The goals of the North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation STEM Pathways and Research Alliance (NC-LSAMP SPRA) are to: diversify the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce by implementing evidence-based strategies for the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority students in STEM disciplines, facilitate the seamless transition of underrepresented minority (URM) STEM graduates into STEM graduate degree programs and the STEM workforce, and broaden the STEM pathway through innovative, knowledge generating research. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number 2010124. Opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.