LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate

通往博士学位的桥梁：密西西比州LSAMP，队列15路易斯·斯托克斯密西西比少数民族参与联盟（LSMAMP）桥梁博士学位（BD）计划是一个致力于并决心积极响应增加科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）中代表性不足的少数民族博士学位获得者数量的呼吁的计划。我们的LSMAMP-BD计划的持续成功是基于这样一个前提，即在整个MS学位入学和有目的的指导过程中为参与者提供足够的财政支持，将增加BD研究员桥接并完成博士研究的可能性。第十五（15）组的资金将提供必要的资源，以支持额外的12名BD研究员，以衔接他们的STEM博士课程。LSMAMP-BD计划的愿景是培养BD研究员，他们不仅仅是收集信息和知识，而是以创新的方式应用这些知识，并为做出创新发现所需的文化和思想的多样性做出贡献。由杰克逊州立大学（JSU）领导的路易斯·斯托克斯密西西比少数民族参与联盟（LSMAMP）将支持博士学位桥梁的第15队列。LSMAMP桥梁博士学位（BD）计划的目标侧重于提高代表性不足的少数民族（URM）在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）获得MS学位的质量和数量，并桥接到博士课程，以追求并获得STEM学科的博士学位。这一目标与NSF的愿景是一致的。这些学生最终进入劳动力市场，为美国经济的增长做出贡献。LSMAMP-BD很荣幸能够在帮助NSF实现其创建包容性劳动力的目标方面做出重大贡献，该劳动力在人才，技能和经验方面具有多样性。 这是通过创建和利用一个全面的计划来实现的，该计划开发了一批BD研究员，不仅完成了他们的MS学位要求，而且还完成了博士学位。此外，通过持续使用我们的“最佳实践”和“经验教训”，我们的BD计划采用双管齐下的方法，将实验室的严格培训与研究顾问和BD计划的首席研究员和主任的富有同情心和坚定的指导相结合。此外，来自特邀专家，研讨会，演讲者系列，期刊俱乐部和参加科学会议的指导有助于我们学生的有效性和毕业。指导我们的BD研究员的教师有外部资金，他们积极参与研究活动，提高我们的学生对博士课程的准备。同样，我们的学生接触到软技能，如科学写作，公开演讲，创造力，创新，决心，耐心，信心，专注和适应能力。这些品质在实验室或可能不具有包容性的环境中进行量化和开发更加复杂和具有挑战性。该LSMAMP-BD计划专注于发展我们的BD研究员的“硬”和“软”技能，同时通过为所有参与者创造社区氛围，利用学生参与和发展的队列概念。该项目由路易斯斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟（LSAMP）计划和刺激竞争力研究的既定计划（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF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。

Bridge to the Doctorate: Mississippi-LSAMP, Cohort 15The Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program is a program that is committed and determined to aggressively answer the call for increasing the number of underrepresented minority PhD recipients in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The continued success of our LSMAMP-BD program is based upon the premise that the provision of adequate financial support for participants throughout their MS degree matriculation and purposeful mentoring will increase the likelihood that the BD Fellows will bridge to and complete doctoral studies. Funding for Cohort Fifteen (15) will provide the necessary resources to support an additional 12 BD Fellows to bridge to their STEM PhD program. The vision of the LSMAMP-BD program is to train BD Fellows who go beyond just gathering information and knowledge to applying that knowledge in innovative ways and contributing to the diversity of culture and ideas necessary for making innovative discoveries.The Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP), led by Jackson State University (JSU), will support Cohort 15 of the Bridge to the Doctorate. The goal of the LSMAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program focuses on increasing the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities (URM) earning MS degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and bridging to PhD programs to pursue and earn PhDs in a STEM discipline. This goal is consistent with the vision of NSF. These students ultimately enter the workforce and contribute to the growth of the US economy. The LSMAMP-BD is privileged to make significant contributions in assisting the NSF in its goals of creating an inclusive workforce which is diverse in talent, skills, and in experience. This has been accomplished through the creation and utilization of a comprehensive program that develops a Cohort of BD Fellows to not only complete their MS degree requirements, but also the PhD. Furthermore, through the continual use of our "best practices" and "lessons learned," our BD program takes advantage of a two-pronged approach that combines rigorous training in the laboratory with compassionate and firm mentoring from research advisors and the BD Program's Principal Investigator and Director. Also, mentoring from invited experts, seminars, speaker series, journal club, and participation in scientific conferences contribute to the effectiveness and graduation of our students. Faculty who mentor our BD Fellows have external funding and they are actively engaged in research activities that boosts our student's readiness for PhD programs. Equally, our students are exposed to soft skills such as scientific writing, public speaking, creativity, innovation, determination, patience, confidence, focus, and adaptability. These qualities are more complex and challenging to quantify and develop in a laboratory or an environment that may not be inclusive. The LSMAMP-BD Program specializes in developing the "hard" and "soft" skills of our BD Fellows and at the same time takes advantage of the cohort concept of student engagement and development by creating a climate of community for all participants.This project is jointly funded by the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).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.