduate study.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.