MBRS RISE PROGRAM

MINORITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT ~ RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR SCIENTIFIC ENHANCEMENT

Fellowship Opportunity
Want to get paid to do research???
The FIU MBRS RISE Program provides graduate and undergraduate students compensation for a yearlong work
obligation in a laboratory conducting biomedical research. Sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
MBRS RISE Program is dedicated to increasing the number of undergraduate and graduate students from underrepresented groups in biomedical and behavioral research to enter into and successfully complete M.D./Ph.D. or Ph.D.
programs. Research travel funds are available for the MBRS RISE students to attend scientific meetings and conferences.
The program also provides a tuition-waiver for graduate students. Other training includes: special skills & professional
development workshops as well as academic advisement. Undergraduate students may apply during their freshman,
sophomore or junior years for participation in the program from the time of acceptance through their senior year.
Graduate students may apply at any point during their FIU graduate program.

Fellow conducting research in the lab

Fellows conducting research in the lab

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Undergraduate or Graduate

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident

GPA of 3.0 or better

Enrolled full-time at FIU in the Biomedical

or Health Sciences

Strong desire to pursue a career in Biomedical

Research (Ph.D. or
M.D./Ph.D.)

Fellow conducting research in the lab

GRADUATE STUDENT DEADLINE

January 30, 2015
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
DEADLINE
February 27, 2015

FOR APPLICATION DETAILS AND TO APPLY VISIT:

http://mbrs.fiu.edu/rise/application.shtml
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