The University of Puerto Rico Bridge to the Doctorate Initiative: Providing Multidisciplinary Training in STEM Disciplines at the PhD Level (Cohort X)

波多黎各大学通往博士学位计划的桥梁：提供博士级别 STEM 学科的多学科培训（队列 X）

• 批准号: 1400870
• 负责人: Celeste Freytes
• 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: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-15 至 2016-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1400870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Puerto; Rico; Bridge; Doctorate

The University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras), lead institution for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP), will administer its tenth (10th) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program. The current UPR BD Program occurs in the context of the important and significant contributions of the UPR system STEM undergraduate programs. Sixteen percent of the Hispanic doctorate recipients in Science and Mathematics, and twenty percent of the Hispanic doctorate recipients in Engineering during the period 2005-2010 in the United States received their bachelor's degrees from a PR-LSAMP member institution. The economic strength of the United States, its ability to remain competitive in a global economy, and the sense of social health in American society is reliant on the successful incorporation of every ethnicity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The capability of the nation for innovation and competitiveness depends on its ability to recruit and retain the best talent across racial and socioeconomic groups. The implementation of the UPR BD Activity develops a highly competitive STEM education and research enterprise required to advance Puerto Rico's economic development and meets the national need for diverse STEM professionals. UPR's BD program will provide multidisciplinary training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines at the Ph.D. level to enable a seamless transition from the STEM baccalaureate degree to STEM graduate studies. Twelve students who received STEM baccalaureate degrees from PR-LSAMP institutions or from mainland LSAMP institutions will be selected and supported as BD Fellows at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus. 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 STEM undergraduate students who apply and are admitted to STEM PhD programs, and increase the number of these students who obtain STEM doctoral degrees. The total number of BD Fellows supported by PR-LSAMP since its inception would increase to 118. BD Fellows will participate in a series of development activities that will be provided or facilitated by the BD Program including: scientific seminars on interdisciplinary or frontier research topics; seminars in ethics of science; and workshops to develop scientific research skills as well as written and oral communication skills. Fellows will be encouraged to travel to and present at national and international scientific meetings and to complete a summer research internship at national and international partner research centers of PR EPSCoR and the Institute of Tropical Ecology (ITES). In addition, UPR's BD program will implement activities that develop mentoring and teambuilding 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 to fruitfully incorporate themselves into the greater research/industrial community.

波多黎各大学（Rio Piedras）是路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟（PR-LSAMP）的牵头机构，将管理其第十（10）个博士桥梁（BD）项目。目前的 UPR BD 项目是在 UPR 系统 STEM 本科项目做出重要贡献的背景下进行的。 2005年至2010年期间，美国16%的西班牙裔科学和数学博士学位获得者以及20%的西班牙裔工程博士学位获得者从PR-LSAMP成员机构获得了学士学位。美国的经济实力、在全球经济中保持竞争力的能力以及美国社会的社会健康意识都依赖于各族裔在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的成功融合。国家的创新和竞争力能力取决于其招募和留住跨种族和社会经济群体最优秀人才的能力。 UPR BD 活动的实施将发展一个具有高度竞争力的 STEM 教育和研究企业，以促进波多黎各的经济发展并满足国家对多样化 STEM 专业人员的需求。 UPR 的 BD 项目将为博士生提供科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 学科的多学科培训。水平，以实现从 STEM 学士学位到 STEM 研究生学习的无缝过渡。 12 名从 PR-LSAMP 机构或大陆 LSAMP 机构获得 STEM 学士学位的学生将被选拔为波多黎各大学 Rio Piedras 校区的 BD 研究员并获得支持。该计划将继续与其他 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) 和相关的 UPR 研究生项目管理。所实施的活动将增加波多黎各STEM本科生申请并被STEM博士课程录取的数量，并增加这些学生获得STEM博士学位的数量。自 PR-LSAMP 成立以来，支持的 BD 研究员总数将增加到 118 名。BD 研究员将参加 BD 计划提供或促进的一系列发展活动，包括：关于跨学科或前沿研究主题的科学研讨会；科学伦理研讨会；以及培养科学研究技能以及书面和口头沟通技能的研讨会。我们将鼓励研究员前往国家和国际科学会议并在会上发表演讲，并在 PR EPSCoR 和热带生态研究所 (ITES) 的国家和国际合作伙伴研究中心完成暑期研究实习。此外，UPR 的 BD 计划将实施培养指导和团队建设技能的活动。榜样研讨会系列将使 BD 研究员与成功的国内和国际公认的研究人员接触，从而创造一个指导环境，进一步使研究员能够有效地融入更大的研究/工业界。