Hello,
UW LSAMP invites faculty, postdocs, and grad students to mentor for the LSAMP Scientist Program this summer.
Do you know any faculty interested in hosting a student in your lab? Join our info session via Zoom. Learn more about the program, mentor responsibilities, and timeline.
Information Sessions:
- Tuesday, January 9th, 2-3 pm.
- Thursday, January 25th, 3-4 pm.
Can’t attend? Schedule an alternative meeting or connect via email. Share with potential interested parties.
Fill out an interest form by Wednesday, January 31st
Apply to be a mentor by Monday, February 26th:
What is the LSAMP Scientist Program?
The LSAMP Scientist Program, launched in summer 2021 with 5 students, expanded to 21 students last summer. Geared toward motivated individuals from underserved backgrounds, the program emphasizes research participation. Weekly workshops cover skills such as report writing and poster presentation. Students present their research at the program’s end. Mentor responsibilities include reviewing applications, participating in selection processes, providing stipends (up to $6000), creating a mentoring plan, attending professional development sessions, and the program’s culmination with research presentations at the summer symposium.
Mentor Responsibilities
- Participate in reviewing applications, interviews, and selecting candidates.
- Provide a stipend to students (LSAMP has limited funding).
- $3000 for Part-time
- $6000 for Full-time
- Create a mentoring plan with the student.
- Attend some of the Weekly Professional Development Sessions.
- Attend the Meet & Greet Session.
- Attend the end-of-program celebration.
- Attend the research presentations.
Timeline of the Program:
- Tuesday, January 9th, 2-3pm: LSAMP Scientist Program Information Session
- Thursday, January 25th, 3-4pm: LSAMP Scientist Program Information Session
- Wednesday, January 31st: Deadline for faculty to fill out an interest form.
- Monday, February 26th: Deadline for Faculty to confirm if they would like to mentor for the summer.
- Friday, March 1st – Website Updated to Show Potential Mentors for Summer
- Monday, March 4th: Student Applications Open
- Sunday, March 31st: Student Applications Close (unless we receive 40 applications before then)
- April 1st – 5th: Review Student Applications
- April 15th – 19th: Student Interviews
- April 22nd – 26th: Review Student Interviews
- Monday, April 29th– Notify Students of Offer
- Wednesday, May 29th – Meet & Greet
- Tuesday, June 17th – Program Starts
- Friday, August 16th – Program Ends
What is LSAMP?
The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is a federal initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). In 2009, the NSF awarded the LSAMP grant to five institutions in the Pacific Northwest region, the University of Washington as the lead institution. The LSAMP program aims to increase the number of underrepresented students who successfully complete baccalaureate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and the number of those students interested in and qualified for graduate studies. The UW LSAMP program supports the NSF’s strategic goal of creating a diverse, competitive, and globally engaged U.S. workforce of scientists and engineers, who will drive innovation and discovery. Learn more about us on the LSAMP Website.
If you have any questions email Bethany Vasquez, UW LSAMP Coordinator, basquez@uw.edu