Application

The sixth year of the Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (G-RISE) program is anticipated to start on 5/1/2025; check this page for updates during the first months of 2025. Typical appointments for new trainees entering Year 2 of their Ph.D. training at CUNY will begin in September of 2025. The application deadline will be June 30, 2025.

The application form is attached below.

The eligibility requirements for trainees are:

(1) U.S. citizen or permanent resident (green card holder)

(2) registered Ph.D. student in good academic standing at the CUNY Graduate Center (GC) or CCNY Grove School of Engineering (GSOE) or CCNY Clinical Psychology Program

(3) Ph.D. mentor and lab located on the CCNY campus

(4) dissertation project in the biomedical sciences, which can be pursued in Ph.D. programs including Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology, and Engineering

(5) early training stage at the start of the G-RISE appointment, typically Year 2 for GC-registered bench science students and sometimes Year 1 GSOE students. Consult us for consideration of non-standard situations.

The CCNY G-RISE program strongly encourages recruitment of trainees from groups that are underrepresented in STEM disciplines based on one or more of the following attributes:

(1) race and ethnicity (African American, Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska or Hawaii Native, other Pacific Islanders)

(2) economic and/or educational disadvantage

(3) disability status validated by the university

(4) women in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or Biophysics

For more information on these attributes, which are distinct from the eligibility requirements stated above, visit this link: : https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-031.html 

For additional information, please email Program Coordinator Chioma Uwazurike ( cuwazurike1@ccny.cuny.edu ).