Inter-University Doctoral Degree:Puerto Rico to Rutgers

描述(由申请人提供)：本建议书旨在更新 博士学位：UPR to UMDNJ“，它一直在帮助任职人数不足的人 少数族裔(URM)研究生从理科硕士项目过渡 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专业 科学(GSBS)，皮斯卡特韦校区。这些博士项目代表着 UMDNJ-GSBS与毗邻的罗格斯州之间的合作努力 新泽西大学。UPR-Mayaguez的生物学硕士课程有一个 学生主要是波多黎各人，没有博士学位。 计划，鼓励这些学生继续攻读博士学位 为职业生涯做准备的是生物医学科学领域的高级研究员。 然而，UPR-Mayaguez在培养优秀候选人方面有着长期的记录 其他机构的博士学位，包括UMDNJ-GSBS，Piscataway。至 促进普遍定期审议-马亚圭兹理科硕士候选人的过渡，为期三年 建立了一个方案，包括在普遍定期审议--马亚圭兹的一年课程工作， 然后是UMDNJ的课程工作和研究。完成这座桥的学生 从UPR获得硕士学位，并被高级录取 进入UMDNJ-GSBS的博士项目，与现有的 UMDNJ-罗格斯大学管道计划，该计划支持以下URM候选人 刚开始学习的博士们。现在已经是最初的第三年了 在3年的资助期内，我们已经招收了六名学生：两名， 接近完成为期3年的计划，已经超过了原来的 Pace，并希望以高级地位进入博士课程 今年年底；2人退出了Bridge计划，但仍在继续 UPR-Mayaguez攻读硕士学位；Mayaguez的两名一年级学生 预计将于今年夏天进入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是 加强该计划的潜力，以吸引学生加入该计划 并支持和培训他们获得博士学位，从而扩大 进入生物医学研究职业的博士生的范围。

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.