Minority Bridges Program

描述（由申请人提供）：这个桥梁项目已经运行了五年。自项目成立以来，我们已经招收了52名学生，我们计划在未来三年内再招收30名学生。迄今为止的结果非常令人鼓舞。11位Bridges奖学金获得者进入范德比尔特大学博士项目；一个已经毕业，几个即将毕业，目前都是良好的信誉。在即将到来的一年里，有14名研究员将进入范德比尔特大学或其他排名前列的研究生院的跨学科研究生项目（IGP）、化学与物理生物学项目（CPB）或医学科学家培训项目（MSTP）。我们的桥学生中有10人在其他地方攻读博士学位。两位研究员在接受住院医师培训，两位在医学院。两位研究员已经选择了工业或政府的其他科学环境，还有11位尚未决定职业道路。一些尚未决定的人可能会进入博士课程，我们会定期与他们中的大多数人通信。对于那些参加研究生课程的学生，我们没有记录到任何人员流失的情况。桥梁项目对我们的学生产生了显著的影响。桥确保深入接触生物医学研究，并提供许多丰富的机会，如伦理讲座和讨论，GRE准备课程，沟通课程和高级研讨会，这些都有助于为科学调查的职业生涯做好准备。在我们最初的提案和该提案的最后一次更新中，我们概述了具体目标，以实现我们增加少数民族参与生物医学研究的目标。以下是这些目标的概述，评论报告了我们的努力和成就，以及确保学生成功的新想法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Bridges Program has been in operation for five years. Since its inception, we have brought 52 students into the Program, and we propose that another 30 students join during the next three-year period. The results thus far are very encouraging. Eleven Bridges Fellows have entered Vanderbilt PhD programs; one has graduated, several are about to graduate, and all are currently in good standing. Fourteen Fellows are in line for entry in the upcoming year into the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP), Chemical & Physical Biology Program (CPB), or Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at Vanderbilt University or other front-ranked graduate schools. Ten of our Bridges students are in PhD programs elsewhere. Two Fellows are in residency training, and two are in medical school. Two Fellows have chosen other science settings in industry or government, and eleven have not yet decided on a career path. Some of the undecided will probably enter PhD programs, and we correspond regularly with most of them. For those students enrolled in graduate programs we record no instances of attrition. The Bridges Program has had a marked influence on our students. Bridges insures an in-depth exposure to biomedical research and provides numerous enrichment opportunities, such as ethics lectures and discussions, GRE preparation classes, communication courses, and advanced seminars, which facilitate preparation for a career in scientific investigation. In our initial proposal and the last renewal of that proposal, we outlined Specific Aims to achieve our goal of increasing minority participation in biomedical research. These aims are recapitulated below, with comments reporting on our efforts and accomplishments, and new ideas for ensuring the success of our students.