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The Young Science Achievers Program® is a nonprofit organization that evolved from
the Bell Labs Science Grant Program that was started in 1988. The mission then and the mission now is to inspire
and encourage groups underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math to pursue careers in these
fields. This program provides high school students with resources, technical support, and mentoring to help
students succeed in executing a science project. Targeting women of all ethnicities and males of African
American, Hispanic, or Native American descent, YSAP® offers grants to high school students for the
purchase of equipment and materials to do science research while receiving mentoring from
professional scientists. High school science teachers play an integral role in overseeing the whole
process and monitoring experiments for safety. At the conclusion of the year's project, the purchased
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Students gain experience in formulating budgets,
writing formal proposals, and public speaking.
They present a poster session at the end of the year and receive awards for well-written reports.
By providing a positive, supportive, and successful experience in science, this program hopes to
influence the students to choose careers in science and technology.
The program is administered by one salaried employee and volunteers
who comprise the Board of Trustees. The current Board of Trustees is:
- Dr. Alicia Abella (AT&T Labs, Executive Director, Human Computer Interface Services Research)
- Clyde Bethea (Stevens Institute of Technology and Princeton University, Senior Scientist)
- Donna Buchanan (Alcatel-Lucent, Senior Manager, Information Technology)
- Desiree Castillejos (Alcatel-Lucent, Senior Manager, Professional Services & Strategy)
- Edward Holloway (Program Coordinator, Young Science Achievers)
- Jeremy Stanton (McNair Academic High School, Chemistry Teacher)
- Dr. Jorge L. Valdes (Alcatel-Lucent, Executive Director, Corporate Supplier Diversity)
- Dr. James West (Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University, National Inventors Hall of Fame)
- Dr. Chris White (Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Labs, Distinguished Scientist)
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