Partner of Under-Represented Scientists United for Educ

描述（由申请人提供）：查佩尔山北卡罗来纳州大学研究生院（UNC-CH），沿着两所历史悠久的黑人大学，北卡罗来纳州A&T州立大学（NC A&T SU）和北卡罗来纳州中央大学（NCCU），正在提交申请，将我们的未来之桥计划延长三年。作为北卡罗来纳州系统的姐妹机构，这三个机构有着长期的合作记录。代表性不足的科学家联合教育（PURSUE）计划的伙伴关系代表了我们的共同承诺，以增加少数民族学者在生物医学科学的生产。我们的桥梁计划的主要重点是促进代表性不足的少数民族学生从硕士学位授予机构到博士学位授予机构的过渡。本提案中提出的大多数核心想法都在我们目前的桥梁计划中得到了实施和评估，因此可以在其成功的基础上再接再厉。初始课程的所有目标都在进行中，大多数学生要么仍在攻读硕士学位，要么已经转入博士学位。生物医学科学专业。 我们的桥梁计划的更新是建立在以下成功的战略：1）学生是从大量代表性不足的学生中挑选出来的，2）该计划是根据注册学生的持续反馈而设计的，3）所有学生都被分配了来自参与机构的多名导师和顾问，4）根据学生个人的需要提供技能建设研讨会，5）全职协调员调解学生的关注，协助招聘，组织研讨会和传播信息，6）我们的计划是在持续的基础上进行评估。 我们建议继续这一成功的计划，要求在未来三年内增加对六名硕士生的支持。研究生院和北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的个别博士授予部门将提供配套资金，以促进该计划的成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The Graduate School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), along with two historically black universities, North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T SU) and North Carolina Central University (NCCU), are submitting an application to renew our Bridges to the Future Program for another three-year period. As sister institutions in the North Carolina State system, these three institutions have a long track record of working together. The Partnership of Under-Represented Scientists United for Education (PURSUE) Program represents our joint commitment to increase the production of minority scholars in the biomedical sciences. The main focus of our Bridges Program is to facilitate the transition of underrepresented minority students from masters degree granting institutions to doctoral degree granting institutions. Most of the core ideas that are presented in this proposal were implemented and evaluated in our current Bridge Program and therefore build on its success. All of the objectives of the initial program are on course with the majority of the students either still progressing toward a masters degree or already transferred to a Ph.D. program in the biomedical sciences. The renewal of our Bridge program is built on the following successful strategies: 1) Students are drawn from a large pool of underrepresented students, 2) The program is designed in response to continuous feedback from the enrolled students, 3) All students are assigned multiple mentors and advisors from the participating institutions, 4) Skill building workshops are provided as needed by individual students, 5) A full time coordinator mediates student concerns, assists with recruitment, organizes seminars and disseminates information, 6) Our program is evaluated on a continual basis. We propose to continue this successful program by requesting an increased level of support for six masters degree students over the next three-year period. The Graduate School and individual doctoral granting departments at UNC-Chapel Hill will provide matching funds to promote the success of the program.