MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement at NC A&T State University

MBRS科学增强研究倡议(RISE)计划将注入一项生物医学研究 通过提高研究能力和研究培训走进NCA和TSU师生的生活 在生物系、化学系和心理系。这是一个修改后的应用程序，旨在 通过基础广泛的培训计划，增加少数群体对生物医学研究的参与 北卡罗来纳A&T州立大学的本科生和教职员工。拟议的计划将 建立高质量的跨部门和多阶段研究培训计划，旨在提供 建立一个强大的生物医学研究社区所需的培训和支持。这样的社区就是 对维持改善的知识环境具有重要意义，共享专业知识、研究生产力和 学生进入生物医学科学的职业发展。我们建议把重点放在本科生身上 发展、教师发展和制度发展。这项提案的目标是：1)改进 生物、化学和心理学专业的本科生留校率2)增加学生的参与度， 技能和对研究的承诺，3)提高学生录取博士项目的成功率， 4)增加生物、化学和心理学教职员工的数量 5)完善生物医学科研培训基础设施。活动将包括预赛 入学入学计划，四年同伴辅导，暑期和学术 研讨会和专业课程，研讨会，参加研讨会和暑期研究的机会。 教职员工将参加前沿研讨会，参加导师学校的教师暑假活动 研究环境，参加专业会议、研讨会和短期课程，以鼓励新的 研究合作。为了改善支持研究培训的有形基础设施， 该计划将翻新生物系的核心分子生物学实验室，并提供支持 为研究型学生提供“学术研究中心的学生培训”(STAR*中心)。取得的成功 将使用形成性和终结性评估工具对该计划进行监测和评估。

The MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program will infuse a biomedical research culture into the life of NCA&TSU students and faculty by enhancing research capacity and research training in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. This is a revised application that seeks to increase minority participation in biomedical research through a broadly based training program for undergraduate students and faculty at North Carolina A&T State University. The proposed program will establish a quality interdepartmental and multi-phase research training program that is designed to provide both training and support necessary to build a strong biomedical research community. Such a community is significant to sustaining an improved intellectual environment of shared expertise, research productivity and student advancement into biomedical science careers. We propose to focus on undergraduate student development, faculty development and Institutional development. Goals of this proposal are to: 1) improve undergraduate retention in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology majors 2) increase student participation, skills, and commitment to do research, 3) improve student success rates in acceptance to Ph.D. programs, 4) increase the number of Biology, Chemistry and psychology faculty members who conduct funded research and 5) improve infrastructure for biomedical research training. Activities will include a pre- matriculation program for entering freshmen, four years of peer mentoring, summer and academic workshops and specialty courses, seminars, travel to symposia and summer research opportunities. Faculties will participate in cutting-edge workshops, engage in faculty summer sabbaticals in mentored research environments, and attend professional meetings, workshops and short courses that encourage new research collaborations. To improve physical infrastructure that supports research training, the RISE program will renovate a core molecular biology laboratory in the Department of Biology, and provide support for a "Student Training in Academic Research Center" (STAR*Center) for research students. Success of this program will be monitored and evaluated using formative and summative evaluation tools.