MBRS Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的莫尔豪斯学院MBRS RISE项目的目标是：增加莫尔豪斯学院成功入学的学生人数，增加攻读生物医学研究研究生的毕业生人数，并加强莫尔豪斯学院和AUC的合作和研究基础设施。建议开展三项主要活动。活动一：大一/大二的培训包括密集的学术指导，负责任的研究行为培训，学年和暑期研究，以及参加生物医学研究系列研讨会，旨在为学生在高级科学课程和密集的研究经验中取得成功做好准备。活动二：大三/大四培训旨在显著提高大三和大四理科专业学生的学术成就、留任率和研究培训，包括学术和研究生院指导、学年和暑期的密集研究经历，以及参加生物医学研究系列研讨会。所有学生都将受益于同伴和学科相关的团体和个人指导，以及参与团队和项目的身份建设活动。活动三包括六项举措，旨在加强莫尔豪斯学院和亚特兰大大学中心（AUC）的合作和研究培训基础设施。这些活动包括：全系范围内的同伴领导的团队学习看门人课程，对莫尔豪斯研究培训项目的学生开放的夏季实验室技术课程，以及莫尔豪斯科学专业的研究生院参观。AUC的活动包括生物医学研究系列研讨会，研究导师发展活动，以及参与U*STAR和NIMH-COR计划的MBRS RISE学生的合作培训。可衡量的目标是：1)80%的参与者将在两年内完成理科专业大一/大二的要求；2) 80%的RISE参与者将在入学后两年内完成初级/高级科学要求，3)70%的参与者将在所有莫尔豪斯大学学生完成可比大一/大二科学课程的前50百分位，4)80%的参与者将在莫尔豪斯大学学生完成可比课程的前50百分位，5)所有学生将实现研究发展目标。包括学术和夏季研究经历和演讲，由项目评估员评估，6)75%的参与者将在他们大四的春季被科学研究生项目录取，7)完成莫尔豪斯和AUC研究培训项目的合作研究培训活动的实施。包括在莫尔豪斯学院MBRS RISE和AUC荣誉研究培训计划（U*STAR/NIMH-COR计划）建立联合入学。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of the proposed Morehouse College MBRS RISE Program are to: Increase the number of Morehouse students successfully matriculating in the sciences, increase the number of graduates pursuing graduate study in biomedical research, and to enhance the collaboration and research infrastructure at Morehouse College and the AUC. Three major activities are proposed. Activity I: Freshman/Sophomore Training includes intensive academic advising, training in responsible conduct of research, academic year and summer research, and participation in a biomedical research seminar series and is designed to prepare students for success in upper level science courses and intensive research experiences. Activity II: Junior/Senior Training is designed to significantly enhance the academic achievement, retention and research training of junior and senior science majors, and includes academic and graduate school advising, intensive research experiences during the academic year and summer, and participation in a biomedical research seminar series. All students will benefit from peer and discipline related group and individual mentoring, as well as participation in team and program identity building activities. Activity III includes six initiatives designed to enhance collaboration and research training infrastructure at Morehouse College and the Atlanta University Center (AUC). These activities are: Division-wide peer led team learning in gate keeper courses, a summer laboratory techniques course open to students matriculating in Morehouse research training programs, and graduate school tours for Morehouse science majors. AUC activities include a biomedical research seminar series, research preceptors' development activities, and collaborative training for MBRS RISE students participating in the U*STAR and NIMH-COR Programs. The measurable objectives are: 1) 80% of participants will complete the freshmen/sophomore requirements for sciences majors within two years; 2) 80% of RISE participants will complete the junior/senior science requirements within the second two years of matriculation, 3) 70% of the participants will perform in the top 50th percentile of all Morehouse students completing comparable freshmen/sophomore science courses, 4) 80% will perform in the top 50th percentile for Morehouse students completing comparable courses, 5) All students will achieve research development goals, including academic and summer research experiences and presentations, as assessed by the program evaluator, 6) 75% of participants will be accepted by a graduate program in the sciences during the spring of their senior years, 7) Implementation of collaborative research training activities by Morehouse and AUC research training programs will be completed, including establishment of joint matriculation in the Morehouse College MBRS RISE and AUC honors research training programs (U*STAR/NIMH-COR Programs). The major goal of the Morehouse College MBRS RISE Program is to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities pursuing Ph.D.'s in the biomedical sciences. This will be achieved through three major activities designed to provide intensive biomedical research training experiences and increase the collaboration and research training infrastructure at Morehouse and the Atlanta University Center.