Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement at CSULB

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学长滩分校（CSULB）建议建立其少数民族生物医学研究支持（MBRS）计划的经验，以创建MBRS- rise计划。前一个项目针对的是高年级学生和研究生，而拟议中的RISE项目则是一个从大一开始面向本科生的综合项目，旨在改善和扩大未被充分代表的少数民族学生（URMS）进入生物医学领域博士课程的渠道。我们计划的目标是：1)增加在生物医学相关领域毕业的URMS人数，2)创造一个环境，使URMS将离开RISE计划完全沉浸在生物医学科学的文化中，并成为熟练的，有道德的从业者，3)增加进入生物医学相关领域博士课程的URMS人数。这些目标是根据对学生和课程的需求评估而制定的，将通过三个可衡量的目标来实现：1)提高URMS的学位完成率；2)科学传播技能发展的证据，对科学方法和研究伦理的理解，对职业机会的认识，以及形成有效的师徒关系；3)研究生项目的申请和接受人数的增加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) proposes to build upon its experience with its Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program to create an MBRS-RISE Program. Whereas the former program targeted upper-division and graduate students, the proposed RISE program is a comprehensive program for undergraduates beginning in the freshman year, and is designed to improve and expand the pipeline of underrepresented minority students (URMS) going on to doctoral programs in biomedical fields. The goals of our program are to: 1) Increase the number of URMS graduating in biomedically-related fields, 2) create an environment in which URMS will leave the RISE program fully steeped in the culture of--and be skilled, ethical practitioners in--the biomedical sciences, and 3) increase the number of URMS who enter doctoral programs in biomedically-related fields. These goals were developed in response to the needs assessment made of our students and programs and will be achieved through three measurable objectives: 1) An increase in the rate of degree completion by URMS; 2) Evidence of skill development in scientific communications, in understanding of scientific methods and research ethics, in awareness of career opportunities, and formation of effective mentoring relationships; 3) An increase in applications to, and acceptance by, graduate programs. The target populations of our program include lower-division as well as upper-division undergraduates. Throughout their participation in the RISE program, students will be part of a student-scholar community. As freshmen and sophomores, students will focus on their academic programs through course work, co-curricular activities and structured mentoring. For junior and senior participants (RISE Fellows), the focus will shift to the research experience as students work closely with their research advisors while learning to design, carry out a research project, and present the results at national and international meetings. The research experiences complement and are entirely consistent with goals of the CSULB-SCORE program. The RISE Fellows' experience will be enriched through workshops to enhance their skills, through attendance at scientific seminars, through participation in professional meetings, and through activities designed to prepare Fellows for entrance into graduate programs.