MINORITY BRIDGES PROGRAM

巴里大学、克拉克亚特兰大大学、FAMU大学、塔斯基吉大学、位于马亚圭斯的波多黎各大学和范德比尔特大学都加入了一项倡议，以增加进入生物医学研究职业的代表性不足的少数民族的数量。 该计划加入了五所提供MS的大学。范德比尔特大学提供的科学博士学位。 目标是提高代表性不足的少数民族的竞争力，并促进他们向生物医学研究过渡。 申请机构范德比尔特大学成立了一个由六名教员组成的桥梁委员会。 每个合作机构都有一名项目协调员。 这些机构共同组成了桥梁监督委员会（BOC）。 该提案包括对促进和加强范德比尔特及其合作伙伴之间关系的合作安排的描述。虽然执行该方案的最终责任在于申请人，但该方案的创新特点是建立在共同治理的基础上的，这已经通过与协调员的初步会议开始。 其他创新包括成立布里奇斯招生委员会（BAC），这是中行的一个小组委员会，由两名来自范德比尔特的代表和五名来自合作机构的代表组成。 BAC选择MS。学生为整个计划，并选出那些谁将录取在范德比尔特。每个机构没有固定的名额，而是在所有合作伙伴的充分参与下根据成绩和业绩进行选择。 另一个特点是一个名为“准备博士学位，“在进入范德比尔特之前的夏天，布里奇斯的学生可以参加。 学生也有机会做他们的MS。在范德比尔特做论文 最后，我们已经为范德比尔特和合作机构之间的师资交流做了预算。 预算包括在范德比尔特内部以及在范德比尔特与合作机构之间管理和协调该计划的费用，还包括计划主任、赠款管理员和计划协调员前往贝塞斯达参加年度桥梁会议的资金。

Barry University, Clark Atlanta, FAMU, Tuskegee, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and Vanderbilt have joined in an initiative to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering careers in biomedical research. The program joins five universities offering the M.S. degree in the sciences to Vanderbilt University offering the Ph.D. The goal is to improve the competitiveness of underrepresented minorities and facilitate their transition into biomedical research. Vanderbilt University, the applicant institution, has formed a Bridges Committee composed of six faculty members. Each partner institution has a Program Coordinator. Together these form the Bridges Oversight Committee (BOC). This proposal includes a description of the collaborative arrangements that promote and enhance the relationship between Vanderbilt and its partners. Although ultimate responsibility for the execution of the Program rests with the applicant, innovative features of the Program are built upon shared governance, which has already begun through preliminary meetings with the Coordinators. Other innovations include the establishment of a Bridges Admissions Committee (BAC), a subcommittee of the BOC, consisting of two representatives from Vanderbilt and five from the partner institutions. The BAC selects M.S. students for the entire Program and elects those who will matriculate at Vanderbilt. There are not a fixed number of slots per institution; rather, selection is based on merit and performance with full participation of all partners. Another feature is a course titled "Preparing for the Ph.D.," which is available to Bridges students the summer before they enter Vanderbilt. Opportunities also exist for students to do their M.S. thesis work at Vanderbilt. Finally, we have budgeted for an enrichment exchange of faculty between Vanderbilt and the partner institutions. The budget includes the cost of administering and coordinating the Program within Vanderbilt and between Vanderbilt and the partner institutions, and it includes funds for the Program Director, a grant administrator, and the Program Coordinators to travel to Bethesda for the annual Bridges meeting.