University of Puerto Rico at Cayey-RISE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：为了改善我们的整体学术环境，MBRS计划于1985年启动，以准备UPRC学生成为科学家。 作为这一长期目标的一部分，我们在此申请中建议通过专注于学生技能发展来改进和扩展我们的RISE计划。 这些变化将由外部评估人员与活动协调员、项目主任和RISE咨询委员会一起进行评估，并对每个组成部分进行监测。 RISE计划解决了三个需求，1-缺乏认识，2-缺乏研究经验，3-有限的英语语言技能，通过提供三个组成部分：访问科学家，动手研究和夏季研究。 所有组件都满足需求。 来访的科学家们用英语举办研讨会和讲习班，以提高学生对新技术和新发现、新科学职业的认识，并作为榜样。 实践教师导师提供学期长的研究经验和研讨会。 这两项活动都是为激励和培养成为科学家所需的技能而量身定制的。 这一部分有校园和岛上的导师在头两年与学生一起工作，以提供咨询，维护他们的兴趣并专注于他们的目标。 在这两年期间，学生将与五位不同的导师一起学习实验设计的基础和分子生物学，细胞生物学，遗传学，组织学等相关技术。最后，夏季研究允许大学生，大三和大四学生通过与岛外科学家在研究密集型机构工作十周来体验研究生院生活。 每个组成部分使学生和教师通过与不同的专家组互动来发展基本的研究技能：1）校园教师导师，2）位于选定的附属机构的岛上研究导师，3）来自岛外大学的访问科学家，以及4）位于合作机构的科学家。 每个组成部分都挑战学生，因为他们开发利用适当的环境和专业知识水平，以产生将成为生物医学研究科学家的UPRC校友。 目前，32%的MBRS毕业生（n=226）正在攻读博士学位。（n=46，%=20）或MS。度（n=28，%=12）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To improve our overall academic environment, the MBRS program was initiated in 1985 to prepare UPRC students to become scientists. As part of this long term goal, we are proposing in this application to improve and expand our RISE program by concentrating on student skill development. These changes will be assessed and each component monitored by an external evaluator working with the activity coordinators, the program director, and the RISE Advisory Committee. The RISE program addresses three needs, 1-lack of awareness, 2-lack of research experience, and 3-limited English language skills, by offering three components: visiting scientists, hands-on research, and summer research. All components address the needs. Visiting scientists present seminars and workshops in English to improve student awareness of new techniques and discoveries, of new science careers, and to serve as role models. Hands-on faculty mentors offer semester long research experiences and workshops. Both activities are tailored to motivate and build the skills needed to be scientists. This component has on-campus and on-island mentors working with students during their first two years to counsel, to maintain their interests and focus their goals. During this two year period students will work with five different mentors learning the bases of experimental design and the associated techniques in molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, histology, etc. Finally, summer research allows sophomores, juniors and seniors to experience graduate school life by working for ten weeks with off-island scientists at research intensive institutions. Each component enables students and faculty to develop basic research skills by interacting with a different group of experts: 1) on-campus faculty mentors, 2) on-island research mentors located at selected affiliated institutions, 3) visiting scientists from off-island universities, and 4) scientists located in collaborating institutions. Each component challenges the students as they develop utilizing the appropriate environment and level of expertise to produce UPRC alumni who will be biomedical research scientists. Currently 32% of all MBRS graduates (n=226) are pursuing either a Ph.D. (n=46, %=20) or an M.S. degree (n=28, %=12).