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UC Los AngelesNSF-LSAMP
Bridge To The Doctorate2014 - 2016
An Initiative of the Undergraduate Research Center- Sciences and the Graduate Division, Under the auspices of the California Alliance for Minority Participation (CAMP)
http://www.ugresearchsci.ucla.edu/campdoctorate.htm
Welcoming Diverse Approaches to Scientific Discovery
Director: Diana Azurdia, Ph.D. PI: Tama Hasson, Ph.D.
UCLA CAMP Program• Over two decades of history at UCLA• URM from all STEM disciplines, with particular attention to transfer
students, are invited to join the UCLA CAMP community each quarter• Customized support depending needs• Research opportunities, book scholarships, conference travel
support, tutoring, summer research symposium, mentoring, professional development workshops, GRE prep courses, poster support, and community building activities
• Currently: • 3 CAMP alumni participating in the BD at UC Berkeley and 2 at
participating at UC Riverside• 24 CAMP students who are postdoctoral fellows
UC- Bridge to the Doctorate
• Extends long-term impact and effectiveness of CAMP by enrolling, mentoring, and supporting LSAMP students in STEM graduate programs.
• To date the program has supported 105 Bridge to the Doctorate Fellows
• Circulates between University of California campuses• 2003-05 - Los Angeles• 2004-06 - Irvine• 2005-07 - San Diego• 2006-08 - Davis• 2009-11 - Santa Barbara• 2010-12 - Santa Cruz • 2011-13 - Riverside• 2012-14 - Berkeley• 2014-16 – UCLA• 2015-17 – UCI
UCLA BD- Fall 2014• Selection• 12 students from LSAMP Programs: CSUDH, CSUSB, SFSU (3),
SDSU, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, UCLA, UCM (2), UCI, and University at Albany
• Funding• NSF funding during their first two years in doctoral programs• Guaranteed support for an additional three years from Grad
Division and home department
• Support• Receives oversight from an interdisciplinary steering committee:
URC-Sciences, Graduate Division Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Admissions (DIA) and various STEM Departments
2006-2010 UCLA ranked as the top non-minority serving intuition to award bachelors and doctoral degrees to Hispanic students in Science and Engineering
• URM enrollment in graduate programs has increased by ≈30% • URM doctoral enrollments has increased by ≈40% • The School of Engineering and Applied Science and the College of Letters and
Sciences enrolled a total of 124 URM doctoral students in the fall of 2012
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Figure 1. UCLA STEM URM Enrollment
Doctoral Enrollment Total Graduate Enrollment
Planning: Meetings with GD
1. Admissions • LSAMP and CAMP button / track eligible students• Fee waiver
2. Funding• Internal proposal • Support beyond the first two years / Travel Awards
2. Funding: Fees per studentProjected fees with 7% fee increase each year
TABLE A.
Year Fees* NSF FUNDED PORTION Supplemental Funding Source
1 $15,845.00 $10,500.00 $5,435.00 GD
2 $16,594.00 $10,500.00 $6,094.00 Department
3 $18,140.00 0 $18,140.00 Cota Robles / GD
4 $19,409.00 0 $19,409.00 Department
5** $20,767.00 0 $20,767.00 Cota Robles / GD
*Based on a hypothetical 7% increase from the 2012 CA resident fees of $14,809.00, with a 7% increase subsequent years. Supplemental funding source will have to pay extra for students who are not CA residents. It is expected that those students will apply to be CA residents soon thereafter. **Tuition and Fees beyond year 5 will be the Department/Principal Investigators responsibility.
2. Funding: Stipend per student
TABLE B.
Year Stipend* NSF GD GD Supplemental Department
1 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00
2 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 $0.00
3 $30,000.00 0 $21,000.00 $9,000.00
4 $30,000.00 0 $3,000.00 $27,000.00
5** $30,000.00 0 $21,000.00 $9,000.00
*If the Department offers a stipend greater than $30,000 then the department will pay for it. **Tuition and Fees beyond year 5 will be the Department/Principal Investigators responsibility.
Planning: Meetings with GD cont.
