RISE Program at Grambling State University

描述(由申请人提供)：格拉姆林州立大学(GSU)是HBCU的一所大学，主要是一所研究基础设施和能力有限的教学机构。然而，该大学的部分愿景是培养出“在主要学术领域获得技能和知识的毕业生，这让他们可以选择研究生院或专业学校”。因此，该机构完全支持努力增加其毕业生的注册人数，并成功完成博士课程，特别是在科学方面。这项重新提交的RISE续签申请的目标是在项目结束时，将毕业后直接攻读生物医学博士课程的RISE参与者的数量从目前的21%增加到50%。这一目标的实现是可行的，因为在第一个周期中建立了基础，以及项目教职员工和管理人员的持续承诺。要求每年提供10个名额。提出了八项学生发展性活动。这些活动是根据从第一个RISE周期评估中吸取的经验教训、教职员工、现任和前任RISE参与者的反馈而制定的。例如，增加了四项没有列入当前周期的新活动，以满足以下确定的需求：(1)提高书面和口头交流技能；(2)提高STEM专业学生的数学知识和技能；(3)在生物医学科学中应用数学概念和量化方法；(4)到项目期结束时，将STEM学生的流失率从目前的平均58%(五年期)降低到38%。其他活动包括(5)为RISE学生实施严格的数学和科学课程，以包括高级和独立的学习课程，以增强批判性和分析技能、研究研讨会和科学研究中的伦理；(6)支持系统，提高学生对数学和科学的兴趣和成功；(7)研究培训，从课堂研究环境开始，在GSU获得基本技能，然后在合作研究密集型大学进行暑期研究实习；以及(8)为RISE和RISE学生申请生物医学博士课程并确保其录取的计划。拟议的评估计划将成功的量化指标与每项活动的具体可衡量目标联系起来，还提供了对主要方案组成部分进行定性和定量评估的计划，以促进评估GSU RISE方案的总体机构影响。由于教员、格拉斯哥州立大学管理层和校外合作研究导师的承诺，实施拟议的八项活动是可行的。拟议活动的成功实施将满足参与部门的需要，支持GSU的使命和愿景，并实现MORE司的期望。 公共卫生相关性：格拉姆林州立大学(GSU)拟议的RISE项目与国家卫生研究院通过研究和教育解决公共卫生问题的使命相关。这种相关性反映在这样一个事实上，即RISE项目培训的学生人数不足，以及受健康差距影响过大的群体。拟议的更新项目的目的是培训代表不足的学生，使他们在从格拉斯哥州立大学毕业后直接进入生物医学博士课程，具有竞争力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Grambling State University (GSU), an HBCU, is primarily a teaching institution with limited research infrastructure and capabilities. However, part of the vision of the university is to produce graduates who "have acquired skills and knowledge in major academic disciplines that afford them the option of graduate or professional schools". The institution, therefore, fully supports efforts to increase the number of its graduates who enroll in, and successfully complete Ph.D. programs particularly in the sciences. The goal of this resubmission RISE renewal application is to increase the number of RISE participants who, upon graduation, directly pursue Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences from the current baseline of 21% to 50% by the end of the project period. Accomplishment of this goal is feasible because of the foundation established during the first cycle, and the continued commitment of project faculty and the administration. Ten slots per year are requested. Eight student developmental activities are proposed. These activities were developed based on lessons learned from evaluation of the first RISE cycle, feedback from faculty, current and former RISE participants. For example, four new activities not included in the current cycle, were added to address identified needs to (1) improve written and oral communication skills; (2) improve mathematical knowledge and skills of STEM majors; (3) apply mathematical concepts and quantitative methods in biomedical sciences, and (4) decrease attrition rate of STEM students from the current average rate of 58% (over a five year period) to 38% by the end of the project period. Additional activities include (5) implementation of rigorous math and science curricula for RISE students to include advanced and independent study courses that enhance critical and analytical skills, research seminars, and Ethics in Scientific research; (6) a support system that increases students' interest and success in math and sciences; (7) research training that starts with the classroom research environment to acquire basic skills at GSU followed by summer research internships at partner research intensive universities; and (8) a plan for RISE and pre-RISE students to apply to, and secure admissions to Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences. The proposed evaluation plan links quantitative indicators of success to specific measurable objectives for each activity, and also provides plans for qualitative and quantitative assessment of major program components to facilitate the assessment of overall institutional impact of the RISE program at GSU. It is feasible to implement the proposed eight activities because of the commitment of faculty, GSU administration, and collaborating extramural research preceptors. Successful implementation of the proposed activities will meet the needs of the participating departments, support the mission and vision of GSU, and fulfill the expectation of the MORE Division. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The proposed RISE project at Grambling State University (GSU) is relevant to the mission of the National Institutes of Health addressing public health issues through research and education. This relevance is reflected by the fact that the RISE project trains underrepresented students as well as groups of persons disproportionately affected by health disparities. The purpose of the proposed renewal project is to train underrepresented students to be competitive for admission to Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences directly upon their graduation from GSU.