MINORITY BRIDGES PROGRAM

巴里大学、克拉克亚特兰大大学、FAMU、塔斯基吉大学、波多黎各大学马亚圭斯分校和范德比尔特大学加入了一项倡议，以增加未被充分代表的少数民族进入生物医学研究领域的人数。该项目加入了提供科学硕士学位的五所大学，以及提供博士学位的范德比尔特大学（Vanderbilt University）。目标是提高代表性不足的少数族裔的竞争力，并促进他们向生物医学研究的过渡。申请机构范德比尔特大学（Vanderbilt University）成立了一个由六名教员组成的桥梁委员会。每个合作机构都有一个项目协调员。这些机构共同组成桥梁监督委员会（BOC）。该提案包括对促进和加强范德比尔特与其合作伙伴之间关系的合作安排的描述。尽管实施本计划的最终责任在于申请人，但本计划的创新特征是建立在共同治理的基础上的，通过与协调人的初步会议，共同治理已经开始。其他创新包括建立桥梁招生委员会（BAC），这是美国银行的一个小组委员会，由范德比尔特大学的两名代表和合作机构的五名代表组成。BAC为整个项目挑选硕士学生，并选出那些将进入范德比尔特大学的学生。每所院校并没有固定的录取名额；相反，选拔是在所有伙伴充分参与的情况下，以优点和表现为基础的。另一个特色是一门名为“为博士学位做准备”的课程，在进入范德比尔特大学之前的夏天，桥梁学院的学生就可以上这门课。学生也有机会在范德比尔特大学完成他们的硕士论文。最后，我们还为范德比尔特大学和合作院校之间的教员丰富交流编列了预算。预算包括在范德比尔特内部以及范德比尔特与合作机构之间管理和协调项目的费用，还包括项目主任、拨款管理员和项目协调员前往贝塞斯达参加年度桥梁会议的资金。

Barry University, Clark Atlanta, FAMU, Tuskegee, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and Vanderbilt have joined in an initiative to increase the number of underrepresented minorities entering careers in biomedical research. The program joins five universities offering the M.S. degree in the sciences to Vanderbilt University offering the Ph.D. The goal is to improve the competitiveness of underrepresented minorities and facilitate their transition into biomedical research. Vanderbilt University, the applicant institution, has formed a Bridges Committee composed of six faculty members. Each partner institution has a Program Coordinator. Together these form the Bridges Oversight Committee (BOC). This proposal includes a description of the collaborative arrangements that promote and enhance the relationship between Vanderbilt and its partners. Although ultimate responsibility for the execution of the Program rests with the applicant, innovative features of the Program are built upon shared governance, which has already begun through preliminary meetings with the Coordinators. Other innovations include the establishment of a Bridges Admissions Committee (BAC), a subcommittee of the BOC, consisting of two representatives from Vanderbilt and five from the partner institutions. The BAC selects M.S. students for the entire Program and elects those who will matriculate at Vanderbilt. There are not a fixed number of slots per institution; rather, selection is based on merit and performance with full participation of all partners. Another feature is a course titled "Preparing for the Ph.D.," which is available to Bridges students the summer before they enter Vanderbilt. Opportunities also exist for students to do their M.S. thesis work at Vanderbilt. Finally, we have budgeted for an enrichment exchange of faculty between Vanderbilt and the partner institutions. The budget includes the cost of administering and coordinating the Program within Vanderbilt and between Vanderbilt and the partner institutions, and it includes funds for the Program Director, a grant administrator, and the Program Coordinators to travel to Bethesda for the annual Bridges meeting.