University of Puerto Rico at Cayey-RISE Program

波多黎各大学凯伊分校-RISE项目

• 批准号: 6746021
• 负责人: Robert G Ross
• 金额: $ 36.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PR CAYEY UNIVERSITY COLL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6746021
• 关键词: Puerto Rican; career; continuing education; curriculum; health education; health science research; health science research potential; human subject; minority health professional; postgraduate education; role model; science education; university student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To improve our overall academic environment, the MBRS program was initiated in 1985 to prepare UPRC students to become scientists. As part of this long term goal, we are proposing in this application to improve and expand our RISE program by concentrating on student skill development. These changes will be assessed and each component monitored by an external evaluator working with the activity coordinators, the program director, and the RISE Advisory Committee. The RISE program addresses three needs, 1-lack of awareness, 2-lack of research experience, and 3-limited English language skills, by offering three components: visiting scientists, hands-on research, and summer research. All components address the needs. Visiting scientists present seminars and workshops in English to improve student awareness of new techniques and discoveries, of new science careers, and to serve as role models. Hands-on faculty mentors offer semester long research experiences and workshops. Both activities are tailored to motivate and build the skills needed to be scientists. This component has on-campus and on-island mentors working with students during their first two years to counsel, to maintain their interests and focus their goals. During this two year period students will work with five different mentors learning the bases of experimental design and the associated techniques in molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, histology, etc. Finally, summer research allows sophomores, juniors and seniors to experience graduate school life by working for ten weeks with off-island scientists at research intensive institutions. Each component enables students and faculty to develop basic research skills by interacting with a different group of experts: 1) on-campus faculty mentors, 2) on-island research mentors located at selected affiliated institutions, 3) visiting scientists from off-island universities, and 4) scientists located in collaborating institutions. Each component challenges the students as they develop utilizing the appropriate environment and level of expertise to produce UPRC alumni who will be biomedical research scientists. Currently 32% of all MBRS graduates (n=226) are pursuing either a Ph.D. (n=46, %=20) or an M.S. degree (n=28, %=12).

描述（由申请人提供）：为了改善我们的整体学术环境，MBRS计划于1985年启动，以准备UPRC学生成为科学家。 作为这个长期目标的一部分，我们在此应用程序中提议通过专注于学生技能发展来改善和扩大我们的崛起计划。 这些更改将得到评估，并由与活动协调员，计划主任和Rise咨询委员会合作的外部评估者监控的每个组件。 RISE计划通过提供三个组成部分：访问科学家，动手研究和夏季研究来解决三个需求，1局的意识，2级研究经验以及3限制的英语技能。 所有组件都满足需求。 来访的科学家在英语中举办研讨会和讲习班，以提高学生对新技术和发现，新科学职业的认识以及担任榜样。 动手的教师导师提供了长期的研究经验和讲习班。 两项活动都是为了激励和建立科学家所需的技能而量身定制的。 该组成部分在校园内和陆地指导者的头两年中与学生一起咨询，以维持自己的兴趣并集中目标。 在这两年中，学生将与五名不同的导师一起学习实验设计的基础以及分子生物学，细胞生物学，遗传学，组织学等相关技术。最后，夏季研究使大二学生，大三学生和老年人能够通过研究密集型机构的离子科学家工作十周，从而经验大二学生生活。 每个组成部分使学生和教职员工通过与不同的专家互动来发展基础研究技能：1）校园教师导师，2）位于选定关联机构的陆地研究导师，3）来自伊斯兰教大学的科学家，以及4）位于合作机构中的科学家。 每个组成部分都会在学生开发适当的环境和专业水平的过程中挑战他们，以产生将成为生物医学研究科学家的UPRC校友。 目前，所有MBR毕业生中有32％（n = 226）正在攻读博士学位。 （n = 46，％= 20）或M.S.度（n = 28，％= 12）。