LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP)

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program aims to diversify the nation's science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to persons from underrepresented groups. The program provides funding to alliances that implement comprehensive, evidence-based, innovative, and sustained strategies to support the graduation of well-prepared, highly competitive students from underrepresented populations who pursue graduate studies or careers in STEM. Some key features of the program include: * Alliance Development Grants (ADG) to support the conceptualization and development of new alliances * Bridge-to-the-Baccalaureate (B2B) alliances to facilitate the successful transfer of students from underrepresented populations to four-year institutions in pursuit of STEM baccalaureate degrees * STEM Pathways Implementation-Only (SPIO) alliances to build and strengthen strategies to increase STEM baccalaureate degrees to underrepresented populations and facilitate entry into STEM graduate degree programs * STEM Pathways Research Alliances (SPRA) to serve as models of excellence in STEM broadening participation and produce and disseminate new scholarly research on the broadening participation of underrepresented populations in STEM disciplines * Bridge to STEM Graduate Degrees in National Priorities (BD-Master's and BD-Doctoral) projects to support cohorts of graduate students pursuing STEM graduate degrees in national priority areas * STEM Networking Incentives and Engagement (NETWORKS) projects to incentivize the creation and participation of underrepresented populations in STEM networks.