LSAMP BD: University of South Florida Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP)

根据美国人口普查局的数据，到2020年，全国一半以上的儿童将来自少数民族、种族和民族群体。为了应对这些不断变化的人口结构，白宫科技政策办公室(OSTP)最近发布的一份报告指出，需要增加来自历史上代表性不足的群体的个人在科学和工程领域的参与，以帮助保持美国在技术和创新方面的全球领导地位，并促进国家繁荣。南佛罗里达大学(USF)将作为NSF佛罗里达-佐治亚州路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟(FGLSAMP)2019-2021年博士学位(BD)机构所在地。FGLSAMP BD项目寻求在FGLSAMP以前的成功和USF作为全球研究型大学的卓越地位的基础上，通过制度化以证据为基础的实践，在学术和社会融合、全面的学者发展和来自历史上代表性不足的群体的研究生的科学专业方面进行循证实践。2019-2021年FGLSAMP BD活动将促进增加智力交流，促进美国联邦STEM所有部门的更大多样性和包容性。这一群体的首要目标将是确保100%的FGLSAMP BD研究员在进入博士课程后的五年内完成STEM博士学位。通过从之前的七个BD SITE奖项以及与四所USF学院、研究生研究办公室、Alfred P.Sloan基金会和佛罗里达教育基金会的McKnight博士奖学金计划的合作伙伴关系中吸取的经验教训，USF已被公认为少数族裔STEM研究生教育的全国领先者。2019-2021年USF FGLSAMP BD活动的可衡量目标将包括：1)在2019年秋季之前招募十二(12)名LSAMP前参与者作为研究员进入STEM研究生课程(MS或博士)；2)在其两年的NSF研究员任期内为所有研究员提供教师指导的研究培训；3)启动专业发展活动，以促进联盟内BD研究员和FGLSAMP本科生学者的竞争性研究生研究奖学金计划(GRFP)申请；4)通过与支持性榜样科学家和LSAMP本科生学者的互动，支持USF GLSAMP BD研究员100%过渡到STEM博士课程；以及5)通过新教师和研究生导师培训计划促进STEM研究生系的更大包容性。该奖项反映了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。

According to the U.S. Census Bureau by the year 2020 more than half of the nation's children will come from minority racial and ethnic groups. In response to these changing demographics, a recent report by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has addressed the need to increase the participation of individuals from historically underrepresented groups in science and engineering to help maintain this nation's global leadership in technology and innovation and advance national prosperity. The University of South Florida (USF) will serve as the 2019-2021 Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) institutional site for the NSF Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (FGLSAMP). This FGLSAMP BD Project seeks to build upon both FGLSAMP's prior successes and USF's preeminence as a global research university by institutionalizing evidence-based practices in the academic and social integration, comprehensive scholar development, and professionalization in the sciences of graduate students from historically underrepresented groups. The 2019-2021 FGLSAMP BD Activity will facilitate increased intellectual exchange and promote greater diversity and inclusion across all USF STEM departments. The overarching aim of this cohort will be to ensure that 100 percent of FGLSAMP BD fellows complete their STEM PhD within five years after entering their doctoral programs. Through "lesson learned" from seven prior BD site awards and partnerships with four USF Colleges, the Office of Graduate Studies, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Florida Education Fund's McKnight Doctoral Fellowship program, USF has been recognized as a national leader in minority STEM graduate education. Measurable objectives for the 2019-2021 USF FGLSAMP BD Activity will include: 1) recruiting twelve (12) LSAMP former participants as fellows by fall 2019 into STEM graduate programs (MS or PhD); 2) providing faculty-mentored research-training for all fellows throughout their two-year NSF fellowship tenure; 3) initiating professional development activities to facilitate competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) applications from BD fellows and FGLSAMP undergraduate scholars within the Alliance; 4) supporting the 100 percent transition of USF FGLSAMP BD fellows into STEM PhD programs through interactions with supportive role model scientists and LSAMP undergraduate scholars; and 5) fostering greater inclusion within STEM graduate departments with new faculty and graduate student mentor training initiatives.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.