Interactive Mentoring Activities for Under-Represented Minority Faculty

美国生物化学和分子生物学学会将指导一项职业发展和指导计划，名为助学金强化互动指导活动(IMAGE)。开发IMAGE是因为严重缺乏针对代表性不足的少数族裔教师的教师发展计划，特别是高级博士后科学家和早期助理教授。形象计划旨在增加联邦资助的初级教员的数量，特别是在STEM学科中代表性不足的团体的成员，以及在少数族裔服务机构任教的教员。鉴于科学领域可持续学术生涯的一个关键因素是校外资助，制定可行的战略，以提高任职人数不足的少数族裔教员获得资助的成功率，是增加学术界任职人数不足的少数族裔人数的关键组成部分。Image将提供年度指导研讨会和一对一的结构化指导。此外，IMAGE将提供一个网上互动资源，用于分发赠款编写和职业发展资源，以及指导。这一在线资源将使通过形象方案获得的信息广泛地向广大受众提供。形象方案将在三年内提供关于资质技能和职业发展战略的密集指导。来自科学界代表性不足群体的资深博士后科学家和早期助理教授将参加年度指导研讨会，重点放在拨款撰写、同行指导和职业发展建议上，并接受一对一结构化指导，每个参与者都将与一名资深、成功的科学家配对，该科学家在获得联邦资金方面有着良好的记录。通过开发网上网上资源，将广泛提供通过图像方案产生的最佳做法和其他资源。形象方案有以下具体目标：1)为初级教师和博士后研究员组织一次年度赠款撰写和辅导讲习班。2)在准备和提交竞争性的NSF拨款申请方面提供一对一的指导。3)为博士后导师提供获得教职的有效策略。4)开发一个精选的网上资源，供博士后研究员和教职员工使用。该奖项由生命过程化学(化学部)和分子生物物理学(分子和细胞生物科学部)的项目共同支持。

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will direct a career development and mentoring program called Interactive Mentoring Activities for Grantsmanship Enhancement (IMAGE). IMAGE was developed because there is a serious lack of faculty development programs that target under-represented minority faculty, particularly senior postdoctoral scientists and early-stage Assistant Professors. The IMAGE program seeks to increase the number of federally-funded junior faculty, particularly members of groups that are under-represented in STEM disciplines and faculty that teach at minority serving institutions. Given that a key element of a sustainable academic career in the sciences is extramural funding, developing tenable strategies to improve the success rates of under-represented minority faculty in securing funding is a critical component in increasing the number of under-represented minorities in academia. IMAGE will offer annual mentoring workshops and one-on-one structured mentoring. In addition, IMAGE will provide a web-based interactive resource for dissemination of grant writing and career development resources, as well as for mentoring. This online resource will make information obtained through the IMAGE program widely available to a broad audience.The IMAGE program will provide intensive mentoring on grantsmanship skills and career development strategies over a three-year period. Senior postdoctoral scientists and early-stage Assistant Professors from groups under-represented in science will attend annual mentoring workshops focusing on grant-writing, peer mentoring, and career development advice, as well as receiving one-on-one structured mentoring where each participant will be paired with a senior, successful scientist who has a strong track record of securing federal funding. Best practices and other resources generated through the IMAGE program will be made widely available through the development of an online web-based resource. The IMAGE program has the following specific aims: 1) To organize an annual grant-writing and mentoring workshop for Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows. 2) To provide one-on-one mentoring in the preparation and submission of a competitive NSF grant application. 3) To provide postdoctoral mentees with effective strategies for obtaining a faculty position. 4) To develop a curated web-based resource for use by postdoctoral fellows and faculty.This award is supported jointly by Programs in the Chemistry of Life Processes (Division of Chemistry) and Molecular Biophysics (Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences).