All About the TRAINS Program
Transitions and Research Across INterfaceS (TRAINS) is a multi-institution collaboration between Rio Hondo College (RHC), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California Santa Barbara Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (UCSB-CSEP) dedicated to increasing the representation of women and underrepresented minority students from the community college in physics and engineering through conducting research in the biological physical sciences.
TRAINS is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Equity for Excellence in STEM: Hispanic Serving Institutions Program (Award #2150298).