SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
Buffalo Region
Overview
The SUNY LSAMP program has moved to the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Please contact Mr. Drexel Gidney, Senior Academic Advisor, for more information. Mr. Gidney can be reached at 645-2774, extension 1118.

The Buffalo Region SUNY Alliance for Minority Participation (SUNY LSAMP) is a student enrichment and support services program sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of SUNY LSAMP is to improve the academic performance, retention, graduation and graduate school admission rates of historically underrepresented minority students who are pursuing degrees in the areas of Natural Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Buffalo Region SUNY LSAMP offers programs and services at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State College during the academic year and summer sessions.  Tutorial assistance, student and academic enrichment seminars and internships are available. 

SUNY LSAMP provides both support and enrichment activities for its students who are majoring in or intend to major in the following disciplines:

University at Buffalo
Aerospace Engineering
Geological Sciences
Biological Sciences and Biochemistry
Industrial Engineering
Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mathematics, Mathematical Physics
Civil Engineering
Mechanical Engineering 
Computer Science/Management Information Systems
Physics
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Physics

Buffalo State College
Chemistry
Computer Science
Engineering Technology

Electrical

Industrial

Mechanical

Forensic Chemistry
Geology
Geosciences
Mathematics
Physics
Physics Engineering

Some of the Support Services and Enrichment Activities Offered by SUNY LSAMP

Tutorial assistance is available to all SUNY LSAMP students at no charge. Tutoring assistance is available in a variety of courses related to the disciplines of natural sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics. Group and individualized tutoring sessions are provided depending on student need.

Paid research and/or industrial internship opportunities are provided for SUNY LSAMP participants during the fall and spring semesters, as well as the summer session.

SUNY LSAMP students are offered the opportunity to attend conferences to assist in their career development and preparation for graduate and professional schools. Click here for a calendar of events.

SUNY LSAMP Reference Library (Study guides, outlines, and textbooks available to all SUNY LSAMP participants).

 

Application Now Available - Rolling Admissions
Click here to download the application in Word format.

 

For More Information Contact:
Drexel Gidney, Project Coordinator
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
410 Bonner Hall
Amherst, New York 14260-1900
(716)645-2774 ext. 1118, fax (716)645-2495
E-mail:  gidney@eng.buffalo.edu