About the LSAMP Program

The LSAMP Program assists universities and colleges in diversifying the STEM workforce through their efforts at significantly increasing the numbers of students successfully completing high quality degree programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Particular emphasis is placed on transforming STEM education through innovative recruitment and retention strategies and experiences in support of groups historically under-represented in STEM discipline: African-Americans, Alaskan Natives, American Indians, Hispanic Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Native Pacific Islanders. The knowledge generation portfolio of LSAMP supported activities contributes to the body of literature on successful practices in student recruitment, retention, persistence, and attainment of STEM undergraduate and graduate degrees, especially for the previously mentioned populations underrepresented in STEM disciplines.

UT SYSTEM LSAMP TIME LINE

1992
The University of Texas System Alliance of Minority Participation (AMP) starts operation 11/01/1992. Dr. Diana Natalicio (UTEP) serves as the Principal Investigator (PI). Dr. Scott Starks (UTEP) serves as the Project Director (PD). Amount awarded: $5,222,016.

1997
The UT System AMP is funded for a second five-year phase. Dr. Pablo Arenaz (UTEP) serves as PI and PD. Amount awarded: $5,227,595.

2002
The UT System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP), renamed in honor of Civil Rights activist and 15-term Congressman Louis Stokes, is funded as a third phase Alliance. Dr. Pablo Arenaz serves as PI and PD from 2002 to 2004. Starting in 2004, Dr. Benjamin C. Flores (UTEP) serves as PI and PD, with Drs. Helmut Knaust (UTEP) and Pablo Arenaz (UTEP) who serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $5,393,432.

2007
The UT System LSAMP is funded as a fourth phase Alliance. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI and PD, and Dr. Helmut Knaust serves as co-PI. Amount awarded: $5,167,713.

2008
UT El Paso LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort V is funded. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Dr. Helmut Knaust serves as co-PI. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2009
UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort VI is funded. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Dr. Helmut Knaust serves as co-PI. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2010
UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort VIII BD Site: UT Arlington is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Tuncay Aktosun (UT Arlington), Helmut Knaust (UTEP), and Phillip Cohen (UT Arlington) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2011
UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (2011-2013 Cohort) is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Helmut Knaust (UTEP) and Patricia Nava (UTEP) serve as co-PI. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2012
The UT System LSAMP is funded as a Senior Alliance. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI and PD. Drs. Helmut Knaust (UTEP), Cristina Villalobos (UT Pan American), and Phillip Cohen (UT Arlington) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $4,290,432. UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate : UT San Antonio Cohort is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Aaron Cassill (UT San Antonio), Edwin Barea-Rodriguez (UT San Antonio), Gail Taylor (UT San Antonio), and Rachel Ruiz (UT San Antonio) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2013
UT System LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate (Cohort-2013-2015) is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Dr. Helmut Knaust serves as co-PI. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2014
Bridge to the Doctorate: 2014-2016 UT Arlington Cohort is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Minerva Cordero (UT Arlington) and Ashanti Johnson (UT Arlington) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $987,000.

2018
The UT System LSAMP is funded as a STEM Pathways and Research Alliance. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI and PD. Drs. Helmut Knaust (UTEP), Cristina Villalobos (UT Rio Grande Valley), Jessica Shenberger-Trujillo (UTEP), and William Robertson (UTEP) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $4,000,000. LSAMP BD: University of Texas at El Paso is funded. Dr. Benjamin C. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Helmut Knaust (UTEP) and Heidi Taboada (UTEP).

2019
LSAMP BD: UT Dallas, UT System LSAMP is funded. Dr. Amy Walker (UT Dallas) serves as the PI. Drs. Joseph Pancrazio (UT Dallas), Benjamin C. Flores (UTEP), and Juan Gonzales (UT Dallas) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $1,075,000.

2021
The Louis Stokes Regional Center of Excellence for Inclusive Mentoring in STEM is funded with UTEP as the lead institution. Dr. Flores serves as PI. Drs. Jessica Shenberger-Trujillo (UTEP) and Jeffrey Olimpo (UTEP) serve as co-PIs. Amount awarded: $116,251.

TOTAL FUNDING TO DATE: $38,476,439

 

 

The UT System LSAMP program is funded by the National Science Foundation grant number HRD-1826745. Funding for the Bridge to the Doctorate projects was provided by NSF grant numbers HRD-0832951 (BD 2008-2010), HRD-0929727 (BD 2009-2011), HRD-1139929 (BD 2011-2013), HRD-1301858 (BD 2013-2015), HRD-1810898 (BD 2018-2020), and EES-2204750 (BD 2022-2024).