The University of Puerto Rico Bridge-to-the-Doctorate Initiative: Feeding the Pipeline in STEM Disciplines at the PhD Level - University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras

波多黎各大学通往博士学位的桥梁计划：为博士级别的 STEM 学科输送人才 - 波多黎各里约彼德拉斯大学

• 批准号: 1026560
• 负责人: Manuel Gomez
• 金额: $ 98.7万
• 依托单位: University of Puerto Rico
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-08-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1026560&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Puerto; Rico; Bridge; Doctorate

?The University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras) Bridge-to-the-Doctorate Initiative: Feeding the Pipeline in STEM Disciplines at the PhD Level? will enable the seamless transition of underrepresented students from the STEM baccalaureate to graduate studies in order to obtain a doctoral degree and enter the STEM workforce. This will be the 8th cohort of students participating in the Puerto Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation?s Bridge-to the-Doctorate (BD) Activity since 2003. The award supports twelve STEM graduate students during the 2010-2012 academic years, increasing to 94 the total number of BD fellows supported by this alliance since the start of the NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Activity. Building on the strengths developed by the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in the fields of nanoscience and environmental sciences, priority will be given to STEM students who will do research in these interdisciplinary fields. To be eligible for the program, students must be admitted to one of the following UPR PhD programs: Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Chemical Physics. BD fellows will participate in the BD Support Program that was successfully implemented with the seven previous cohorts in order to enhance their academic preparation, and will be encouraged to complete a summer research internship at national and international strategic partner research centers of PR EPSCoR and the Institute of Tropical Ecology (ITES). The UPR BD Initiative 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. Students will make explicit connections with the ongoing GK-12 program: ?From Hectares to Nanometers: Multidisciplinary Explorations of Functional Nanosciences and Tropical Ecosystems?, managed by the RCSE. After completing their first two years in the BD program, BD fellows will be able to apply for fellowships in the following RCSE/UPR programs: GK-12, NSF-EPSCoR IFN, NASA EPSCoR, NASA Space Grant, DoE EPSCoR, CREST-CATEC, and RISE. This large array of research and educational programs will benefit from the recruited BD fellows while they facilitate completion of their doctoral degree. A tracking system, designed by PR-LSAMP, will document participant progress, including completion of degree until they enter the workforce, and beyond. The implementation of the UPR BD Activity will help: 1) to develop a highly competitive STEM education and research enterprise required to advance Puerto Rico?s economic development, and 2) to meet the national need for diverse STEM professionals. By increasing the number of STEM professionals, more college students, in particular those at 4-year colleges, where the largest population of first-generation college students reside, will be taught by PhD level professors/researchers. Moreover, the ex-BD fellows will become role models for other students from underrepresented groups across the Nation, who will become interested in pursuing STEM careers.

波多黎各大学（里奥·皮埃拉斯）桥梁桥梁倡议：在博士学位上为STEM学科提供管道吗？将使代表性不足的学生从STEM学士学位的无缝过渡到研究生学习，以获得博士学位并进入STEM劳动力。 这将是参加波多黎各路易斯·斯托克斯联盟（Puerto Louis Stokes）联盟的第八名学生，自2003年以来，该联盟（Bright Cittoration to the Doctorate）活动（BD）。 94自NSF桥从博士活动开始以来，该联盟支持的BD研究员总数。基于波多黎各大学（UPR）在纳米科学和环境科学领域开发的优势，将优先考虑在这些跨学科领域进行研究的STEM学生。要符合该计划的资格，必须将学生录取以下UPR博士学位课程之一：生物学，化学，化学工程或化学物理学。 BD研究员将参加BD支持计划，该计划已通过以前的七个同伙成功实施，以增强他们的学术准备，并鼓励在PR PR EPSCOR和Institute的国家和国际战略合作伙伴研究中心完成夏季研究实习热带生态学（ITES）。 UPR BD计划将继续与其他由NSF资助的项目协调其活动，这些项目由科学与工程资源中心（RCSE）和相关UPR研究生计划管理。 学生将与正在进行的GK-12程序建立明确的联系：从公顷到纳米：功能纳米科学和热带生态系统的多学科探索？在完成BD计划的头两年后，BD研究员将能够在以下RCSE/UPR计划中申请奖学金：GK-12，NSF-EPSCOR IFN，NASA EPSCOR，NASA EPSCOR，NASA SPACE GRANT，DOE EPSCOR，DOE EPSCOR，CREST-CATEC，CREST-CATEC ，崛起。在促进博士学位的同时，这一大量的研究和教育计划将受益于招募的BD研究员。由PR-LSAMP设计的跟踪系统将记录参与者的进度，包括完成学位，直到他们进入劳动力及以后。 UPR BD活动的实施将有助于：1）开发促进波多黎各经济发展所需的竞争激烈的STEM教育和研究企业，以及2）满足国家对各种STEM专业人员的需求。通过增加STEM专业人士的数量，更多的大学生，尤其是那些在4年大学的大学生（第一代大学生人口最多的大学）将由博士水平教授/研究人员教授。此外，EX-BD研究员将成为来自全国人数不足团体的其他学生的榜样，他们将对从事STEM职业产生兴趣。