RISE STUDENT RESEARCH

THE FACULTY RISE PROGRAM BOLSTERS CRITICAL THINKING, PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

expand their research through external grants and contracts while mentoring undergraduates. Through spring 2023, the Faculty RISEUndergraduate Research grant program will provide awards of $6,000 each that can be used to support undergraduate students working on research or innovation projects.

“Undergraduate students in the RISE program have the opportunity to do the kind of work that improves critical thinking skills,” said PVAMU Vice President for Research and Innovation, Dr. Magesh T. Rajan. “Employers generally look for candidates with strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.”

Similarly, the Faculty RISE-Graduate Research Grant Program supports faculty-mentored graduate students’ research and innovation activities. From now through Spring 2023, the RISE-Graduate Research Grant Program will provide each successful grant applicant $18,000 per academic year ($2,000 per month) to support a doctoral student or $14,400 per academic year ($1,600 per month) to support a master’s student involved in research or innovation projects. Though this grant program is open to faculty and staff researchers at all levels from all disciplines, tenure-track assistant professors are given preference.

“For graduate students, the Faculty RISE program aids in devoting time and energy to carry out significant research,” Dr. Rajan noted.

“It also leads to faculty mentors to submit competitive, large grant proposals with strong preliminary data to external funding sources.”

Graduate and undergraduate students participating in Prairie View A&M University’s Faculty RISE (R&I for Scholarly Excellence) research grant programs are building crucial professional skills and raising expectations as future researchers.

The Faculty RISE-Undergraduate Research grant program sustains the research and innovation activities of faculty-mentored undergraduate students and enables faculty researchers to

The Faculty RISE program typically awards grants to support more than 100 graduate and undergraduate students every year.