The Chicago AMP Program

The Chicago Alliance for Minority Participation (ChAMP) program, established in 1993 through a five year cooperative agreement is funded by the Nation Science Foundation (NSE). The Chicago AMP is one of twenty-five projects located in the United States and Puerto Rico, designed to quadruple the number of science, mathematics engineering and technology (SMET) baccalaureate and graduate degrees awarded to minorities by the year 2000.
Chicago AMP is a consortium of six Chicago Universities and research organizations participating in a collaborative effort to provide programs that improve the quality of science, mathematics, engineering and technology education for minority students. Each of these organizations has made a commitment of faculty, staff, research facilities and technical assistance to ensure successful opportunities for students participating in the ChAMP program.
Chicago AMP activities are comprehensive and multidisciplinary, focused specifically on SMET education. Great effort is expended to address transition points in student's undergraduate experience, specifically forstudents who are more likely, without intervention, to decide to withdraw from the SMET pipeline. Consequently, critical transition points along the SMET education pipeline: high school-to-college, 2-year to 4-year college, undergraduate study and graduate study-to-careers are addressed in various and innovative ways including: hands-on research, scholarship programs, science conferences, facilitated study group sessions, professional development, peer mentoring activities, summer bridge programs, tutoring programs, internships, and graduate activities.

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