Christopher now joins Hawa Lab! He is an OU graduate, earned B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 2010. He wins two year NSF BD fellowship!

National Science Foundation (NSF) Bridge to the Doctorate (BD) program is aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of students successfully completing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) baccalaureate degree programs, and increasing the number of students interested in, academically qualified for and matriculated into programs of graduate study. This program supports sustained and comprehensive approaches that facilitate achievement of the long-term goal of increasing the number of students who earn doctorates in STEM fields, particularly those from populations underrepresented in STEM fields. The program goals are accomplished through the formation of alliances. Phase I awards place emphasis on aggregate baccalaureate production. Phase II awards augment the Phase I emphasis with attention to individual student retention and progression to baccalaureate degrees. Phase III awards augment the Phase I and Phase II with attention to aggregate student progression to graduate school entry.

All BD sites:

Auburn University
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Tuskegee University
The University of Alabama
The University of California - Los Angeles
The University of California - Irvine
The University of California - San Diego
The University of California - Davis
California State University - Los Angeles
San Francisco State University
Colorado State University
The University of Florida
Florida State University
The University of South Florida's Colleges of Engineering and Marine Science
University of Illinois at Chicago
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Louisiana State University
Jackson State University
The University of New Mexico
New Mexico State University
The City University of New York
North Carolina State University
North Carolina A&T State University
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
North Carolina Central University
Oklahoma State University
The University of Oklahoma
Delaware State University
The University of Delaware
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Drexel University
Temple University
The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras
The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
SUNY-Stony Brook
The University of Buffalo
Texas A&M University
Prairie View A&M University
The University of Texas, El Paso
The University of Texas - Pan American
The University of Maryland - College Park
The University of Maryland - Baltimore County
Howard University
Arizona State University