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.

路易斯·斯托克斯（Louis Stokes）少数民族参与联盟（PR-LSAMP）的首席机构波多黎各大学（Rio Piedras）将管理其第十（BD）计划的第十（BD）计划。当前的UPR BD计划发生在UPR系统STEM本科计划的重要和重要贡献的背景下。科学和数学的西班牙裔博士学位获得了16％，在2005 - 2010年期间，在2005 - 2010年期间，有20％的西班牙裔博士学位获得者获得了PR-LSAMP成员机构的学士学位。美国的经济实力，其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依赖于成功地纳入科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）领域的每个种族。国家在创新和竞争力上的能力取决于其招募和保留种族和社会经济群体中最优秀人才的能力。 UPR BD活动的实施发展了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，并满足了国家对不同STEM专业人员的需求。 UPR的BD计划将在博士学位上提供科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）学科的多学科培训。水平使从茎学士学位的无缝过渡到茎研究生研究。从PR-LSAMP机构或大陆LSAMP机构获得STEM学士学位的十二名学生将在里奥皮德拉斯校园（Rio Piedras Campus）的波多黎各大学选出并作为BD研究员。该计划将继续与其他由NSF资助的项目进行协调，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。实施的活动将增加申请并被录取为STEM博士学位课程的波多黎各STEM本科生的数量，并增加获得STEM博士学位的这些学生人数。 PR-LSAMP支持的BD研究员的总数将增加到118。BD研究员将参加一系列开发活动，该活动将由BD计划提供或促进，包括：跨学科或Frontier研究主题的科学研讨会；科学伦理学研讨会；和讲习班，以发展科学研究技能以及书面和口头沟通技巧。研究员将被鼓励前往国家和国际科学会议，并在PR EPSCOR的国家和国际合作伙伴研究中心和热带生态研究所（ITES）完成夏季研究实习。此外，UPR的BD计划将实施发展指导和团队建设技能的活动。角色模型研讨会系列将使BD研究员与在国内和国际认可的研究人员中取得成功，从而创造了一个指导环境，使研究员进一步使自己融入了更大的研究/工业社区。