California LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) Activity

加州 LSAMP 博士桥梁 (BD) 活动

• 批准号: 1701365
• 负责人: Howard Gillman
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2021-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1701365&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: California; LSAMP; Bridge; Doctorate; BD

NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:There remains a growing demand in the United States for a highly trained and diverse science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce to maintain US intellectual and economic competitiveness in the global market. However, while the US moves toward minority-majority status, that demographic change is not reflected in the number of graduate degrees being awarded to underrepresented minorities (URMs) in science and engineering. This underrepresentation of such a large portion of the US population in STEM graduate programs must be addressed, and supporting URM students in their pursuit of advanced degrees is a critical piece. Working in pursuit of this critical piece, the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), a part of the University of California Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program, will offer 12 incoming LSAMP PhD students substantial fellowships and degree completion support. LSAMP 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 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." For the U.S. to remain competitive globally, it must provide exceptional educational preparedness in STEM areas that underpin the knowledge-based economy. UCSB is uniquely positioned in this alliance as it has also recently become a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), and as such is the first in the Association of American Universities (AAU) to reach HSI status, putting UCSB on a short list of prominent research-intensive institutions serving a large number of Hispanic students. The BD project at UCSB seeks to seed a shift in the institutional culture by introducing holistic selection criteria and faculty mentoring resources, and raising the visibility of motivated and talented URM STEM PhD trainees and alumni thereby encouraging future generations of underrepresented students. Similarly, the proposed UCSB-BD program intends to increase the number of URM students in STEM who successfully complete a doctoral program at UCSB and successfully transition into the STEM workforce with the highest level of academic achievement. TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:There remains a growing demand in the United States for a highly trained and diverse STEM workforce to maintain US intellectual and economic competitiveness in the global market. However, while the US moves toward minority-majority status, that demographic change is not reflected in the number of graduate degrees being awarded to underrepresented minorities in science and engineering. In fact, in 2014, URMs represented only 13% of the earned doctorates in science and engineering. Having a diverse set of problem-solvers becomes paramount to sustaining the nation's scientific excellence and solving important societal needs. The current underrepresentation of such a large portion of the US population in STEM graduate programs must be addressed. Supporting URM students in their pursuit of advanced degrees is crucial. UCSB will support 12 PhD students through the BD program within the University of California LSAMP. The UCSB-BD program seeks to increase the diversity and inclusion of our STEM workforce through a concerted campus-wide effort and an evidence-based program designed to identify and foster the development of a cohort of alumni as PhD-trained science and engineering leaders. The UCSB-BD program will build on existing infrastructure, develop new strategies and leverage networks, campus, state, and nation-wide, to expand the body of knowledge around recruiting, training and retaining a diverse population of PhD-trained scientists and engineers. The BD program at UCSB will do this by providing a strong community of mentors and an extensive academic and professional preparation program that offers BD Fellows access to the tools and community interaction that will foster success in their graduate programs and beyond. With a focus on affirming values, nurturing a sense of belonging, and mentoring through key transition points, the UCSB-BD program will ensure a timely completion of the PhD and a confident transition into STEM careers in academia, government and industry. As UCSB strives to promote a nurturing environment for our STEM PhD trainees, hosting a BD program is an important step toward building more robust and inclusive recruitment and retention strategies for broadening participation. Additionally, in order to better understand the important factors in the trajectory of success for those underrepresented in science and engineering seeking and progressing though advanced degrees, a rigorous evaluation plan and tracking strategy will be employed and results shared across the California LSAMP alliance and national networks.

