The Fisk-Vanderbilt Biomedical Bridge to the Doctorate

描述（由申请人提供）：菲斯克-范德比尔特硕士到博士桥梁计划的创建是为了解决少数民族在STEM学科的代表性不足，使这些学生能够在菲斯克获得硕士学位，作为范德比尔特博士课程的垫脚石。该提案旨在将桥梁计划中对物理学和天文学非常有效的元素用于加强和扩展生物学，化学和生物物理学轨道。该方案的总体目标是扩大代表性不足的少数民族学生在生物学、化学和生物物理学领域的参与，制定方法，增加菲斯克学生进入范德比尔特的准备，并跟踪每个学生的专业发展，包括负责任地进行研究的培训。菲斯克和范德比尔特机构承诺的最大证据是桥梁计划已经运行了8年。这两所大学都投入了大量的时间和金钱，以该计划的成功。反过来，随着我们的学生现在获得博士学位并进入学术界和工业界，我们正在实现这一投资。这一提议将是确保迄今为止取得的成就继续和扩大的重要一步，使更多的生物医学科学学生进入桥梁家庭。

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.