Partner of Under-Represented Scientists United for Educ

描述(由申请人提供)：北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校研究生院(UNC-CH)与两所历史悠久的黑人大学--北卡罗来纳农工州立大学(NC A&T Su)和北卡罗来纳中央大学(NCCU)--正在提交申请，要求将我们的未来之桥项目续期三年。作为北卡罗来纳州系统的姊妹机构，这三个机构在合作方面有着长期的记录。代表不足的科学家联合教育(追求)计划的伙伴关系代表着我们共同致力于增加生物医学科学领域的少数族裔学者的产量。我们桥梁计划的主要重点是促进代表不足的少数民族学生从授予硕士学位的机构过渡到授予博士学位的机构。本提案中提出的大多数核心想法都在我们当前的桥梁计划中得到了实施和评估，因此建立在其成功的基础上。最初项目的所有目标都在进行中，大多数学生要么仍在攻读硕士学位，要么已经转到生物医学科学博士项目。我们的Bridge项目的更新建立在以下成功策略的基础上：1)从大量代表性不足的学生中挑选学生；2)该计划是针对被录取学生的持续反馈而设计的；3)所有学生都被指派了来自参与机构的多名导师和顾问；4)根据学生的需要提供技能培养研讨会；5)一名全职协调员调解学生的关切，协助招聘，组织研讨会并传播信息；6)我们的计划受到持续的评估。我们建议继续这一成功的计划，要求在未来三年内增加对六名硕士研究生的支持。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的研究生院和博士个人授予部门将提供相应的资金，以促进该项目的成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), along with two historically black universities, North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T SU) and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), are submitting an application to renew our Bridges to the Future Program for another three-year period. As sister institutions in the North Carolina State system, these three institutions have a long track record of working together. The Partnership of Under-Represented Scientists United for Education (PURSUE) Program represents our joint commitment to increase the production of minority scholars in the biomedical sciences. The main focus of our Bridges Program is to facilitate the transition of underrepresented minority students from masters degree granting institutions to doctoral degree granting institutions. Most of the core ideas that are presented in this proposal were implemented and evaluated in our current Bridge Program and therefore build on its success. All of the objectives of the initial program are on course with the majority of the students either still progressing toward a masters degree or already transferred to a Ph.D. program in the biomedical sciences. The renewal of our Bridge program is built on the following successful strategies: 1) Students are drawn from a large pool of underrepresented students, 2) The program is designed in response to continuous feedback from the enrolled students, 3) All students are assigned multiple mentors and advisors from the participating institutions, 4) Skill building workshops are provided as needed by individual students, 5) A full time coordinator mediates student concerns, assists with recruitment, organizes seminars and disseminates information, 6) Our program is evaluated on a continual basis. We propose to continue this successful program by requesting an increased level of support for six masters degree students over the next three-year period. The Graduate School and individual doctoral granting departments at UNC-Chapel Hill will provide matching funds to promote the success of the program.