Research In Science and Engineering at Rutgers

Last updated: 2/2/07



*RISE* is an undergraduate SUMMER research program to advance diversity in science, math, and engineering.
RISE is jointly sponsored by two of the nation's leading public research institutions -- Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). We have a vibrant campus, conveniently located only an hour from New York City and Philadelphia. We choose 20-25 outstanding college undergraduates to participate in cutting edge research in the sciences, math, and engineering under the guidance of prominent faculty mentors. You earn a substantial stipend and live in free on-campus housing. We especially encourage you to apply if you are: from an economically/ educationally disadvantaged background from groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences a first generation college student a student who does not have opportunities for intensive research at your home university someone who has followed a non-traditional path to college Admission to RISE is highly competitive. Application
	Meet some of our former RISE Scholars:
		RISE 2007 Congratulates our ABRCMS Poster Awards Winners, Lissa Y. Berroa-García and Marisa Rubio. For our ABRCMS photo album, click here.
		Stanley King RISE Summer 2004 The RISE program helped me decide the direction of my future academic goals and gave me the tools needed to succeed in academia.
		Ernesto Rojas RISE Summer 2003 This has been my greatest college experience so far.
		Rebecca Baerga RISE Summer 2002 & current 5th year graduate student at UMDNJ I have learned more science in two months than I have learned in two years! I had the most wonderful intellectual experience at RISE.
		Mahlet Mesfin RISE Summer 2001 I think attending RISE was one of the best decisions that I made in my academic career...I now know much more about everything pertaining to grad school than a lot of my peers.
	Meet the rest of our alumni.

Questions? Contact us for the answers.

E-mail: rise@rci.rutgers.edu

Phone: 732-932-7275

Fax: 732-932-7407

RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ
Graduate School-New Brunswick
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
25 Bishop Place
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1181

RISE at Rutgers/UMDNJ is co-sponsored by the Rutgers University Graduate School-New Brunswick and the UMDNJ-Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences/Piscataway. RISE is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, and the Federation of Societies for Experimental Biology MARC Program as well as by Johnson & Johnson, Merck Research Laboratories, and the Celgene Corporation.