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，显著增加他们从事生物医学职业的人数。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，并且在授予少数民族学生大量学士和硕士学位方面有着出色的记录，其中许多人已经获得了博士学位。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从事生物医学职业，并在生物医学科学领域开发了许多联邦资助的少数族裔增强项目。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MBRS RISE项目的资助将使我们能够与旧金山州立大学其他资助项目（例如SCORE RIMI）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。为了满足学生在职业生涯的不同阶段（低年级预研、高年级研研和硕士生）的具体需求，制定了一套定义明确、逻辑有序的活动。每项活动都满足以下需求：1)确保学生保持专业，2)积极参与研究，3)建立自信，4)发展必要的沟通技巧，5)为博士课程的成功做好准备。这些计划的结果将被严格评估，并在拨款期限内做出合理调整，以确保我们的目标和宗旨得以实现。

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.