MBRS RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT

德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥分校（UTSA）请求NIH/NIGMS支持继续前MBRS S06计划的学生研究培训部分，该计划现在是新的MBRS科学增强研究计划（RISE）计划的一部分。UTSA RISE项目将有一个新的项目主任和组织结构，并将提供一些新的活动，旨在加强少数民族学生的学术和研究准备，以追求研究生教育和学术/研究事业。主要项目内容包括：(1)学生研究训练和学术充实；(2)新型教学实验室建设；科学学术支持体系。具体的计划目标是：(a)增加UTSA少数民族学生进入研究生院并选择学术/研究职业的人数和比率；(b)为少数民族学生提供更多的机会，在UTSA和校外从事生物医学研究；(c)提供具体的计划、讲习班、课程和研讨会，以提高学生对研究职业以及其他科学职业的兴趣；(d)建立一个科学多媒体实验室，以促进教师和学生的交流，开发RISE项目网页，项目后期信息，提供计算机和万维网辅助的补充指导，提供学术和研究支持，并将UTSA以及圣安东尼奥大都会和南德克萨斯地区的其他机构的生命科学学生和教师与UTSA MBRS RISE项目联系起来；(e)制定全面的本科学业支持计划，以提高生命科学和化学专业新生的保留率；(f)建立一个有效的跟踪系统，跟踪RISE学者和其他生物科学专业的职业生涯，记录他们的成功，并向NIH/MBRS通报他们的持续发展和进步；G)制定并实施有效的评价计划，以评价整个项目的成功以及具体项目活动的成功。整个计划的目标是增加代表性不足的少数民族在21世纪生物医学研究事业的参与。

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) requests NIH/NIGMS support to continue the student research training component of the former MBRS S06 Program, now part of the new MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program. The UTSA RISE Program will have a new program director and organizational structure, and will provide a number of new activities designed to enhance the academic and research preparedness of underrepresented minority students to pursue graduate education and academic/research careers. Major program components include: (1) Student research training and academic enrichment; (2) New teaching laboratory development; and Science academic support system. The specific program objectives are to: (a) increase the number and rate of UTSA minority students going on to graduate school and choosing academic/research careers; (b) provide enhanced opportunities for minority students to engage in biomedical research at UTSA and off-campus sites; (c) provide specific programs, workshops, courses, and seminars to enhance student interest in research careers, as well as alternative science careers; (d) develop a Science Multimedia Laboratory to facilitate faculty and student communication, develop RISE program web page, post program information, provide computer- and WWW-assisted supplemental instruction, provide academic and research support, and link life science students and faculty from the UTSA as well as other institutions in metropolitan San Antonio and South Texas region with UTSA MBRS RISE Program; (e) develop a comprehensive undergraduate academic support program to enhance retention rates of freshmen life science and chemistry students; (f) develop an effective tracking system to follow the careers of RISE Scholars and other biosciences majors to document their successes, and to inform NIH/MBRS on their continued development and progress; g) develop and implement an effective evaluation plan to assess the success overall program as well as that of specific program activities. The overall program goal is to increase participation of underrepresented minorities in biomedical research careers for the 21st century.