# San Jose State University Undergraduate MBRS RISE Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $263,807

## Abstract

San Jose State University RISE Program
The overall goal of the San Jose State University RISE Program is to provide
research opportunities to fifteen undergraduate students from backgrounds that are
underrepresented in biomedical fields so as to encourage and prepare them for
biomedical graduate programs and biomedical research careers. We expect students
to be research active for at least two years. It is expected that, at a minimum, 95% of
the students will graduate with BA/BS degrees in STEM and 65% will continue to a
graduate program, with 50% continuing to a PhD or MD/PhD degree program within
three years of graduation. Program participants will be research active with faculty and
this endeavor will result in student presentations and, hopefully, co-authorship of
publications. In addition to mentoring and research support, our program offers
opportunities for students to improve their grade point averages through Academic
Excellence Workshops that provide supplemental support to students enrolled in difficult
gatekeeper courses. They will also receive training on and support for their applications
to biomedical graduate programs. A seminar serves to help students stay focused and
it will allow them to interact with successful scientists who can serve as role models,
including former students from the program and IRACDA Scholars. Research Training
Workshops will introduce students to important biomedical techniques to expand their
biomedical research training. An ethics course is required to ascertain that we prepare
responsible scientists. Our program aims to increase the pipeline of well-prepared
students who can complete a program of study in the biomedical sciences and as such
it will work in collaboration with other programs with similar goals already present at San
Jose State University including NIH MARC and NSF LSAMP so as to maximize student
success.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10136604
- **Project number:** 5R25GM071381-14
- **Recipient organization:** SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** KAREN A SINGMASTER
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $263,807
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2008-02-01 → 2024-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10136604

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10136604, San Jose State University Undergraduate MBRS RISE Program (5R25GM071381-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10136604. Licensed CC0.

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