MBRS Development and Enhancement at CSUN

描述（由申请人提供）：CSUN的MBRS RISE项目旨在提高CSUN学生和教师在追求生物医学研究事业方面的整体技能和兴趣。因此，我们将为本科生、研究生和教师提供发展活动。该项目旨在满足CSUN学生的需求，并以我们过去项目的成功为基础。它为那些对大学课程准备不足的学生和那些对在这所大学遇到的严格课程有更好准备的学生提供支持和发展活动。我们提出了一系列的活动来促进学生的发展，促进学士或硕士学位的成功完成，并培养在研究生院项目中具有高度竞争力的毕业生。MBRS计划在夏季和整个学年提供各种研讨会，帮助学生提高英语，数学和科学所需的基本技能。其中一些活动已经到位，我们建议其他活动更好地满足我们项目学生的需求。从事生物医学研究的教师需要在他们的领域保持最新的进展。教师的活动将促进他们作为生物医学研究人员的专业发展。该计划将支持大学的使命和价值观，帮助学生和教师实现他们的学术和职业目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The MBRS RISE program at CSUN seeks to increase the overall skills and interests of students and faculty at CSUN in pursuit of biomedical research careers. We thus will be providing developmental activities for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. This program is designed to address the needs of CSUN students and is based on the success of our past program. It provides support and developmental activities for those who arrive on campus under-prepared for college-level courses, and for those students who are better prepared for the rigorous curricula they encounter at this University. We propose a number of activities to enhance student development, promote successful completion of the bachelor's or master's level degrees, and produce graduates that are highly competitive for graduate school programs. The MBRS program offers a variety of workshops both during the summer and throughout the academic year to help students improve the fundamental skills needed in English, mathematics, and science. A number of these activities are already in place and we propose others to better meet the needs of the students in our program. Faculty in biomedical research need to stay up-to-date in their fields. The activities for faculty will enhance their professional development as biomedical researchers. This program will support the mission and values of the University to help students and faculty achieve their academic and professional goals. Specific Aims To increase the RISE-eligible pool by 5% per year or 20% over the four-year grant cycle. To increase the number of RISE students who enter M.S. or Ph.D. programs from 60% to 75% over the proposed grant cycle. To increase the number of faculty with extramural grant support in RISE departments by 20% over this four-year grant cycle. Meeting these specific aims is consistent with the mission and values of CSUN.