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.

Thank You!

Marjorie De Martino, UC- Irvine, UC Alliance and

UCLA Graduate Division

Questions?