The Fisk-Vanderbilt Biomedical Bridge to the Doctorate

描述(由申请人提供)：Fisk-Vanderbilt硕士到博士桥项目旨在解决STEM学科中少数族裔代表性不足的问题，使这些学生能够在FISK获得硕士学位，作为进入Vanderbilt博士项目的垫脚石。这项建议旨在将在物理和天文学方面发挥很好作用的元素纳入Bridge计划，并利用它们来加强和扩展生物学、化学和生物物理课程。该计划的总体目标将是扩大未被充分代表的少数族裔学生在生物、化学和生物物理领域的参与，开发方法，增加FISK学生进入范德比尔特学院的准备，并跟踪每个学生的专业发展，包括负责任的研究行为培训。FISK和Vanderbilt机构承诺的最好证据是桥梁计划已经运行了8年。这两所大学都为该项目的成功投入了大量的时间和资金。反过来，随着我们的学生现在从博士毕业，进入学术界和工业界，我们正在兑现这项投资。这项提议将是确保迄今取得的成就继续和扩大的重要一步，将更多的生物医学专业学生带入布里奇家庭。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master's to-PhD Bridge program was created to address the underrepresentation of minorities in STEM disciplines by enabling these students to earn a Master's degree at Fisk as a stepping-stone to the PhD program at Vanderbilt. This proposal aims to take the elements that have worked so well for physics and astronomy in the Bridge program and use them to strengthen and expand the Biology, Chemistry, and Biophysics tracks. The overall goal of this program will be to broaden participation of underrepresented minority students in the fields of Biology, Chemistry and Bio-Physics, to develop methods that increase the preparation of students at Fisk for entering Vanderbilt, and to give track the professional development of each student, including training on the responsible conduct of research. The greatest evidence of Fisk and Vanderbilt Institutional commitment is that the Bridge Program has been operating for 8 years. Both universities have invested considerable time and money into the success of the program. In turn, as our students are now graduating with PhDs and moving into academia and industry we are delivering on that investment. This proposal will be a significant step in ensuring the achievements to date continue and expand bringing more biomedical sciences student into the Bridge family.