Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)
Mission
The U-RISE Program at Cal State Fullerton aims to recruit, retain, and prepare promising undergraduate students with various lived-experiences to successfully pursue a career in Biomedical Science research.
Announcements
The U-RISE Program has been funded for academic year 2025-2026. We will be seeking junior/senior undergraduate students interested in biomedical research as a career in spring 2026 to replace the graduating cohort..
U-RISE Events: Seminars and Workshops
Visiting Scientist seminar for Spring 2025 was held on 16 April at 4 PM in MH-513. Dr. Matthew Marsden from the University of California, Irvine, met with the scholars and talked about his work. Click here for details.
Previous Visiting Scientist seminar events were held during the academic year 2023-24 and 2024-25. Click here for details.
Professional development for faculty mentors were held in 2025 and 2024 (Click here for details).
The U-RISE at Cal State Fullerton was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant number 5T34 GM149493-02 (NOTE: NIH terminated the program in April 2025 even though the grant period ends in 2028. In fact, all U-RISE programs nationwide were abruptly terminated)
