15527 BD Magazine '09.indd - University of Alabama at Birmingham

Table of Contents
Message from the LSAMP Director .............................................................................................................................. 1
The Evaluation of the NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Initiative .................................................................................... 2
Bridge to the Doctorate Joint Annual Meeting (JAM) 2008 ....................................................................................... 3
Bridge to the Doctorate Summary ................................................................................................................................. 5
Program Sites and Coordinators ................................................................................................................................... 6
2008 – 2009 Alliances, Institutions and Students
Alabama .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
California State University .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Colorado ........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Florida-Georgia ............................................................................................................................................................. 11
Illinois ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Louisiana ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Mississippi ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
New Mexico .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
New York ...................................................................................................................................................................... 16
North Carolina ............................................................................................................................................................... 17
Oklahoma ...................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Philadelphia ................................................................................................................................................................... 19
Puerto Rico .................................................................................................................................................................... 20
State University of New York ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Texas ............................................................................................................................................................................. 22
University System of Maryland .................................................................................................................................... 23
University of Texas System .......................................................................................................................................... 24
Washington/Baltimore/Hampton Roads ........................................................................................................................ 25
Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities ...................................................................................................... 26
Student News and Accomplishments ........................................................................................................................... 27
Cohort V Participants ................................................................................................................................................... 30
Cohort VI Principal Investigators ............................................................................................................................... 37
The National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of
science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about
$6.06 billion, we are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by
America’s colleges and universities.
Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr.
Director
Dr. Wanda E. Ward
Acting Assistant Director
Directorate for Education and
Human Resources
Dr. James Wyche
Division Director
Division of Human
Resource Development
Dr. A. James Hicks
Program Director
Louis Stokes Alliances
for Minority Participation
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