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
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.
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.