This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program (CFDA 47.049), supports the CAL-BRIDGE program, a statewide partnership between the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) systems. The $1,025,730 grant over three years aims to dramatically increase the number of underrepresented minority and women students completing STEM PhD degrees and becoming STEM professors and industry leaders. Key elements of the program include full need-based scholarships, faculty mentoring, professional development, and supervised research opportunities for approximately 150 CAL-BRIDGE Scholars over the grant period. The program is led by the University Enterprises Corporation at CSU San Bernardino, with leadership and faculty mentors from UC Irvine and CSU campuses across California. The grant supports the expansion of the CAL-BRIDGE program into the fields of computer science and mathematics, building on its existing success in physics, astronomy, and other STEM disciplines.
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