San Francisco State University-MBRS-RISE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：MBRS-RISE计划的总体目标是提高学生和教师在追求生物医学研究事业方面的兴趣，技能和竞争力。我们提出的RISE计划的目标是通过让少数民族学生参与一些课程，研究和课外活动来显着增加从事生物医学职业的少数民族学生的数量。MBRS-SCORE和SFSU的其他几个项目在吸引、发展和促进少数民族教师方面取得了成功，所有这些教师都积极参与培训RISE学生。SFSU招收了大量代表性不足的少数民族学生，在每个主要民族类别中都有很强的入学率，并且在向这些学生颁发学士学位和硕士学位方面有着出色的记录。相当多的人在学士、硕士和博士一级继续从事生物医学研究。虽然我们的RISE毕业生的绝大多数进入博士学位。其他人进入医学、牙科和兽医学校。旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学（SFSU）致力于培养少数民族学生攻读博士学位。计划和生物医学事业，并制定了一些少数民族为重点的增强计划，在生物医学科学。我们已经确定了一些障碍，这些本科生和研究生的少数民族学生在满足他们的目标，未来在生物医学科学面临的。继续资助SFSU的MBRS-RISE计划将使我们能够与我们的其他资助计划（例如，MARC，文学硕士-硕士/博士桥梁，SCORE，RIMI，SFSU/UCSF癌症中心合作），提供必要的基础设施和活动，以帮助大量的学生克服这些障碍。一套定义明确，逻辑有序的活动已经开发，以满足学生在他们的职业生涯的各个阶段（低司预研究，高司研究活动，和硕士学位的学生）的具体需求。每项活动都满足以下需求：（1）学术课程的成就，（2）学术表现，（3）科学和研究技能和能力的发展，以及（4）接受博士学位的准备。程序.这些活动的结果将在赠款期间进行严格评估和合理调整，以确保我们的目标和目的得到满足。回顾过去4年我们目前的RISE赠款的总结性评估表明，我们的努力非常成功。在过去的4年里，至少有30名RISE本科生进入了研究生院和专业学校。我们还安排了35名RISE研究生（硕士）进入博士学位。在目前的RISE赠款的前三年（2004年10个，2005年10个，2006年15个），目前，10名毕业生（M.A.-硕士/博士）10名RISE高年级学生计划申请攻读博士学位。2007年秋季大学入学考试。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal of the MBRS-RISE program is to increase the interest, skills, and competitiveness of students and faculty in pursuit of biomedical research careers. The goal of our proposed RISE program is to increase significantly the number of minority students pursuing biomedical careers by involving them in a number of curricular, research and co-curricular activities. The MBRS-SCORE and several other programs at SFSU have been successful in attracting, developing and promoting minority faculty, all of who are active in training RISE students. SFSU enrolls large numbers of underrepresented minority students, with strong enrollment in each major ethnic category, and has an outstanding record of awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees to these students. A significant number have gone on to enter biomedical research at the bachelor's, master's and doctoral level. While the large majority of our RISE graduates enter Ph.D. degree programs, others enter medical, dental, and veterinary schools. San Francisco State University (SFSU) has a proven commitment to preparing minority students for Ph.D. programs and biomedical careers and has developed a number of minority-focused enhancement programs in the biomedical sciences. We have identified a number of barriers which these undergraduate and graduate minority students face in meeting their goals for a future in the biomedical sciences. Continued funding of the MBRS-RISE program at SFSU will allow us, in combination with our other funded programs (e.g., MARC, M.A.-M.S./Ph.D. Bridges, SCORE, RIMI, SFSU/UCSF Cancer Center Collaborative), to provide the infrastructure and activities necessary to help significant numbers of students overcome these barriers. A set of well-defined and logically ordered activities have been developed to meet the specific needs of students at various stages of their careers (lower division pre-research, upper division research active, and master's degree students). Each activity addresses the following needs: (1) achievement of academic program, (2) academic performance, (3) development of scientific and research skills and abilities, and (4) preparation for acceptance into a Ph.D. program. The outcomes of these activities will be critically evaluated and reasonable adjustments made during the term of the grant to assure that our goals and objectives are met. A review of the summative evaluations for the past 4 years of our current RISE grant indicates our efforts have been very successful. At least 30 RISE undergraduates have entered graduate and professional schools in the past 4 years. We have also placed 35 RISE graduate (master's) students into Ph.D. programs during the first 3 years of the current RISE grant (10 in 2004, 10 in 2005 and 15 in 2006). Currently, 10 graduate (M.A.-M.S./Ph.D.) and 10 senior RISE students plan to apply for admission into Ph.D. programs during 2006 for fall 2007 matriculation.