A Nationwide Longitudinal Study of the RISE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：40多年来，全国范围内一直在努力鼓励来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生从事生物医学科学的职业。尽管有广泛的干预计划，但在美国从事生物医学和行为研究的少数民族科学家的代表性仍然严重不足。到目前为止，很少有研究使用适当的匹配样本来检查这些程序的有效性。来自CSUSM的一个多学科研究小组建议继续对NIH赞助的科学增强研究计划（RISE）进行纵向，理论驱动的实证评估。RISE为生物医学科学领域的少数民族大学生提供资金支持，培训，研究经验，指导和研究生院准备。我们的研究跟踪了来自美国45个校园的1,300多名少数民族科学学生的教育途径。在参与的学生中，有一半是通过NIH培训计划资助的（主要是RISE，还有一些MARC和SCORE学生）。另一半的学生作为非实验性的匹配对照，来自可比的大学，具有相似的人口统计数据和先前的成就。这项研究的目的是在未来四年内继续跟踪小组成员，因为他们进入研究生院及以后。这将使我们不仅能够评估RISE计划如何影响学生追求科学事业的意图，而且重要的是RISE如何影响获得博士学位，进入生物医学研究生涯和随后的科学成就。此外，我们还研究了RISE计划的各个组成部分（例如，指导、研究经验、财政援助）有助于其长期有效性。最后，我们将研究什么类型的心理结构，如自我效能，科学身份，价值观和目标导向，最好的预测和解释为什么程序组件的工作。我们的研究计划将提供经验数据，这些数据可以为旨在鼓励来自代表性不足的族裔群体的学生从事科学事业的全国性计划提供信息。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): For more than 40 years, there has been a nationwide effort to encourage students from underrepresented ethnic minorities to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences. Despite widespread intervention programs, there remains a significant under- representation of minority scientists engaged in biomedical and behavioral research in the United States. To date there have been few studies using appropriate matched samples to examine the effectiveness of such programs. A multidisciplinary research team from CSUSM is proposing the continuation of a longitudinal, theory-driven, empirical evaluation of the NIH-sponsored Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program. RISE provides monetary support, training, research experience, mentoring, and graduate school preparation for minority college students in the biomedical sciences. Our study tracks the educational pathways of over 1,300 minority science students from 45 campuses across the United States. Of the participating students, half are funded through NIH training programs (primarily RISE, with a few MARC and SCORE students). The other half of the students serve as non- experimental matched controls, drawn from comparable universities and with similar demographics and prior accomplishments. The aim of this study is to continue to track panel members across the next four years, as they move into graduate school and beyond. This will enable us to assess not only how the RISE program affects students' intention to pursue a scientific career, but importantly how RISE has an impact on attaining a Ph.D., entering a biomedical research career and subsequent scientific achievements. Additionally, we examine how the various components of the RISE program (e.g., mentorship, research experience, financial assistance) contribute towards its long-term effectiveness. Lastly, we will examine what types of psychological constructs, such as self-efficacy, scientific identity, values and goal-orientation, best predict and explain why program components work. Our research program will provide empirical data that can inform nationwide programs designed to encourage students from underrepresented ethnic groups to pursue careers in the sciences.