非技术摘要：美国对训练有素且多样化的科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 劳动力的需求仍然不断增长，以保持美国在全球市场上的智力和经济竞争力。然而，虽然美国正在走向少数族裔占多数的地位，但这种人口变化并没有反映在授予科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数族裔 (URM) 的研究生学位数量上。必须解决如此大一部分美国人口在 STEM 研究生课程中代表性不足的问题，支持 URM 学生攻读高级学位是一个关键部分。为了实现这一关键成果，加州大学圣巴巴拉分校 (UCSB) 作为加州大学路易斯斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟 (LSAMP) 博士桥梁 (BD) 项目的一部分，将提供 12 名即将入学的 LSAMP 博士生大量奖学金和学位完成支持。 LSAMP 通过培养来自历史上 STEM 学科代表性不足的群体的高度竞争力的学生，帮助大学和学院实现 STEM 劳动力多元化：非裔美国人、阿拉斯加原住民、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、夏威夷原住民和太平洋原住民。 LSAMP BD 活动的目标是提高代表性不足人群中 STEM 研究生的数量和质量，重点是博士生。入学和完成。 在美国高等教育机构实施的 BD 项目有助于实现 NSF 2014-2018 年战略计划的目标之一，即“整合教育和研究，支持培养具有尖端能力的多元化 STEM 劳动力”。 美国要保持全球竞争力，就必须在支撑知识经济的 STEM 领域提供卓越的教育准备。 UCSB 在该联盟中处于独特的地位，因为它最近还成为了西班牙裔服务机构 (HSI)，因此是美国大学协会 (AAU) 中第一所获得 HSI 地位的机构，使 UCSB 跻身于著名的短名单中。为大量西班牙裔学生提供服务的研究密集型机构。 UCSB 的 BD 项目旨在通过引入全面的选拔标准和教师指导资源，提高积极主动且才华横溢的 URM STEM 博士生和校友的知名度，从而鼓励未来几代未被充分代表的学生，从而推动机构文化的转变。同样，拟议的 UCSB-BD 计划旨在增加在 UCSB 成功完成博士课程并成功转型为具有最高学术成就的 STEM 劳动力的 URM STEM 学生数量。技术摘要：美国对训练有素的多元化 STEM 劳动力的需求仍然不断增长，以保持美国在全球市场上的智力和经济竞争力。然而，虽然美国正在走向少数族裔占多数的地位，但这种人口变化并没有反映在授予科学和工程领域代表性不足的少数族裔的研究生学位数量上。事实上，2014 年，URM 仅占获得的科学与工程博士学位的 13%。拥有多元化的问题解决者对于维持国家的科学卓越性和解决重要的社会需求至关重要。目前，美国如此大一部分人口在 STEM 研究生项目中代表性不足的问题必须得到解决。支持 URM 学生攻读高级学位至关重要。 UCSB 将通过加州大学 LSAMP 内的 BD 项目支持 12 名博士生。 UCSB-BD 项目旨在通过全校范围内的协调一致努力和旨在识别和促进一批校友发展成为受过博士学位的科学和工程领导者的循证项目，来提高 STEM 劳动力的多样性和包容性。 UCSB-BD 项目将在现有基础设施的基础上，制定新的战略，并利用校园、州和全国范围内的网络，扩大有关招募、培训和留住受过博士学位的科学家和工程师的多元化知识体系。 UCSB 的 BD 项目将通过提供强大的导师社区和广泛的学术和专业准备项目来实现这一目标，为 BD 研究员提供工具和社区互动的机会，从而促进其研究生项目及其他项目的成功。 UCSB-BD 项目侧重于肯定价值观、培养归属感以及通过关键过渡点进行指导，将确保及时完成博士学位并自信地过渡到学术界、政府和工业界的 STEM 职业。由于 UCSB 致力于为我们的 STEM 博士生营造一个培育环境，举办 BD 项目是建立更强大、更具包容性的招聘和保留策略以扩大参与的重要一步。此外，为了更好地了解那些在科学和工程领域寻求和取得高级学位的人的成功轨迹中的重要因素，将采用严格的评估计划和跟踪策略，并在加州 LSAMP 联盟和国家网络之间共享结果。

项目成果

Suction-Controlled Detachment of Mushroom-Shaped Adhesive Structures

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• DOI: 10.1115/1.4049392
• 发表时间: 2021-03
• 期刊: Journal of Applied Mechanics
• 作者: Areyano, Marcela;Booth, Jamie A.;Brouwer, Dane;Gockowski, Luke F.;Valentine, Megan T.;McMeeking, Robert M.
• 通讯作者: McMeeking, Robert M.

Role of diversity-generating retroelements for regulatory pathway tuning in cyanobacteria

多样性生成逆转录因子在蓝藻调节途径调节中的作用

• DOI: 10.1186/s12864-020-07052-5
• 发表时间: 2020-09-25
• 期刊: BMC Genomics
• 影响因子: 4.4
• 作者: Vallota-Eastman A;Arrington EC;Meeken S;Roux S;Dasari K;Rosen S;Miller JF;Valentine DL;Paul BG
• 通讯作者: Paul BG