LSAMP BRIDGE TO THE DOCTORATE: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO PROVIDING MULTIDISCIPLINARY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING IN STEM DISCIPLINES AT THE PHD LEVEL

LSAMP 通往博士学位的桥梁：波多黎各大学提供多学科

• 批准号: 1612393
• 负责人: Eduardo Nicolau
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 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: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612393&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSAMP; BRIDGE; DOCTORATE; UNIVERSITY; PUERTO

The The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through the development of highly competitive students from groups historically underrepresented in STEM disciplines: African-Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The goal of the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity is to increase the quantity and quality of STEM graduate students from underrepresented populations, with emphasis on Ph.D. matriculation and completion. BD programs implemented in the nation's institutions of higher education contribute to addressing one of the objectives in NSF's 2014-2018 Strategic Plan, namely to "integrate education and research to support development of a diverse STEM workforce with cutting-edge capabilities." Since national security and economic vitality of the United States require a highly trained domestic STEM workforce, institutions engaged in the most advanced levels of research and innovation must do their part to train tomorrow's leaders in STEM.The University of Puerto Rico (Rio Piedras), lead institution for the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP), will administer its eleventh (11th) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Program during the 2016-2018 academic years. Implementation of the UPR-LSAMP 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 provides 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. 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 participate in a series of development activities that provides or facilitates 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 travel to and present at national and international scientific meetings and complete summer research internships at national and international partner research centers of PR EPSCoR and the Institute of Tropical Ecology (ITES). In addition, UPR's BD program implements activities that develop mentoring and teambuilding skills. The Role Model Seminar series brings 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（Louis Stokes）少数群体参与（LSAMP）计划（LSAMP）计划帮助大学和学院通过从历史上不足以占主体的群体的成长来使STEM劳动力多样化：非裔美国人，阿拉斯加人，美国印第安人，美洲印第安人，西班牙裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人，西班牙裔美国人夏威夷人和太平洋岛民。 LSAMP桥通往博士学位（BD）活动的目标是增加来自代表性不足人群的STEM研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士学位。入学和完成。该国高等教育机构实施的BD计划有助于解决NSF 2014 - 2018年战略计划中的目标之一，即“将教育和研究融入教育和研究，以支持多样化的STEM劳动力与最先进能力的发展”。由于美国的国家安全和经济活力需要训练有素的国内STEM劳动力，因此从事最先进水平的研究和创新的机构必须尽其所能培训明天在STEM的领导人。波多黎各路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与（PR-LSAMP）的主要机构将在2016-2018学年期间管理其第11（BD）第11座（BD）计划。 UPR-LSAMP BD活动的实施发展了促进波多黎各经济发展所需的高度竞争性的STEM教育和研究企业，并满足了国家对各种STEM专业人员的需求。 UPR的BD计划在博士学位上提供了科学，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12名学生将被选为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。由于其成立，BD-LSAMP支持的BD研究员总数将增加到118。BD研究员参加了一系列提供或促进BD计划的开发活动，包括：跨学科或前沿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。研究员前往和国际科学会议，并在PR EPSCOR国家和国际合作伙伴研究中心和热带生态研究所（ITES）的国家和国际合作伙伴研究中心（ITES）旅行。此外，UPR的BD计划实施了发展指导和团队建设技能的活动。榜样模型研讨会系列将BD研究员与在国内和国际认可的研究人员接触，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。