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U-RISE at Tennessee State University

Award Number: T34GM145334
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2025

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U-RISE at Tennessee State University - PROJECT SUMMARY Tennessee State University (TSU) is a Historically Black College/University (HBCU) founded in 1912. A very high percentage of TSU undergraduate students are from groups historically under-represented (UR) in biomedical research. More than 95% of TSU undergraduates are UR with 79% African American, 2.1% Hispanic, and 0.19% Native/Am. Indian. The proposed TSU Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) program has the overarching goal of increasing the number of UR undergraduate students who pursue the necessary education/training (Ph.D. degrees in biomedicine) to engage in biomedical research careers. The TSU U-RISE program will provide the psychosocial resources, course work, and research experiences needed for students to progress from undergraduate school to graduate school (Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. programs). The proposed program will support 3 Junior and 3 Senior undergraduate students majoring in Biology, Chemistry, or Psychology. A number of strategies and activities are proposed to achieve the following specific goals of the program: 1. Increase the retention and 4-year graduation rates of students who participate in the TSU U-RISE program above those of TSU as a whole and of the departments participating in the TSU U-RISE program. The retention and graduation rates of the proposed U-RISE program trainees would be expected to be greater than 90%. 2. Prepare UR students who are pursuing a BS degree in Biology, Chemistry, or Psychology to apply to graduate programs in the biomedical sciences (specifically Ph.D. programs). The program will support 3 Junior and 3 Senior level students each year and aims to have a minimum of 2 of the 3 graduating students (67%) applying to PhD programs within 2 years of graduating. 3. Provide the course work, research experiences, and psychosocial resources (workshops, communities of practice, and learning communities) needed for students to gain acceptance to those Ph.D. programs to which they apply. Have 75% of those students who apply to Ph.D. programs (in a given 2-year period) gain acceptance within 2 years of graduating. 4. Develop critical thinking skills of TSU U-RISE trainees to prepare them for the level of analytical rigor needed for graduate program admission and completion. The GRE is to some extent a measure of these skills. The objective is to have average verbal and quantitative scores of 154 (64th percentile verbal, 53rd percentile quantitative) for those students who take the exam. Another measure of critical thinking skills will be the ability to critically discuss research papers, which will be assessed each semester in the current biomedical topics course. 5. Develop the presentation skills of TSU U-RISE program participants. Each of the first year U-RISE participants will present their research at a minimum of 2 scientific meetings per year (national, regional, or local). In the second year, students will present at 1 national discipline specific meeting and a minimum of 1 regional or local meeting.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$153,225 )
2025	2024	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	4/4/2025	TERMINATION	$0
2025	2024	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	3	8/28/2025	TERMINATION	-$153,225
														Subtotal = -$153,225

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $268,399 )
2024	2024	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	3	3/19/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$268,399
														Subtotal = $268,399

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $268,399 )
2023	2023	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	2	3/6/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$268,399
														Subtotal = $268,399

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $88,559 )
2022	2022	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	000	1	3/28/2022	NEW	$87,963
2022	2022	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Biomedical Research and Research Training	001	1	5/27/2022	NEW	$596
														Subtotal = $88,559

Grand Total All Awards = $472,132

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U-RISE at Tennessee State University

Award Number: T34GM145334

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 04/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 03/31/2025

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