Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program is an alliance-based program. The overall goal of the program is to assist universities and colleges in diversifying the nation’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by increasing the number of STEM baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to populations historically underrepresented in these disciplines: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders.
The Louis Stokes Mississippi Alliance for Minority Participation (LSMAMP) program is designed to prepare undergraduate underrepresented minority students who major in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to be effective and proficient in their respective STEM field, and to be prepared for graduate school. This is achieved through not only classroom activities, but also through engaging in research activities, tutoring and serving as mentors to their peers, attending GRE workshops, and other developmental activities that prepare our LSMAMP Scholars for graduate school. Students who are part of the LSMAMP program are expected to conduct research with a faculty mentor, attend workshops on building skills in presentation, reading scientific journals, studying effectively, applying for summer internships, and attending and presenting research results at various research symposiums and other national conferences.
LSMAMP is a statewide program and includes the following Mississippi institutions: Alcorn State University, Hinds Community College, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Tougaloo College, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi.