Mentored Access to Success in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Programs

该项目旨在满足国家对受过良好教育的科学家、数学家、工程师和技术人员的需求。 该项目将为24名低收入、高成就的STEM本科生提供四年奖学金，这些学生在加州的圣玛丽学院（一所西班牙裔服务机构）有经济需求。学者们将攻读生物化学、化学、生物学、数学或物理学学士学位。 在他们的大学第一学期之前的夏天，学者将参加夏季研究计划。此外，学者将生活在科学生活学习社区，参加第一年的咨询队列，并有机会获得同行导师。辅导服务将在STEM中心提供，该中心与科学生活学习社区位于同一栋大楼内。随着他们在大学生涯中的进步，学者们将有机会参加额外的夏季研究项目，并获得资金在科学会议上展示他们的研究。作为老年人，学者将参加通过以前的NSF奖开发的科学职业准备计划。 由于该学院有大量代表性不足的学生，该项目有可能扩大STEM领域的参与。该项目的具体目标包括：a）提供支持，使学者能够在入学后四年内获得STEM学位，并进入STEM技能职位的劳动力队伍或进入STEM领域的研究生/专业学校; B）创建一个为期三周的入学前夏季沉浸式研究计划，并检查其有效性;和c）评估该项目并向科学界传播结果。该项目的研究部分强调预科夏季研究经验对学者的数学安置和随后的保留，在文科和理科为基础的课程背景下的整体支持计划的影响的影响分析，以及该项目的课程和课外活动的有效性在西班牙裔服务机构，也是一所私立大学的背景下。 由于该学院作为西班牙裔服务机构的地位和加州的人口统计，该项目有可能进一步扩大和多样化的干劳动力，特别是在以技术为中心的旧金山弗朗西斯科。 该项目由NSF科学，技术，工程和数学奖学金计划资助，旨在增加低收入学术天才学生的数量，这些学生表现出经济需求，并获得STEM领域的学位。它还旨在改善未来科学家、工程师和技术人员的教育，并产生关于低收入学生的学术成功、保留、转移、毕业和学术/职业道路的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to contribute to the national need for well-educated scientists, mathematicians, engineers, and technicians. The project will provide four-year scholarships to twenty-four low-income, high-achieving STEM undergraduate students with demonstrated financial need at Saint Mary's College of California, a Hispanic-Serving Institution. The Scholars will pursue bachelor's degrees in biochemistry, chemistry, biology, mathematics, or physics. In the summer prior to their first semester in college, the Scholars will participate in a summer research program. In addition, the Scholars will live in the Science Living Learning Community, participate in a first-year advising cohort, and have access to a peer mentor. Tutoring services will be available in the STEM Center, which is located in the same building as the Science Living Learning Community. As they progress through their collegiate careers, the Scholars will have opportunities to take part in additional summer research programs and to receive funding to present their research at scientific conferences. As seniors, the Scholars will participate in the science career-readiness program developed through a previous NSF award. Because the College has a high population of underrepresented students, this project has the potential to broaden participation in STEM fields.The project's specific goals include: a) providing supports that will enable the Scholar's to graduate with STEM degrees within four years of matriculation and enter the workforce in skilled STEM positions or enroll in graduate/professional school in STEM fields; b) creating a three-week pre-enrollment summer immersion research program and examine its efficacy; and c) evaluating the project and disseminating the results to the scientific community. The project's research component emphasizes analysis of the impact of the pre-matriculation summer research experiences on the Scholar's math placement and subsequent retention, the effects of a holistic support program in the context of a liberal arts and sciences-based curriculum, and the effectiveness of the project's curricular and co-curricular activities in the context of a Hispanic-Serving Institution that is also a private college. Because of the status of the College as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and the demographics of California, this project has the potential to further expand and diversify the STEM workforce, particularly in the technology-centered San Francisco Bay Area. This project is funded by the NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, which seeks to increase the number of low-income academically talented students with demonstrated financial need who earn degrees in STEM fields. It also aims to improve the education of future scientists, engineers, and technicians, and to generate knowledge about academic success, retention, transfer, graduation, and academic/career pathways of low-income students.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.