San Francisco State University-MBRS-RISE Program

描述(由申请人提供)：MBRS-RISE项目的总体目标是提高学生和教职员工追求生物医学研究职业的兴趣、技能和竞争力。我们建议的RISE计划的目标是通过让少数族裔学生参与一些课程、研究和联合课程活动，显著增加他们从事生物医学职业的人数。旧金山州立大学的MBRS-SCORE和其他几个项目在吸引、发展和提拔少数族裔教师方面取得了成功，这些教师都积极参与培训Rise学生。旧金山州立大学招收大量少数民族学生，各主要民族类别招生情况良好，并在授予这些学生学士学位和硕士学位方面有着突出的记录。相当多的人进入了学士、硕士和博士级别的生物医学研究。虽然我们Rise的绝大多数毕业生进入了博士学位课程，但其他人进入了医学、牙科和兽医学校。旧金山州立大学(SFSU)致力于让少数族裔学生为博士项目和生物医学职业生涯做好准备，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计划。我们已经确定了这些本科生和研究生在实现他们在生物医学科学领域的未来目标时面临的一些障碍。继续资助旧金山州立大学的MBRS-Rise项目将使我们能够与我们的其他资助项目(如MARC、M.A.-M.S./Ph.D.Bridge、SCORE、RIMI、SFSU/UCSF癌症中心合作)相结合，提供必要的基础设施和活动，帮助大量学生克服这些障碍。制定了一套定义明确、逻辑有序的活动，以满足学生在其职业生涯的不同阶段(低级预科研究、高科研究活跃和硕士研究生)的特定需求。每项活动满足以下需求：(1)完成学术计划，(2)学术表现，(3)发展科学和研究技能和能力，(4)准备进入博士课程。在赠款期间，将对这些活动的结果进行严格评估，并进行合理调整，以确保实现我们的目标和目的。回顾过去4年我们目前的RISE赠款的总结性评价表明，我们的努力非常成功。在过去的4年里，至少有30名瑞星本科生进入了研究生院和专业学校。在目前的RIST助学金的前三年，我们还安排了35名RISE研究生(硕士)进入博士项目(2004年有10名，2005年有10名，2006年有15名)。目前，有10名研究生(硕士-硕士/博士)10名大四学生计划在2006年申请进入博士课程，为2007年秋季入学做准备。

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.