# Sacramento State RISE Program

> **NIH NIH R25** · CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO · 2020 · $296,060

## Abstract

Summary/Abstract
 The goal of the proposed RISE Program at California State University, Sacramento is to
provide research training and related activities to increase the number of students from groups
underrepresented in the biomedical sciences (“UR students”) who successfully pursue graduate
degrees (MS and PhD) in biomedical-related research fields and/or enter careers in biomedical
related research. We will identify and cultivate UR students in the Departments of Biological
Sciences and Chemistry who have the talent and desire to earn graduate degrees or wish to
enter the workforce in biomedical-related research. To achieve this goal, we will expand the
number of research experiences available to these students and to integrate the research
education programs in our college into a cohesive program.
 We will invite applications from UR students who earned at least a “B” in their first semester
of general chemistry (CHEM 1A) but have not taken upper division major courses, and have
GPAs of at least 3.0. We will select 24 students to participate in an “Introduction to Science
Research” Summer Program, where the students will work on a “mini-research” project under
the guidance of a faculty mentor. The following fall, students with continued interest in research
careers will participate in two research-training workshops, present the results of their research
project to Biological Sciences and Chemistry faculty, and thus be introduced to potential
research mentors. In the spring, we will select six outstanding students from this student pool
and others already involved in research to become RISE Trainees. Rise Trainees will be hired
as undergraduate researchers with selected faculty from Sacramento State and the University
of California, Davis (UCD) for the next 3 to 3.5 years. Participants who are not selected will be
directed to other research opportunities at Sacramento State and external summer research
experiences.
 The Sacramento State RISE Program will also provide RISE Trainees and other
undergraduate researchers with research training courses (Research Integrity, Introduction to
Undergraduate Research, and Senior Research Seminar) and with priority registration.
Additionally, students will be guided as they create and adjust a “Career Road Map” that will
empower them to steer their own research career. Furthermore, this program will be integrated
with other research training programs already in place at Sacramento State and UCD so that it
reaches a broader population of students.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9983102
- **Project number:** 5R25GM122667-04
- **Recipient organization:** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SACRAMENTO
- **Principal Investigator:** MARY F MCCARTHY HINTZ
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $296,060
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-01 → 2022-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9983102

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9983102, Sacramento State RISE Program (5R25GM122667-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9983102. Licensed CC0.

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