LSAMP BD: Montana State University All Nations Alliance

LSAMP BD：蒙大拿州立大学所有国家联盟

• 批准号: 2306044
• 负责人: Waded Cruzado
• 金额: $ 107.5万
• 依托单位: Montana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2306044&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: LSAMP; BD; Montana; State; University

With support from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) this Bridge to Doctorate Activity will offer 12 talented students from multiple LSAMP alliances the opportunity to pursue doctoral degrees in STEM fields at Montana State University (MSU). Montana is the ancestral and modern-day home of many different Indigenous Peoples, yet American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) students comprise only 2% of STEM doctoral students at MSU. Broadly across the nation, only 105 AI/AN students completed a research doctorate across all fields in 2020/21. As a new Bridge to Doctorate site within the All Nations Alliance for Minority Participation, MSU will work towards full participation of underrepresented minorities in STEM as well as support Indigenous self-determination and well-being by providing significant financial support to AI/AN doctoral students and implementing: 1) evidence-based recruitment and retention practices; 2) mentorship and professional development opportunities adapted to Indigenous cultures, values, and experiences; and 3) an innovative support system that enables students to readily rejoin their degree programs if temporarily called away to meet pressing family and community obligations. In addition to empirically evaluating the efficacy of MSU’s novel Return to Learn model, this project will support participatory and co-produced STEM graduate research projects that prepare AI/AN students for 21st-century STEM careers while ensuring reciprocal benefits with Tribal community partners. Research projects will integrate Indigenous research methodologies and value systems (Relationship, Responsibility, Reciprocity, and Redistribution) with scientific and technological questions pertaining to national priorities ranging from large-scale manufacturing of 2-D materials for quantum computing, to advanced energy storage and conversion technologies, to biofilm engineering, and infectious vector-borne diseases in collaboration with NIH’s Rocky Mountain Lab. Planned professional development workshops will then include Navigating Academia Professionally and Personally, Taking Charge of Your Professional Trajectory, Indigenous Well-being, Creating and Leveraging Colleague Network Groups, and Lessons Learned from AI/AN Alumni. This project will serve as a national model for AI/AN students to carve their own flexible, culturally-responsive STEM doctoral education and career paths that integrate cutting-edge research and scholarship with Indigenous leadership and identity. Results will be disseminated to our university partners in the Sloan Indigenous Graduate Programs and The University Centers for Exemplary Mentoring. We will also present findings at conferences that specialize in AI/AN education. As the recruitment pool of LSAMP baccalaureate recipients includes a high proportion of individuals from underrepresented minority populations, the project anticipates that LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellows will be students from these groups. Therefore, the project will contribute significantly to broadening participation in academe and science research.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在路易斯·斯托克斯少数民族参与联盟 (LSAMP) 的支持下，这项通往博士学位的桥梁活动将为来自多个 LSAMP 联盟的 12 名才华横溢的学生提供在蒙大拿州立大学 (MSU) 攻读 STEM 领域博士学位的机会。密歇根州立大学是许多不同原住民的家园，但美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民 (AI/AN) 学生仅占 STEM 博士生的 2%。 105 名 AI/AN 学生在 2020/21 学年完成了所有领域的研究博士学位。作为所有少数民族参与联盟内的一个新的博士桥梁站点，密歇根州立大学将致力于推动代表性不足的少数民族充分参与 STEM 并支持土著自我。 - 通过向 AI/AN 博士生提供大量财政支持并实施：1）基于证据的招聘和保留实践；2）适应土著文化的指导和专业发展机会，价值观和经验；3) 一个创新的支持系统，使学生能够在暂时离开以履行紧迫的家庭和社区义务时轻松重新参加学位课程。将支持参与式和共同制作的 STEM 研究生研究项目，为 AI/AN 学生做好 21 世纪 STEM 职业的准备，同时确保与部落社区合作伙伴的互惠互利。 研究项目将整合土著研究方法和价值体系（关系、责任、互惠和再分配），涉及与国家优先事项有关的科学和技术问题，从用于量子计算的二维材料的大规模制造，到先进的能量存储和转换技术，到生物膜工程和传染性媒介传播疾病与美国国立卫生研究院落基山实验室的合作计划的专业发展研讨会将包括专业和个人导航学术界、掌控你的职业轨迹、本土福祉、创建和利用同事网络团体以及AI/AN 校友的经验教训。该项目将成为 AI/AN 学生打造自己灵活、文化敏感的 STEM 博士教育和职业道路的全国典范，将前沿研究和学术与本土领导力和身份相结合。结果将分发给斯隆本土研究生项目和大学示范指导中心的大学合作伙伴，我们还将在专门从事人工智能/人工神经网络教育的会议上展示调查结果。 LSAMP 学士学位获得者中有很大一部分来自少数群体，该项目预计 LSAMP 博士研究员将是来自这些群体的学生。因此，该项目将为扩大学术和科学研究的参与做出重大贡献。该奖项反映了 NSF 的贡献。法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。