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Program
The Louis Stokes Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LS-LAMP) is one of 36 National Science Foundation Alliance programs nationwide.
The long term goal of the Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation program is to steadily increase the number of minority students receiving bachelor degrees in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (SMET) disciplines and for at least 20 percent of these students to be accepted into SMET graduate programs.
To reach this goal, our basic strategy is to replicate and enhance--statewide--the exemplary mentoring and outreach programs currently underway at Southern University and A&M College as with The Timbuktu Academy, an undergraduate research and mentoring program.
LS-LAMP's undergraduate enhancement activities including rigorous systemic mentoring (see10-step Systemic Mentoring Model), research participation, guidance to graduate school, and scholarships are being incorporated into the undergraduate SMET programs at LS-LAMP partner institutions.
The Louisiana Alliance is led by Southern University and A&M College along with the active input and advice of collaborating public and private sector entities including the LS-LAMP Governing Board, chaired by the Commissioner of Higher Education. The Louisiana Board of Regents is the grantee agency and, as such, has committed significant resources.
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