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庞塞健康科学大学（PHSU）要求继续NIH/NIGMS支持其 成功的科学增强研究倡议（RISE）计划，即将 进入第二轮融资的最后一年。PHSU RISE计划的总体目标 是为了提高从西班牙语学院毕业的代表性不足的西班牙裔学生的竞争力， 生物医学博士计划在PHSU在波多黎各，并增加数量， 代表性不足的学生谁晋级博士后职位和研究相关的 careers. PHSU RISE计划（12名学员）对我们博士的培训产生了积极的影响 学生和整个PSM社区在以前的周期。从发起所 PHSU RISE计划博士学位完成率从73%上升到83%， 平均毕业时间从6.2年减少到5.7年，89%的RISE学员 毕业后继续进行博士后培训。在37名获得支助的RISE受训人员中， 12人获得独立研究金，19人获得博士学位。四是确保 教师职位。我们的计划切实改进并达到了 我们之前的融资周期我们预计，这一更新申请将建立在这些 成功，并适应几个重要的经验教训，从而继续我们的演变， 从“优秀”到“杰出”的培训计划。该计划旨在实现这些 通过提高学术，研究，个人和专业能力的目标 我们代表性不足的少数民族学生，以更好地为他们在生物医学的职业生涯做好准备 以理工科为重PHSU RISE计划的具体可衡量目标是提供：（1） 为PHSU RISE学员提供专业发展和研究技能培训;（2） 为公共卫生大学RISE学员提供沟通技巧培训;以及（3）团队建设/网络 为PHSU RISE学员提供机会。在实现这些目标的同时， 持续开展的高效活动以及一系列战略性的新培训， 这些组件是为了满足我们学生的新兴需求而开发的。关于PHSU RISE计划将与现有的Ponce医学院-Moffitt癌症学院合作 中心合作伙伴关系和RCMI计划，以显着影响整体研究计划， 提供受过更佳训练的学生队伍，以进行获资助的研究项目， 为创造新的研究计划提供动力。

Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) requests continued NIH/NIGMS support for its successful Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program which is about to enter the final year of its second cycle of funding. The overall goal of the PHSU RISE Program is to increase the competitiveness of underrepresented Hispanic students graduating from the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at PHSU in Puerto Rico, and to increase the number of underrepresented students who advance to postdoctoral positions and research-related careers. The PHSU RISE program (12 trainees) had a positive impact on the training of our PhD students and on the entire PSM community during the previous cycles. Since the initiation of the PHSU RISE Program the Ph.D. completion rate has increased from 73% to 83%, the average time to graduation has decreased from 6.2 to 5.7 years, and 89% of RISE trainees have continued with postdoctoral training after graduating. Of the 37 RISE trainees supported 12 have obtained independent fellowships, 19 have graduated with a Ph.D. and 4 have secured faculty positions. Our program tangibly improved and achieved the benchmarks established in our previous cycles of funding. We anticipate that this renewal application will build upon those successes and adapt to several important lessons learned, thus continuing our evolution from an “excellent” to an “outstanding” training program. The program proposes to accomplish these goals through enhancement of the academic, research, personal, and professional competence of our underrepresented minority students to better prepare them for careers in the biomedical sciences. The specific measurable objectives of the PHSU RISE program are to provide: (1) professional development and research skills training for PHSU RISE trainees; (2) communication skills training for PHSU RISE trainees; and (3) team building/networking opportunities for PHSU RISE trainees. Each of these objectives will be pursued with a balance of continuing activities that were highly effective as well as a strategic set of new training components that were developed to address the emerging needs of our students. The PHSU RISE program will work in concert with the existing Ponce School of Medicine-Moffitt Cancer Center Partnership and RCMI programs to significantly impact the overall research program by providing a better trained student workforce to conduct the funded research projects and provide the momentum to create new research initiatives.