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，显著增加他们从事生物医学职业的人数。mbr - score和旧金山州立大学的其他几个项目已经成功地吸引、发展和提升了少数民族教师，他们都在积极培养RISE学生。旧金山州立大学招收了大量未被充分代表的少数民族学生，在每个主要种族类别中都有很强的入学率，并且在授予这些学生学士学位和硕士学位方面有着出色的记录。相当多的学生进入了生物医学研究领域，攻读学士、硕士和博士学位。虽然绝大多数RISE毕业生进入博士学位课程，但其他人进入医学，牙科和兽医学校。旧金山州立大学（SFSU）一直致力于培养少数族裔学生攻读博士学位和生物医学职业，并在生物医学科学领域开发了许多以少数族裔为重点的强化项目。我们已经确定了这些本科生和研究生少数民族学生在实现其生物医学科学未来目标时面临的一些障碍。旧金山州立大学mbr - rise项目的持续资助将使我们能够与其他资助项目（如MARC， M.A.-M.S./Ph.D.）相结合。桥梁，SCORE， RIMI， SFSU/UCSF癌症中心合作)，提供必要的基础设施和活动，帮助大量学生克服这些障碍。一套定义明确、逻辑有序的活动已经开发出来，以满足学生在其职业生涯的不同阶段（低年级预研究、高年级研究活动和硕士学位学生）的特定需求。每项活动都满足以下需求：(1)完成学术计划，(2)学习成绩，(3)发展科研技能和能力，(4)为接受博士课程做准备。这些活动的结果将在赠款期间进行严格的评估和合理的调整，以确保我们的目标和目的得以实现。回顾过去4年我们目前的RISE拨款的总结性评估，我们的努力是非常成功的。在过去的四年中，至少有30名RISE本科生进入研究生院和专业学院。在当前RISE资助的前三年，我们还安排了35名RISE研究生（硕士）进入博士课程（2004年10人，2005年10人，2006年15人）。目前，10名研究生（硕士-硕士/博士）和10名高级RISE学生计划在2006年申请2007年秋季入学的博士课程。

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.