MINORITY BRIDGES PROGRAM

巴里大学、克拉克·亚特兰大大学、FAMU大学、塔斯基吉大学、波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校和范德比尔特大学加入了一项倡议，以增加进入生物医学研究职业生涯的少数族裔人数。该项目加入了五所大学的行列，向范德比尔特大学(Vanderbilt University)提供理科硕士学位，并提供博士学位。该项目的目标是提高少数族裔的竞争力，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成立了一个由六名教职员工组成的桥梁委员会。每个合作机构都有一名计划协调员。这些机构共同组成了大桥监督委员会(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说明。虽然执行该计划的最终责任在于申请人，但该计划的创新特征是建立在共同治理的基础上的，这一点已经通过与协调员的初步会议开始。其他创新包括成立桥招生委员会(BAC)，这是中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，并选举那些将被范德比尔特大学录取的学生。每个机构没有固定的名额数量；相反，在所有伙伴充分参与的情况下，根据优点和业绩进行挑选。另一个特色是一门名为“准备攻读博士学位”的课程，布里奇斯学院的学生在进入范德比尔特学院之前的那个暑假就可以学习这门课程。范德比尔特大学的学生也有机会完成硕士论文工作。最后，我们为范德比尔特与合作机构之间的师资交流做了预算。预算包括在Vanderbilt内部以及Vanderbilt与伙伴机构之间管理和协调该计划的费用，还包括计划主任、一名赠款管理人和计划协调员前往贝塞斯达参加桥梁年会的资金。

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.