# Bridges to Baccalaureate: Cumberland County College Bridge to Rowan

> **NIH NIH R25** · ROWAN UNIVERSITY · 2020 · $263,423

## Abstract

“Cumberland County College Bridges to Rowan University (CB2R)”
A proposal to the National Institutes of Health Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program
ABSTRACT
 Rowan University (RU), a four-year research institution in Glassboro, N.J., and lead
institution, and Cumberland County College (CCC), a two-year community college in Vineland,
N.J., have joined forces to obtain funding from the National Institutes of Health's “Bridges to the
Baccalaureate” grant program. This plan to develop, launch and sustain a distinctive,
multilayered research education program in Biomedical Science to increase the pool of CCC
students from diverse backgrounds who receive significant research training at CCC, transfer
successfully to RU and conduct higher-level research, complete baccalaureate degrees, and go
on to research careers in the field.
 CB2R's plan is based on the assessed needs of both institutions, which seek to improve the
retention and 3- and 6-year completion rates of underrepresented students in Biomedical
Science; increase educational opportunities for underrepresented students and diversify RU's
biomedical research student population. The program is deliberately designed to support the
NIH's goals of increasing the diversity and improving the quality, perspective, and creativity of
this workforce by pairing a well-regarded, highly diverse county college in an impoverished
county with a robust and growing research university in a wealthier area seeking to diversify its
own student body.
 CB2R's short- and medium-term goals are to enhance the pool of talented, low-income
URM Biomedical Science students at CCC who successfully transfer to RU and complete their
baccalaureate degrees. These goals are supported by the CB2R plan:
 · To develop and implement an intra-institutional program of high-quality, contextualized
 academic supports;
 · To design and conduct paid research activities at the community college and university to
 assist low-income students financially while developing their research skills;
 · To provide extensive advisement and mentoring at CCC and RU;
 · To provide articulated academic programming and customized transfer activities designed
 to decrease students' time to completion; greatly improve their skills preparation; and
 ensure their academic success and progress toward graduate programs and/or the
 biomedical research workforce.
 A terminal objective is to institutionalize the CB2R program at CCC and RU through
development of a comprehensive program “template” and ongoing institutional commitments
detailed in the proposal narrative and letters of commitment.
 Overall, the CB2R partnership between Rowan University and Cumberland County College
will strive to reach the success rates achieved by the NIH's Bridges program of 70% of Bridges
students transferring and 50% completing the baccalaureate.
 Grant request: The CB2R partnership seeks $1,414,067 over five years from the National
Institutes of Health to provide a wide range of se...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10006584
- **Project number:** 5R25GM119973-04
- **Recipient organization:** ROWAN UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Alison Krufka
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $263,423
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10006584

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10006584, Bridges to Baccalaureate: Cumberland County College Bridge to Rowan (5R25GM119973-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10006584. Licensed CC0.

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