Louis Stokes Renewal STEM Pathways and Research Alliance: New York State's Upstate LSAMP (ULSAMP)

路易·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(LSAMP)计划的总体目标是通过增加授予LSAMP人群的STEM学士学位和研究生学位的人数，帮助大学和学院使国家的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)劳动力多样化。LSAMP人口被定义为来自STEM企业中代表性不足的群体：黑人和非裔美国人、西班牙裔和拉美裔美国人、美国印第安人、阿拉斯加原住民、夏威夷原住民和太平洋岛民。州北部路易斯·斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟(ULSAMP)由锡拉丘兹大学领导。纽约的六所合作机构参与了这一联盟：克拉克森大学、康奈尔大学、门罗社区学院(MCC)、奥农达加社区学院(OCC)、伦斯勒理工学院(RPI)和罗切斯特理工学院(RIT)。该项目的目标是1)将增加STEM专业LSAMP学生人数的有希望的做法制度化；2)扩大和改进做法，以增加进入STEM职业或研究生水平的人数不足的学生的数量；以及3)开展和传播学术研究，以评估本科生(REU)的研究经验对研究生入学和完成学业的影响。几个行业将在未来五年与该联盟合作，提供研究机会，包括美光科技、国家可再生能源实验室、Regeneron制药和国家电网等。ULSAMP将通过在三个类别提供学生支持和研究机会来实现这些目标：1)过渡计划；2)保留和毕业计划；3)研究生院招生计划。该联盟将通过改进其共享的活动、提供资源和纳入最佳做法来加强其联盟，使联盟的做法和活动制度化。除了桥梁项目，招募和保留活动还包括社区学院研究学者计划、夏季数学学院、POWER实验室、学生研究会议、研究生院考试和申请支持以及研究生院集市和访问。该项目将产生与LSAMP群体的招募、学术成功和持久性有关的新知识，特别是在调查准备进入STEM研究生项目的联盟参与者的抱负、途径和结果时，特别是STEM研究生项目的途径。ULSAMP将提供创新的方法和途径，以应对在STEM教育的关键时刻教育更多来自不同人群的STEM工人的危机。外部评估的项目结果和研究结果将通过STEM期刊、会议、社交媒体和网站广泛传播。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。

The overall goal of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to persons from LSAMP populations LSAMP populations are defined as persons from groups underrepresented in the STEM enterprise: Blacks and African-Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.The Upstate Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (ULSAMP) is led by Syracuse University. Six partner institutions in New York participate in the alliance: Clarkson University, Cornell University, Monroe Community College (MCC), Onondaga Community College (OCC), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The project goals are to 1) institutionalize promising practices for increasing the number of students from LSAMP populations in STEM majors; 2) expand and refine practices to increase the number of underrepresented students entering STEM careers or graduate-level programs; and 3) conduct and disseminate scholarly research to assess the impact of research experiences for undergraduates (REUs) on graduate enrollment and completion. Several industries will collaborate with the alliance over the next five years to provide research opportunities including Micron Technology, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and National GRID, among others.ULSAMP will meet these goals by offering student supports and research opportunities in three categories: 1) bridge initiatives; 2) retention and graduation initiatives; and 3) graduate school enrollment initiatives. ULSAMP will strengthen its Alliance by improving its shared activities, providing resources and incorporating best practices to institutionalize alliance practices and activities. In addition to bridge programs, recruitment and retention activities include the Community College Research Scholars Program, Summer Math Institutes, Power Labs, student research conferences, Graduate School Examination and Application Support and Graduate School fairs and visits. The project will generate new knowledge related to the recruitment, academic success, and persistence of LSAMP populations, particularly the pathway to STEM graduate STEM programs in its investigation of aspirations, pathways and outcomes of alliance participants preparing for entry into STEM graduate programs. ULSAMP will contribute innovative methods and approaches to meet the crisis of educating more STEM workers from diverse populations at critical junctures in STEM education. Project findings from external evaluation and outcomes of the research study will be disseminated broadly through STEM journals, conferences, social media and websites.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.