The Alliance for Minority Participation (also

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Alliances for Minority Participation of LSAMP) is a fellowship program funded by the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National I ...

. It is a multilevel academic program intended to help diversify the

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by starting at the

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level. Students participated early in their career, as early as

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until they reach a

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. LSAMP's goal is to significantly increase student participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Special emphasis is on supporting underrepresented groups in academia. Among them are

African-Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...

Alaskan Natives Alaska Natives (also known as Alaskan Natives, Native Alaskans, Indigenous Alaskans, Aboriginal Alaskans or First Alaskans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous peoples of Alaska and include Iñupiat, Yupik peoples, Yupik, A ...

, American Indians,

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, and Native Pacific Islanders. Activities focus on recruitment, retention and enrichment of the student, in this way attempting to reform

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practices.

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