RISE Program at New Mexico State University

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个修订和重新提交的建议，要求支持在新墨西哥州州立大学，少数民族占多数的机构（>50%代表性不足的少数民族入学）的RISE计划的延续。NMSU RISE计划建议继续为少数民族本科生和寻求博士学位的研究生提供机会，以获得生物医学研究的经验和培训。在学生发展活动1中，富有成效的生物医学教师研究人员将指导RISE学生，并在他们设备齐全的实验室提供研究培训。教师代表八个部门跨越两个学院和各种各样的生物医学研究项目，学生申请人将能够选择。许多人还参加跨部门的分子生物学研究生课程。除了研究培训，RISE本科生将参加学生发展活动2，为研究生院做准备的完整计划。在研讨会，暑期课程和教程中，学生将学习研究沟通技巧，教学技巧以及提交成功申请并成功获得博士学位所需的技能和实践。本科人才库将部分来自NMSU一年级学生的学生发展活动3的学生参与者。这个小组培训研讨会和研究项目涉及学生在西南部本土植物中寻找具有药用价值的活性成分。额外的申请人将从NMSU桥梁计划和类招生和上升教师的学生。许多RISE本科生也将在校外导师的实验室度过一个夏天，学习新的研究方法并形成重要的未来联系。除了他们的研究，RISE研究生将撰写并提交一份博士前奖学金申请NIH或NSF。赠款写作的经验将准备他们寻求支持自己的独立研究。他们还将参加一系列的RISE研讨会和讲习班，主题包括时间管理、教学、工作面试、研究道德、数据呈现方法以及晋升和终身职位组合开发。RISE研究生还将组织和参加双周写作小组，包括教师和同行评审以及写作样本的讨论。还需要参加每月的学生会议，讨论研究生和专业问题和解决方案。预计这些计划中的活动将继续显着提高本科生研究经验的数量和质量，谁继续在生物医学学科的研究生课程的本科生的数量，以及授予谁在NMSU上升计划的学生博士学位的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised and resubmitted proposal that requests support for the continuation of the RISE Program at New Mexico State University, a minority-majority institution (>50% underrepresented minority enrollment). The NMSU RISE Program proposes to continue providing opportunities for minority undergraduates and PhD-seeking graduate students to gain experience and training in biomedical research. In Student Development Activity 1, productive biomedical faculty researchers will mentor RISE students and provide research training in their well-equipped laboratories. The faculty represents eight departments spanning two colleges and a wide variety of biomedical research projects from which student applicants will be able to choose. Many also participate in the interdepartmental Molecular Biology Graduate Program. In addition to research training, RISE undergraduates will participate in Student Development Activity 2, a complete program of preparation for graduate school. In workshops, Summer courses, and tutorials students will learn research communication skills, teaching skills, and the skills and practices required in submitting successful applications to, and succeeding in, PhD programs. The undergraduate pool will be drawn partly from student participants in Student Development Activity 3 for first-year NMSU students. This group-training workshop and research project involves students in the search for the active constituents in native southwestern plants having medicinal properties. Additional applicants will be drawn from the NMSU Bridges Program and from class enrollees and advisees of RISE faculty. Many RISE undergraduates will also spend one summer in the laboratory of an off-campus host mentor, learning new research methods and forming important future contacts. In addition to their research, RISE graduate students will write and submit a predoctoral fellowship application to NIH or NSF. The grant-writing experience will prepare them to seek support for their own independent research. They will also participate in a series of RISE seminars and workshops on topics such as time management, teaching, job interviewing, research ethics, data-presentation methods, and promotion and tenure portfolio development. RISE graduate students will also organize and attend a biweekly writing group featuring both faculty and peer review and discussion of writing samples. Participation will also be required in monthly student meetings to discuss graduate and professional problems and solutions. It is anticipated that these planned activities will continue to significantly improve the quantity and quality of undergraduate research experiences, the numbers of undergraduates who go on to graduate programs in biomedical disciplines, and the numbers of PhDs conferred on students who participate in the NMSU RISE Program.