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的桥梁项目是为了解决少数民族在STEM学科中代表性不足的问题而创建的，使这些学生能够在菲斯克获得硕士学位，作为进入范德比尔特博士项目的跳板。该提案旨在采用桥梁项目中在物理学和天文学方面效果良好的元素，并用它们来加强和扩展生物学、化学和生物物理学的轨道。该项目的总体目标是扩大少数族裔学生在生物学、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，包括负责任的研究行为培训。菲斯克和范德比尔特机构承诺的最大证据是桥梁项目已经运作了8年。两所大学都为这个项目的成功投入了大量的时间和金钱。反过来，随着我们的学生毕业并获得博士学位，进入学术界和工业界，我们正在兑现这种投资。这项提议将是确保迄今为止取得的成就继续并扩大的重要一步，将更多的生物医学科学学生带入桥的家庭。

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.