The ACS Bridge Program (ACS-BP) leadership team recognizes that to reach the goal of eliminating the gap between undergraduate and graduate participation, it is essential to build a large base of institutions that can admit and retain students from underrepresented groups through a common student application process.
The ACS-Bridge Program Bachelor’s and Master’s student applicant database provides access to a unique talent pool for departments in the chemical sciences.
Since our priority is to ensure a supportive pairing between student and graduate programs, we have established Bridge Partner applications to support the goal of broadening participation in the chemical sciences.
Bridge Partners
Partners are departments that have demonstrated the potential to provide an inclusive ecosystem that allows all students to flourish. This designation allows us to recommend supportive programs to interested students and helps departments committed to Bridge Program principles and recruit talented students to their programs.
ACS Bridge Partner Benefits
- Access to ACS-BP Bachelor’s and Master’s student applicant database (an annual recruitment effort)
- Public recognition by ACS of the department’s commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect in the chemical sciences
- Endorsement of the graduate program to students from underrepresented groups in Bridge Programs and to others who contact ACS to inquire about possible recommendations for departments that have supportive postbaccalaureate educational environments
- Featured on ACS websites
- Access to individuals in the project and at existing bridge departments who are knowledgeable about support strategies for students from underrepresented groups in graduate studies
- Access to a community of practice that would like to build equitable environments
- Strengthening Broader Impact statements in federal grant applications
Becoming an ACS Bridge Partner
Becoming a Partner is free. All universities that grant a master's or doctoral degree in chemistry are eligible to apply. Partner applications are reviewed annually by members of the ACS Bridge Project Team. The deadline for applications is in June of each year.
ACS Bridge Partner Proposals
Applications for this cycle are now open. Please submit your proposal by June 1, 2023. For further information, email bridge@acs.org.
Bridge Program at a Glance
| ACS Bridge Site | ACS Bridge Partner | |
| Receives funds from ACS | Yes (Funding to establish transitional programs) | No |
| Access to ACS-Bridge Program Bachelor’s and Master’s student applicant database | Yes, early access | Yes, regular access |
| Demonstrated, departmental commitment to goals of the ACS Bridge Program | Yes | Yes |
| Public recognition by the ACS of the department’s commitment to diversity in the chemical sciences | Yes | Yes |
| Strengthening Broader Impacts statements in federal grant applications | Yes | Yes |
| Request For Proposal | No Longer accepting applications | Yes Deadline: |
| Departments at a medical school or similar environment that host graduate students that perform research in the chemical sciences | Yes | Yes |
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ACS Bridge Sites
- Arizona State University
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Cornell University
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - Florida State University
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemical Engineering - Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Indiana University, Bloomington
Chemistry - The Ohio State University
Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of California, San Diego
Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Houston
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Chemistry - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chemistry
- Arizona State University
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ACS Bridge Partners
- Brown University
Chemistry - California State University, Fresno
Chemistry - Columbia University
Chemistry - Columbia University
Chemical Engineering - CUNY
Chemistry - Florida Agricultural Mechanical University
Chemical Engineering - Florida International University
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Lehigh University
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - Michigan Technological University
Chemistry - North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Chemistry - Northeastern University
Chemistry and Chemical Biology - South Dakota State University
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Stony Brook University
Chemistry - The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Chemistry and Biochemistry - Tufts University
Chemistry - University at Buffalo
Chemistry - University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Chemical Engineering - University of California, Berkeley
Chemistry - University of California, Irvine
Chemistry - University of Illinois, Chicago
Pharmaceutical Sciences Department - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering - University of Maryland, College Park
Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Maryland, College Park
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chemistry - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chemistry - University of Northern Colorado
Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Oregon
Chemistry and Biochemistry - University of Rochester
Chemistry - University of Virginia
Chemistry - University of Washington
Chemistry - Villanova University
Chemistry - Yale University
Chemistry
- Brown University
