The RISE Program

The RISE Program is a student-support program with the specific aim of producing top-notch competitive minority scientists. The ultimate goal is to prepare students for, and see students through, programs leading to doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences.

The RISE program offers research assistantships for graduate students who are seeking Ph.D. degrees in Cell, Developmental or Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and organic chemistry. These assistantships include compensation packages of a salary plus the costs of tuition and fees. Graduate students can only be considered for a RISE research assistantship after they have been accepted into the Ph.D. program in either the Department of Biological Sciences or the Department of Chemistry.

Undergraduate students majoring in biology or chemistry may be eligible to participate in the RISE program. Undergraduate research assistants are paid a stipend for 10 - 20 hours of research and academic enhancement activities per week. Undergraduate assistantship packages exclude tuition and fees.