RISE (RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT)

加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校（Cal Poly Pomona）的MBRS-RISE项目将让少数族裔学生参与一系列旨在激励他们并为他们在生物医学研究领域的职业生涯做好准备的发展经历。 实施BIOQUEST，为学术上最有能力的新生夏季过渡计划，将提高学术成功和代表性不足的生物学专业的保留，并增加这些学生谁成为感兴趣的职业作为生物医学研究人员的数量。 在生物学和数学三个新的学术卓越研讨会的发展将提高学生在这些学科的理解和表现。低年级的少数民族学生将练习技术，并做一个短期项目，作为“研究介绍”的一部分，旨在让他们参与令人兴奋和有益的研究过程，并培养他们做研究的能力的信心。 上师和研究生RISE学生将在Cal Poly Pomona或附近机构的既定研究人员的实验室中参与密集的持续研究。学生将通过参加实验设计，数据分析和科学完整性的研讨会来增强他们的研究经验。 RISE学生将通过参加演讲研讨会，撰写报告和科学论文，并在当地和国家科学会议上展示他们的研究来提高他们的沟通技巧。 通过每周的研讨会，研讨会前和研讨会后的活动，实地考察和参加科学会议，RISE学生将与许多生物医学研究科学家，包括少数民族研究人员互动，并增加他们对生物医学研究的许多领域的理解。 RISE学生将成为进入博士学位更具竞争力。通过参加研究生院的准备工作坊，包括研究生入学考试（GRE）的广泛准备。 参与这些发展经验，涉及学生与许多优秀和支持教师的互动，将使我们的少数民族学生成为富有成效的研究科学家。

The MBRS-RISE program at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) will involve minority students in a developmental sequence of experiences designed to motivate and prepare them for careers in biomedical research. Implementation of BIOQUEST, a summer transition program for the academically most capable incoming freshmen, will improve the academic success and retention of underrepresented biology majors, and increase the number of these students who become interested in careers as biomedical researchers. Development of three new Academic Excellence Workshops in biology and mathematics will improve students understanding and performance in these disciplines. Lower division minority students will practice techniques and do a short-term project as part of an "Introduction to Research" experience designed to involve them in the exciting and rewarding process of research, and develop confidence in their ability to do research. Upper division and graduate RISE students will become involved in intensive sustained research in the laboratories of established researchers at Cal Poly Pomona or at nearby institutions. Students will enhance their research experience through participation in workshops in experimental design, data analysis, and scientific integrity. RISE students will improve their communication skills through participation in presentation workshops, writing reports and scientific papers, and presenting their research at local and national scientific meetings. Through weekly seminars, pre-and post-seminar activities, field trips, and participation in scientific meetings, RISE students will interact with many biomedical research scientists, including minority researchers, and increase their understanding of many areas of biomedical research. RISE students will become more competitive for entry into Ph.D. programs by participating in a Graduate School preparation workshop, including extensive preparation for the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Participation in these developmental experiences, involving student interaction with many excellent and supportive faculty, will enable our minority students to become productive research scientists.