Inter-University Doctoral Degree:Puerto Rico to Rutgers

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案旨在更新“桥梁， 博士学位：对UMDNJ的普遍定期审议”， 少数民族（URM）研究生在从MS过渡。程序 在波多黎各大学马亚圭斯校区攻读生物学博士学位。 UMDNJ-生物医学研究生院分子生物科学课程 科学（GSBS），皮斯卡特维校区。这些博士程序代表了 UMDNJ-GSBS和邻近的罗格斯大学之间的合作努力， 新泽西大学。的ms在UPR-Mayaguez的生物学课程中， 学生主要是波多黎各人，没有博士学位。 鼓励这些学生继续攻读博士学位。在 为职业生涯做准备的是生物医学科学的高级研究员。 然而，普遍定期审议-马亚圭斯派长期以来一直在培养优秀的候选人， 的博士其他机构，包括皮斯卡特维的UMDNJ-GSBS。到 促进MS的过渡。这三年来， 该方案已经制定，包括在普雷尔大学马亚圭斯分校学习一年课程， 随后在UMDNJ进行课程工作和研究。学生完成这座桥 程序接收MS。从普遍定期审议学位，并承认与先进的 进入博士学位在UMDNJ-GSBS的程序，与现有的接口 UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道计划，支持URM候选人， 的博士在他们学习的最初几年。现在，在第三年的初始 3-在一年的资助期内，我们已经招收了六名学生参加该计划：两名， 接近完成的3年计划，已超过原来的加速 步伐，并期待进入博士学位。具有先进地位的计划. 今年年底，2人离开了桥梁项目，但仍继续在 UPR-Mayaguez向他们的M.S.学位; 2名一年级学生在马亚圭斯是 预计今年夏天将进入UMDNJ组件。的几个要素 计划，涉及计划和招聘，已根据 初步经验。初期的成功和教训将 加强该计划的潜力，以吸引学生参加该计划 并支持和训练他们直到获得博士学位度，从而扩大 进入生物医学研究职业的学生在博士学位的范围。水平

DESCRIPTION(provided by applicant):This proposal seeks to renew the "Bridge to the Doctoral Degree: UPR to UMDNJ", which has been assisting underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students in making the transition from the M.S. Program in Biology at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus into the Ph.D. Programs in the Molecular Biosciences a UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), Piscataway Campus. These Ph.D. programs represent a collaborative effort between UMDNJ-GSBS and the contiguous Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The M.S. in Biology Program at UPR-Mayaguez has a student population that is predominantly Puerto Rican, and there is no Ph.D. program there to encourage these students to continue toward the Ph.D. in preparation for career is senior investigators in the biomedical sciences. However, UPR-Mayaguez has a long record of producing excellent candidates for the Ph.D. at other institutions, including at UMDNJ-GSBS, Piscataway. To facilitate the transition of M.S. candidates at UPR-Mayaguez, this three-year Program was established, consisting of one year of course work at UPR-Mayaguez, followed by course work and research at UMDNJ. Students completing this Bridge program receive the M.S. degree from UPR and are admitted with advanced standing into the Ph.D. programs at UMDNJ-GSBS, interfacing with the existing UMDNJ-Rutgers University Pipeline Program, which supports URM candidates for the Ph.D. in their initial years of study. Now in the 3rd year of an initial 3-year funding period, we have enrolled six students in the program: two, nearing completion of the 3-year program, have accelerated beyond the original pace, and are expecting to enter the Ph.D. program with advanced standing at the end of this year; 2 left the Bridge program, but have continued at UPR-Mayaguez toward their M.S. degree; 2 first-year students at Mayaguez are expected to enter the UMDNJ component this summer. Several elements of the Program, involving program and recruitment, have been modified based on the initial experience. The successes and lessons of the initial period will strengthen the potential of this Program to attract students into this Program and to support and train them through to the Ph.D. degree, thereby expanding the range of students entering biomedical research careers at the Ph.D. level.