Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) A program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences seeks to increase the number of researchers who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. The MBRS awards grants to 2- or 4-year colleges, universities, and health professional schools to support research by faculty members, strengthen the institutions' biomedical research capabilities, and provide opportunities for students to work as part of a research team. MBRS has three major grant mechanisms: Support of Continuous Research Excellence (SCORE), Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE), and Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD).

SCORE: Support of Competitive Research Program is a developmental program that seeks to increase the research competitiveness of investigators at minority-serving institutions. Contact Dr. Donald F. Hoyt, Biological Sciences Dept, E-mail: dfhoyt@csupomona.edu

RISE: Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement. The goal of the RISE Program is to increase the number of students from underrepresented groups in biomedical and behavioral research. The program supports Institutional grants are supported with developmental activities that may include research experiences at on- or off-campus laboratories, specialty courses with focus on critical thinking and development of research skills, collaborative learning experiences, research careers seminars, scientific reading comprehension and writing skills, tutoring for excellence, and travel to scientific meetings. Contact Dr. Pam Sperry, Biological Sciences Department. E-mail: pjsperry@csupomona.edu

HHMI Grant for undergraduate research opportunities at Cal Poly. Howard Hughes Medical Institute HHMI program participants include 23 professors in biology and 42 research students involved in a diverse array of biomedical research projects. HHMI Faculty are also involved in a Student Mentoring Program where a faculty mentor has three upper division protégés who in turn each mentor three freshmen. Through this program, the lower division students begin to learn the pathway to a successful academic career at CPP. For the past two years 23 lower division students and nine upper division students participated.

McNair Scholars Program is a federally funded TRIO program that helps prepare students for doctoral study and careers in college teaching through a research internship. The program involves working with a faculty mentor, completing a research project and paper and receiving a stipend upon completion of internship requirements. Bldg 13D Phone: (909) 869-3381 FAX: (909) 869-2308 E-mail: mcnair@csupomona.edu