MBRS RISE Program at California State University, Fresno

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校是一所指定的西班牙裔服务机构，位于加州农业的中央山谷，与所有主要研究机构隔绝。虽然我们的少数族裔学生获得学士学位的记录很好，但我们的理科少数族裔学生继续攻读研究生课程（大约1/年）。对我们几个基础科学班的学生进行的一项调查显示，主要原因是：不知道研究职业（30%）；不知道如何从事研究工作（77%）；不知道学校有研究机会（60%）。因此，我们的大学有巨大的潜力，可以在生物医学和行为科学领域培养未被充分代表的少数民族成员。我们在2002年秋季学期和2003年春季学期进行的学生调查和焦点小组讨论指出，科学领域缺乏研究文化，并且在进入生物医学研究职业的过程中缺乏系统的指导。本提案中的RISE计划将通过采取整体方法在我们的校园中创造科学研究文化来弥补这一点。该计划将让我们最杰出的教师在学生职业生涯的早期“种植”对生物医学研究感兴趣的种子（预研究部分），同时为20名本科生和12名研究生，感兴趣和合格的少数民族学生提供研究机会（成功之路和研究经验部分）。这些研究机会目前在我们大学还没有，将包括：邀请杰出的研究科学家来校园讨论他们的研究，并与我们的学生进行非正式的互动；为一群对生物医学或行为研究感兴趣的学生提供为期两年的强化体验，以培养他们的研究兴趣和技能，并指导他们完成博士学位申请过程。RISE计划将是一个非常有价值和独特的组成部分，以满足科学专业的研究教育目标，并将增加少数民族学生在生物医学或行为领域攻读更高学位的人数。RISE项目的成功将通过一个全面的评估计划来衡量，该计划包括形成性、总结性、过程和结果（目标实现的测量）组成部分。加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校自2000年以来一直有一个成功的SCORE项目，这有助于我们为学生提供高质量的研究机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University Fresno, a designated Hispanic serving institution, is located in California's agricultural Central Valley, isolated from all major research institutions. While our record of graduating minority students with a bachelor's degree is excellent, few of our science minority students continue to graduate programs (about 1/yr). A survey of our students in several fundamental science classes revealed the main reasons to be: unaware of research careers (30%); ignorant of how to pursue a research career (77%); and unaware of research opportunities on our campus (60%). Hence, our university has a tremendous potential to initiate members of underrepresented minorities in careers on biomedical and behavioral sciences. Our student surveys and focus group discussions, conducted over the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003 semester, have pointed to a lack of research culture in the sciences, and the lack of a systematic guidance through the process to enter a biomedical research career. The RISE program in this proposal will remedy this by taking a holistic approach to creating a scientific research culture in our campus. The program will engage our most prominent faculty in "planting" the seed of interest for biomedical research early on in our students' careers (the Pre-Research component), while providing research opportunities for 20 undergraduate and 12 graduate, interested and qualified minority students (the Pathway to Success and Research Experience components). These research opportunities, not currently available at our university, will include: bringing prominent research scientists on campus to discuss their research and informally interact with our students; offering a select group of students interested in biomedical or behavioral research an intensive two-year experience to develop their research interests and skills and to guide them through the Ph.D. application process. The RISE Program would be an exceptionally valuable and unique component to meet research education objectives for science majors and will increase the number of minority students pursuing higher degrees in biomedical or behavioral fields. The success of the RISE program will be measured with a comprehensive evaluation plan which includes formative, summative, process, and outcomes (measurement of the achievement of the objectives) components. California State University, Fresno has had a successful SCORE program since 2000, contributing to our ability to offer quality research opportunities to our students.