New York City Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NYC-LSAMP)

The New York City-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is an alliance of 16 colleges in the City University of New York (CUNY) and the CUNY Graduate Center. From its inception in 1992, the NYC-LSAMP Program has been at the forefront of a concerted effort to substantially increase the number of underrepresented minority students who enroll and graduate with Baccalaureate Degrees in STEM disciplines in CUNY. The LSAMP program aims to ensure a long-term capacity to produce significantly greater numbers of minority students in STEM careers through lasting changes achieved in participating institutions. The Alliance provides academic scholarship support to CUNY students that meet the eligibility requirements and conduct research in STEM fields with full-time faculty members, making research an integral part of STEM education in NYC.

Benefits of Participation:

Collaborative learning approach to STEM education
Research assistantship stipends that range from $1,500 to $5,000/academic year (fall/spring semesters)
The assistantship is available for the term of the student's undergraduate career and subject to renewal
Scholars work with research scientists in laboratories on and off campus
Peer Mentoring
Faculty mentoring in your area of study
Academic support through tutorials, workshops and program activities
Summer international research opportunities (Colombia, Brazil, Morocco, Stockholm-Sweden, Graz-Austria, Maastricht-The Netherlands, China)
LSAMP Summer Program at CUNY and international research programs offer up to $4,000 stipend/10 weeks of research.
Attendance and presentations at local, regional and national conferences and in some cases opportunity to publish research results
Transition Initiative Program (TIP)
And more...

Eligibility Criteria:

Be a full-time undergraduate student at Brooklyn College (or in CUNY)
Be an underrepresented minority (specifically: Black/African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaskan Native or Native Pacific Islander).
Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Major in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline
Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or better, and in 3.0 in STEM courses
Have earned at least 12 credits (by the start of the assistantship)