Bridge to the Doctorate at UMBC, 2013-2015

通往 UMBC 博士学位的桥梁，2013-2015

• 批准号: 1301912
• 负责人: Freeman Hrabowski
• 金额: $ 98.7万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland Baltimore County
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1301912&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Bridge; Doctorate; UMBC; 2013; 2015

The University System of Maryland (USM) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program (cohort 8) is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the USM institutions to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities (URM) matriculating and completing doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Since the first BD cohort matriculated at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in 2005, 79 BD Fellows have enrolled in STEM graduate programs at UMBC and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP). Since the inception of the USM LSAMP in 1995, the USM has remained a driving force in increasing the number of URM baccalaureate degree recipients in STEM disciplines, and more than 8,500 STEM bachelor?s degrees have been awarded to underrepresented students. As a Senior-level Alliance, the USM LSAMP continues to work to increase the number of STEM bachelor?s degrees awarded to URM students and the number of undergraduate URM students conducting scientific research and going on to pursue STEM doctorates.The BD Program provides a cohort of 12 students who have participated in LSAMP Programs as undergraduates the opportunity to receive substantial funding and other critical support to successfully pursue graduate degrees in diverse STEM fields at UMBC and UMCP. The participants also have the opportunity, early in their academic careers, to conduct cutting-edge research with top research scientists on the campuses and at national laboratories located in close proximity to the campuses. An outcome of this training is evidenced by the careers and international contributions that are being made by USM?s BD Fellows. As an example, some of the careers for USM?s BD Fellows who have received the Ph.D. include, but are not limited to: Senior Aerospace Engineer (QuinetiQ North America ? Defense and Space Industry), Postdoctoral Fellow at the Buck Institute (Chemistry and Aging), Assistant Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy (Mechanical Engineering), and Postdoctoral Fellow at North Carolina State University (Biomedical Engineering). BD Fellows also have won awards for their research and have co-authored publications and conference proceedings for international meetings. In addition, UMBC?s BD Fellows have received subsequent funding after the first two years from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, the National GEM Consortium, Google, as well as funding from the academic departments.The BD Fellows at UMBC will participate in a number of activities that are specifically designed to facilitate retention, professional development, Ph.D. completion, and preparation for their STEM careers. Plans for the 2013-15 UMBC BD cohort include the following components:? Extensive orientation program, including mandatory participation in a two-day summer institute, the university-wide orientation for graduate students, and departmental orientations with faculty and peers? Bi-weekly cohort meetings, small group triad sessions, monthly individual consultations, and special peer mentoring sessions from BD Fellows in previous cohorts? Monthly professional development seminars (e.g., ?Marketing your Science?, Professors-in-Training?)? Multi-day ?Writing for Publication? conference, weekend M.S. thesis completion workshops, followed by access to and assigned mentor-coaches for Dissertation House? Conceptual research idea and hands-on Fastlane training sessions for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and group preparation for external fellowships and competitive research opportunities? Connections to the BD Fellows at UMCP and connections to the USM?s BD alumni? Training in public speaking, and participation in the UMBC Graduate Research Conference? IRB and Responsible Conduct of Research Training, including CITI Certification, 50-page ?Preparation for Research? development plan that outlines and details the students? research goals? Opportunities to participate in short-term research and site visits at national labs, corporations, and UMBC strategic partner sites such as the Quality of Life Technology (QoLT) Center, and NSF Engineering Research Center and collaborative between the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. The BD Program serves new graduate students who were undergraduate researchers in LSAMP programs, many of whom are members of groups that traditionally have been underrepresented in STEM fields. The BD Program provides the next step for LSAMP?s graduates by providing layers of support at the graduate level that will facilitate completion of STEM doctoral degrees. The extensive suite of BD professional development and supportive activities for UMBC have been built upon proven methods for motivation, retention, research preparation, milestone achievement, degree completion, and transition to Ph.D.-level STEM careers.

The University System of Maryland (USM) Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program (cohort 8) is a collaborative effort between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the USM institutions to increase the quality and quantity of underrepresented minorities (URM) matriculating and completing doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. 自2005年在巴尔的摩县马里兰州（UMBC）的第一届BD队列以来，已有79名BD研究员参加了UMBC和马里兰大学大学公园（UMCP）的STEM研究生课程。 自1995年USM LSAMP成立以来，USM一直是增加STEM学科中URM学士学位接受者数量的驱动力，以及超过8,500个STEM学士学位已被授予代表性不足的学生。 作为一个高级联盟，USM LSAMP继续努力增加授予URM学生的STEM学士学位的数量以及进行科学研究并继续攻读STEM博士学位的大学生的学生人数。BD计划提供了12名学生，这些学生在努力竞选的同伙中提供了批准，并获得了批准的忠诚度，并获得了批准的忠诚度，并获得了批准的忠诚度，并获得了批准的忠诚度， UMBC和UMCP的字段。 参与者在学术职业的早期也有机会与校园中的顶级研究科学家和位于校园紧邻的国家实验室进行尖端研究。 USM的BD研究员所做的职业和国际贡献证明了这项培训的结果。 例如，获得博士学位的USM的一些职业生涯。包括但不限于：高级航空工程师（北美Quinetiq北美？国防和太空工业），Buck Institute的博士后研究员（化学和老化），美国海军学院（机械工程）的助理研究教授和北卡罗来纳州立大学（Biomedical Engineering）的助理研究教授。 BD研究员还因其研究而赢得了奖项，并共同撰写了国际会议的出版物和会议诉讼。 此外，UMBC的BD研究员在头两年后从NSF研究生研究奖学金，国家宝石财团，Google以及学术部门的资金中获得了随后的资金。UMBC的BD Fellows将参加许多旨在促进退休，职业发展，Ph.D.D.D.D.D的活动。完成和为他们的STEM职业做准备。 2013 - 15年UMBC BD队列的计划包括以下组件：广泛的定向计划，包括强制参与为期两天的夏季学院，大学范围内的研究生方向以及与教职员工和同龄人的部门取向？每两周一次的队列会议，小组三合会会议，每月的个人咨询以及以前同伙的BD研究员的特别同伴指导会议？每月专业发展研讨会（例如？营销您的科学？，培训教授？）？多日？写作？会议，周末硕士论文完成研讨会，然后访问并指定论文的指导教练？ NSF研究生研究奖学金计划以及外部奖学金和竞争性研究机会的小组准备概念研究思想和动手的斋戒培训课程？与UMCP的BD研究员的联系以及与USM的BD校友的联系？公开演讲的培训以及参加UMBC研究生研究会议的培训？ IRB和负责任的研究培训的行为，包括花旗认证，50页？准备研究？概述和详细介绍学生的发展计划？研究目标？参加国家实验室，公司和UMBC战略合作伙伴网站，例如生活质量技术（Qolt）中心以及NSF工程研究中心以及匹兹堡大学和卡内基·梅隆大学之间的合作的机会。 BD计划为新研究生提供了LSAMP计划的新研究生，其中许多是STEM领域中传统上人数不足的团体成员。 BD计划通过在研究生级别提供支持层的层次毕业生为STEM博士学位的完成提供了下一步。 BD专业发展和UMBC的支持活动的广泛套件是建立在可靠的动机，保留，研究准备，里程碑成就，学位完成和过渡到博士学位级别STEM职业的基础上的。