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Welcome to the U-RISE Program

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

Applications for the program closed.

All applications received in March 2025 were not evaluated due to the unexpected decision by NIH to terminate the program in April 2025. All U-RISE programs in the U.S. were terminated.

 

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) .

Scholar Spotlight

Adriana Rodriguez

Adriana Rodriguez (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

Mentor Spotlight

Stevan Pecic

Stevan Pecic, Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry)

We recruit undergraduate students who are interested in Biomedical Research career (PhD or MD-PhD). If you are interested in applying to the program as part of the two-year cohort, we accept applications in early spring. If for example you have 1.5 years left instead of 2 years, you are also encouraged to submit an application. Please contact the U-RISE Director via email if you have any questions regarding the application process.

For inquiries about the program, please email us: urise@fullerton.edu 

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)

Institutional support is provided by the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, and the colleges of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Engineering & Computer Science, and Health & Human Development