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About ANLSAMP
Institution Focused Activities
"The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is funded by the National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov and is designed to develop the comprehensive strategies necessary to strengthen the preparation and increase the number of minority students who successfully complete baccalaureates in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
The LSAMP program requires each awardee to establish meaningful partnerships among academic institutions, and encourages the inclusion of government agencies and laboratories, industry and professional organizations. It is expected that successful partnerships will enable development of approaches tailored to the institutional setting for achievement of program goals in STEM undergraduate education. Supported activities include, among others: student enrichment, such as collaborative learning, skill development, and mentoring; academic enrichment, such as curricular and instructional improvement; and direct student support, such as summer activities." http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/HRD/amp.asp ANLSAMP entered Phase II in November of 2000. This award (HRD-0000350) includes all 32 of the accredited Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in the United States and 20 state and private institutions of higher education. These partners are located in 12 states including Washington, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas, California, Arizona and New Mexico. The goals of Phase II are: • Increasing the number of B.S. degree programs offered in SMET fields at Tribal Colleges from 2 to 10; • Increasing the number of B.S. programs in different SMET disciplines from one to four; and • Increasing the graduation rate of Native students with B.S. degrees in SMET fields from 112 to 224.
ANLSAMP has continued the activities of Phase I and enhanced the program by developing relationships with national and international organizations such as the Ecological Society of America www.esa.org and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory www.llnl.gov and NASA Johnson Space Center www.jsc.nasa.gov as well an increasing our activities with the National Science Foundation. More information about these collaborations can be found on our Subcontract information page.