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The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant program designed to help colleges and universities work together to increase the number of STEM degrees earned by students from groups that have been historically underrepresented in STEM. The program is built around the idea that student success in STEM is shaped by an entire learning ecosystem, not just individual courses, so LSAMP supports large-scale, coordinated, and sustained strategies that improve recruitment, retention, transfer success, graduation, and progression into graduate study and the STEM workforce. LSAMP populations are explicitly defined as Blacks and African Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
A key feature of LSAMP is that it is alliance-based. Rather than funding isolated efforts at a single campus, NSF funds collaborations among multiple institutions of higher education (IHEs) that jointly implement evidence-based and innovative practices to boost STEM baccalaureate and graduate degree attainment for LSAMP populations. Funded projects are expected to produce well-prepared, highly competitive STEM graduates and also contribute to broader knowledge-building in the field through assessment, evaluation of impacts, dissemination of results, and (for some project types) scholarly research on broadening participation in STEM. In other words, LSAMP is both an implementation program that supports students directly and, in its more advanced tracks, a program that strengthens the national evidence base on what works to broaden STEM participation.
The solicitation supports several distinct project types, each aimed at a different stage of alliance maturity or a different leverage point in the pathway to STEM degrees. Alliance Development Grants (ADG) are a newer option focused on planning and early development, supporting the conceptualization and formation of new Bridge-to-the-Baccalaureate (B2B) alliances and new STEM Pathways Implementation-Only (SPIO) alliances. Bridge-to-the-Baccalaureate (B2B) alliances focus on helping students successfully transfer from two-year institutions into four-year STEM degree programs, strengthening transfer pipelines, advising, articulation, and other supports that move students efficiently toward the STEM bachelor’s degree. SPIO alliances are intended for new or reconstituted alliances that are ready to implement strategies to increase STEM bachelor’s degrees among LSAMP populations and improve entry into STEM graduate programs, emphasizing strong program design and execution rather than a heavy research component.
For alliances that are already mature and high-performing, STEM Pathways Research Alliances (SPRA) represent an advanced model. These projects are positioned as exemplars of excellence in broadening participation, with expectations that they will (1) consistently increase STEM baccalaureate degree attainment for LSAMP populations and support transition into graduate study, (2) produce and disseminate new scholarly research about broadening participation for LSAMP populations and related underserved groups in STEM, and (3) conduct a holistic assessment of how well the alliance has institutionalized its practices and whether those practices are sustainable beyond NSF support. In practice, SPRA projects blend strong degree-production outcomes with a significant contribution to research and knowledge dissemination.
LSAMP also includes project types that directly support graduate education in areas tied to national priorities. Bridge to STEM Graduate Degrees in National Priorities (BD-Master’s) supports cohorts of six graduate students pursuing an MS degree in STEM priority areas, providing both financial support (including stipends and cost of education) and structured academic and research supports to help students persist and succeed. BD-Master’s awards are limited to “Master’s Comprehensive” institutions as defined by the Carnegie Classification system. Bridge to STEM Graduate Degrees in National Priorities (BD-Doctoral) supports cohorts of twelve PhD students in STEM priority areas, again combining financial support with programming intended to build and maintain the academic and research skills needed for doctoral persistence and completion.
A newer component, STEM Networking Incentives and Engagement (NETWORKS), focuses on building and incentivizing STEM networks that engage LSAMP populations. Unlike the alliance structures that are limited to higher education institutions, NETWORKS proposals can be led by or include a wider range of organizations, including accredited two- and four-year IHEs, non-profit non-academic organizations (such as museums, observatories, research laboratories, and professional societies), and U.S.-based for-profit organizations (including small businesses) with strong STEM research or education capabilities. NETWORKS projects are capped at four collaborating organizations per proposal, which signals an emphasis on focused, manageable network-building efforts rather than large multi-campus alliances.
Eligibility depends on the project type. ADG, SPIO, and SPRA proposals may be submitted by U.S.-accredited two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) with a U.S. campus, acting on behalf of their faculty. B2B proposals have additional structural rules: B2B alliances are composed entirely of two-year institutions, and the lead must be an associate-degree granting institution in a STEM or STEM-related field (with a narrow allowance for certain associate-level institutions that also award limited four-year workforce-development degrees). Four-year institutions that award STEM bachelor’s degrees cannot be the lead for B2B, though they may participate as partners to support transfer pathways, and the solicitation indicates that B2B budgets do not include funds for four-year institutions. BD-Master’s is limited to Carnegie-defined Master’s Comprehensive institutions, while BD-Doctoral is open to accredited four-year U.S. IHEs.
The program also sets clear expectations for who should serve as Principal Investigator (PI), emphasizing institutional leadership and accountability. For Alliance Development Grants, the PI must be an upper-level administrator or cabinet-level executive leader (for example, a Provost, Dean, or Vice President of Academic Affairs), with deviations requiring a full justification; faculty may serve as co-PIs. For alliance proposals (B2B, SPIO, and SPRA), the PI is similarly expected to be a cabinet-level executive leader and must also be part of the alliance governing board. The governing board is described as a group of upper-level administrators from each partner institution that provides oversight, underscoring that LSAMP expects alliances to be driven by institutional commitment rather than solely by individual faculty champions.
From the funding opportunity details provided, LSAMP is an NSF discretionary grant program (CFDA 47.076) in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category. The opportunity number is 24-563, with an original closing date of June 24, 2024. The listed award ceiling is $5,000,000, and NSF anticipates making about 60 awards. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at measurable improvements in STEM degree attainment and progression for LSAMP populations, paired with strong evaluation and dissemination so that successful strategies can be sustained and adopted more broadly across the national STEM education landscape.Apply for 24 563
- The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.076.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2024-03-29.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $5,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 60 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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