MBRS RISE AT SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY

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。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，并且有着向少数民族学生颁发学士学位和硕士学位的杰出记录，其中许多人已经获得博士学位。旧金山弗朗西斯科州立大学（SFSU）已被证明致力于为少数民族学生准备博士课程和生物医学职业，并在生物医学科学方面开发了一些联邦资助的少数民族增强计划。 我们已经确定了一些障碍，这些本科生以及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。 在SFSU的MBRS RISE计划的资金将使我们能够与SFSU的其他资助计划（例如SCORE RIMI）相结合，提供必要的基础设施和活动类型，以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制定，以满足学生在其职业生涯的不同阶段（低司预研究，高司研究-积极和硕士学位的学生）的具体需求。 每项活动都解决了以下需求：1）确保学生留在他们的专业，2）积极参与研究，3）建立自信，4）发展必要的沟通技能，5）为博士课程的成功做准备。 这些计划的结果将被严格评估，并在赠款期限内作出合理调整，以确保我们的目标和目的得到满足。

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. SFSU enrolls large numbers of underrepresented minority students, with strong enrollment in each major ethnic category, and has an outstanding record of awarding significant numbers of baccalaureate and masters degrees to minority students, many of whom have gone on to earn PhD degrees. San Francisco State University (SFSU) has a proven commitment to preparing minority students for PhD programs and biomedical careers and has developed a number of federally-funded minority enhancement programs in the biomedical sciences. We have identified a number of barriers which these undergraduates as well as graduate minority students face in meeting their goals for a future in the biomedical sciences. Funding of an MBRS RISE program at SFSU will allow us, in combination with our other funded programs at SFSU (e.g. SCORE RIMI), to provide the type of infrastructure and activities necessary to help significant numbers of students overcome these barriers. A set of well- defined and logically ordered activities has been developed to meet the specific needs of students at various stages of their careers (lower-division Pre-Research, upper-division Research- Active and masters degree students). Each activity addresses the following needs: 1) ensuring retention of students in their major, 2) active involvement in research, 3) building self- confidence, 4) development of essential communication skills, and 5) preparation for success in PhD programs. The outcomes of these programs will be critically evaluated and reasonable adjustments made during the term of the grant to assure our goals and objectives are met.