3. Departmental buy in’s • Contacts info• Meeting with the various departments:• How do we explain the program?• Foreseeable concerns?• Accounting / Logistics / Suggestions
3. Departmental Buy In: Identification of Potential Departmental PartnersInternal Evaluation• Evaluation of current departments; trends in
admissions• Reports applications, admits, matriculation• How robust is potential pipeline?• What's our success rate?• Demographical profiles of degree recipients
History of Chemistry and Biochemistry Applications and Admits
5-Year Admission Trends
Undergraduate Institution# of URM Doctoral Applicants (5 Year
Total)
UCLA 15UC San Diego 10
UC Irvine 10UC Santa Cruz 8UC Berkeley 7
CSU Los Angeles 7UC Davis 6
San Diego State University 5CSU Long Beach 4
Stanford University 4UC Riverside 4
Santa Clara University 3UC Santa Barbara 3Cal Poly Pomona 3
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1Calif Institute Tech 3
CSU Fresno 3CSU Fullerton 3
Loyola Marymount 3CSU Channel Islands 2CSU San Bernardino 2
Univ San Diego 2Univ Southern California 1
Claremont Mckenna 1Cal Poly San Luis Obispo 1
San Francisco State University 1
CSU Chico 1Mount St Marys 1
Occidental College 1Pepperdine University 1
Polytechnic Univ 1UC Merced 1
California Institutions 118Out of State Institutions 68
Ethnicity Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
Fall 2011
Fall 2012
Applications
International 120 114 138 158 173Other Domestic 255 256 235 281 250
Underrepresented Minorities 33 35 49 40 34
Admits
International 9 22 13 12 25Other Domestic 125 120 116 143 129
Underrepresented Minorities 6 10 23 15 16
New Registrants
International 8 16 10 6 12Other Domestic 43 47 31 43 40
Underrepresented Minorities 3 5 11 4 5
Undergraduate Institution of Underrepresented Minority DOCTORAL Applicants
• ACCESS• Bioengineering• Biology• Chemical Engineering• Chemistry and
Biochemistry
• Computer Science• Electrical Engineering• Mathematics• Mechanical &
Aerospace Engineering• Physics and
Astronomy
3. Departmental Buy In: Meetings with Departments at UCLA
3. Departmental Buy-in Outcomes: BD Steering Committee
Faculty Member Affiliation and DepartmentAzurdia, Diana Assistant Director, Undergraduate Research Center-
ScienceGrijalva, Carlos Associate Dean, Graduate Division; Professor of
PsychologyHasson, Tama Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research;
Adjunct Associate Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology; Director, Undergraduate Research Center (URC) – Sciences
Lu, Songwu Professor, Computer Science Nonacs, Peter Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyPayne, Greg Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate Studies for the
David Geffen School of Medicine and Division of Life Sciences; Director, Umbrella program in Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Life Sciences (ACCESS)
Torres, Jorge Assistant Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry Wu, Benjamin Professor and Department Chair, Bioengineering
Planning: Meetings with GD cont.4. Outreach • CSU’s / Conferences
5. Recruitment • Bringing accepted BD students to campus in place of interview• Recruitment Calendar
6. GD Partnership• Provide insight into admissions process• Fund disbursement / Tracking / Advertisements / GD diversity
programs / offerings
Summary: Institutional Commitment
• Financial support for 5 years of their appointment• Years 1-2: LSAMP BD funds • Years 3-5:• Cota Robles• UC Office of the President Dissertation Year Fellowship• Graduate Student Research and Teaching Assistantships • External funding
Summary: Institutional Commitment cont.• URC-Sciences• Houses CAMP and undergraduate diversity programing
• Graduate Division• Participation in Competitive Edge programing• Professional development, social, and educational events hosted
throughout the year
• Home Department • Diversity initiatives • Letters of support demonstrating the breadth of interest from
almost STEM Departments• ACCESS umbrella program which houses 11 Ph.D. programs in
the biological and biomedical sciences
UCLA BD: Timeline• Fall 2012- Changes to UCLA graduate application• LSAMP Button• Fall 2012- 26 students
• Dec 2012- June 2013 – Planning with GD• UCLA BD Proposal submitted to GD• Meetings with GD• Internal evaluation of STEM Departments
• April - August 2013- Departmental Meetings• Letters of Support• Selection of Steering Committee
• August- September 2013- Proposal Preparation
UCLA BD: Timeline cont.• September 2013-Recruitment • Promotional materials created• Outreached to CSU’s• Emails to LSAMP campuses to promote program• BD materials at national meetings (SACNAS/ABRCMS)
• Oct 2013 – Submit grant • Created process for departments to nominate students /
Secondary application• Formalized process to identify LSAMP eligible students and
outreached to them.
UCLA BD: Timeline cont.• November – January 2014- Outreach and Application
• Outreached to applicants who were LSAMP eligible• 31 students, based on clicking box on UCLA application
• Outreached to all URM citizens that applied to STEM Doctoral Programs• Query yielded 277 potentially eligible applicants• Helped connect them to the LSAMP director on their campus
• Web site for BD with detailed information on application
• Rolling Application • LSAMP Verification Form• BD Secondary application• Research and Mentorship Philosophy statements
UCLA BD: Timeline cont.• January – February 2014- Interviews• Forwarded potential BD candidate dossiers to departments• Met with faculty interested in utilizing BD to recruit• Met eligible BD candidates as they came to campus to interview • Nomination for Cota-Robles
• February – April 2014 – Nomination phase• Received departmental nominations
• Students were selected by the BD steering committee
• Funding began Fall 2014.
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