Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

NOTE: On May 2, 2025 the National Science Foundation (NSF) terminated its support for LSAMP programs.  The CSU Alliance has worked to provide a successor program to continue the mission of LSAMP beyond NSF support, using statewide support from the CSU Chancellor's Office.  This website is being maintained as a legacy archive of the 35 year history of LSAMP and its impact, and as the successor CSU program is being stood up.  Please contact the Program Coordinator, Dr. Frank Yip, for further guidance about the successor program and how to apply.

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The CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation, or CSU-LSAMP, is a program intended to support underrepresented students and others facing barriers to success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

Initiated in 1993, CSU-LSAMP is an alliance of the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system dedicated to incorporating a unified approach to broadening participation in STEM disciplines and continues to prepare many students for ongoing careers and graduate school studies in STEM.  Cal Maritime joined CSU-LSAMP in 2013 as the program's 23rd participating campus, making the alliance complete across the CSU system and one of the largest and most vibrant LSAMP programs in the nation.

Click on "Eligibility Info and Application"  to download the current electronic application (submission instructions follow on that link).

collage of LSAMP students

CSU-LSAMP's overall goal for the project is to contribute to the development of a STEM workforce which is broadly inclusive, globally competitive, and prepared to participate at the frontiers of science. Specifically, CSU-LSAMP aims to:

  • Enhance the academic and professional preparation of CSU-LSAMP participants, most of whom are students from underrepresented minorities (URM), for careers in STEM
     
  • Further improve persistence and graduation rates for CSU-LSAMP participants
     
  • Increase aggregate production of STEM degrees awarded by the CSU to URM students
     
  • Increase the number of CSU-LSAMP students who advance to STEM graduate study
     
  • Document, disseminate, and replicate undergraduate intervention models that increase access to, and success in STEM baccalaureate degree programs and facilitate admissions to STEM graduate programs

 

LSAMP Coordinator/Faculty

Dr. Frank Yip
Faculty Office Building 207
(707) 654-1723
fyip@csum.edu

 

Funding for the CSU-LSAMP Program was provided by the National Science Foundation (HRD 2308501) until May 2, 2025; the California State University’s Office of the Chancellor provided funding through several cycles of LSAMP and continues support for the successor program to LSAMP.