What is BDP?

The Bridge-to-the Doctorate Program (BDP) was established as a constituent of the Puerto Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) in August 2003. Its inception witnessed the bestowment of fellowships upon ten former undergraduate PR-LSAMP students, enabling them to pursue their initial two years of graduate studies at UPR-Río Piedras. Over the course of its existence, the BDP has honored a total of 166 exceptional individuals with these prestigious fellowships.

UPR-Río Piedras and UPR-Mayagüez, the prominent higher education institutions on the island, have been the primary institutional sites participating in the BD Program. Renowned for thier comprehensive graduate programs in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), these esteemed establishments have facilitated the intellectual and scholarly pursuits of the program´s beneficiaries.