LSAMP BD: University Of Puerto Rico -Mayaguez, Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance For Minority Participation

Louis Stokes少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划通过培养在STEM学科中历来代表性较低的群体中具有高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现STEM劳动力的多样化：非洲裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美国印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。LSAMP通向博士学位之桥(BD)活动的目标是增加STEM研究生的数量和竞争力，这些研究生来自历史上代表性较低的少数民族人口，重点是STEM博士入学和完成。2020-2022年波多黎各LSAMP BD(PR-LSAMP-BD)计划将从该领土和全国LSAMP机构招募十二(12)名校友到波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校(UPR)进行STEM学士学位后学习。UPR的BD项目将在研究生阶段提供科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)学科的多学科培训，以实现从STEM学士学位到STEM博士学位的无缝过渡。学生将通过参与教师指导的生物科学、数学和物理科学、计算机科学、环境科学、工程和地质科学等学科的研究，获得密集的STEM指导。活动还包括STEM专业发展活动，如国家和国际研究以及出席会议。此外，UPR的业务拓展计划将实施发展指导和团队建设技能的活动。榜样研讨会系列将使BD研究员接触到成功的国家和国际公认的研究人员，从而创造一个进一步装备研究员的指导环境。已经建立了BD理事会，以加强对参与者的咨询、咨询和指导，并解决该计划的持续可持续性问题。以津贴和教育费用的形式向每个学生提供为期两年的学生支持。该机构承诺通过完成STEM博士课程为学生提供经济援助。评估活动将评估学生在留校、学位完成和职业发展方面取得的成就的结果。还将评估与STEM身份发展相关的职业目标和期望的社会心理结果。成果将通过该机构的网站、学术期刊和在STEM专业会议上的演讲广泛传播。这些努力将增加STEM学术领导的多样性，并有助于不断增长的关于扩大本科生和研究生水平参与STEM的文献。该计划将继续与其他由NSF资助的由科学与工程资源中心(RCSE)和相关UPR研究生计划管理的项目协调活动。实施的活动将增加波多黎各STEM本科生申请和被STEM博士课程录取的人数，并增加这些学生获得STEM博士学位的人数。自2003年以来，54名BD研究员获得了STEM博士学位，154名学生参加了该项目。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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 theDoctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the number and competitiveness of STEM graduate students from historically underrepresented minority populations, with emphasis on STEM doctoral matriculation and completion.The 2020-2022 Puerto Rico LSAMP BD (PR-LSAMP-BD) program will recruit twelve (12) alumni from the Territory and LSAMP institutions nationwide for STEM postbaccalaureate studies at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (UPR). UPR's BD program will provide multidisciplinary training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at the graduate level to enable a seamless transition from the STEM baccalaureate degree to STEM doctoral studies. Students will receive intense STEM mentoring through participation in faculty mentored research in disciplines such as biological sciences, math and physical sciences,computer science, environmental sciences, engineering and geological sciences. Activities also include STEM professional development activities such as national and international research and conference attendance. In addition, UPR's BD program will implement activities that develop mentoring and team-building skills. The Role Model Seminar series will bring the BD Fellows into contact with successful nationally and internationally recognized researchers thereby creating a mentoring environment that further equips the Fellows. A BD Council has been established to strengthen advisement, counseling and mentorship to the participants as well as address continued sustainability of the program. Student support in the form of stipends and cost of education are provided for two years for each student. The institution commits to assisting the students financially through completion of the STEM doctoral program. Evaluative activities will assess outcomes of students' accomplishments relating to retention, degree completion, and career progress. Social psychological outcomes related to career goals and expectations related to STEM identity development will also be assessed. Outcomes will be disseminated broadly through the institution's website, scholarly journals, and presentations at STEM professional conferences. These efforts will increase the diversity of STEM academic leadership and contribute to the growing literature on broadening participation in STEM at the graduate and post-graduate level.The program will continue to coordinate its activities with other NSF-funded projects that are managed by the Resource Center for Science and Engineering (RCSE) and by pertinent UPR graduate programs. The activities implemented will increase the number of Puerto Rican STEMundergraduate students who apply and are admitted to STEM PhD programs, and increase the number of these students who obtain STEM doctoral degrees. Since 2003, fifty-four BD fellows have earned STEM doctoral degrees and 154 students have participated in the program.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.