Faculty Research and Education Development Program II

在过去40年中，我们通过科学透镜对世界的了解有所扩大;然而，人们认识到，我们没有充分利用我们的科学人才库。教师研究和教育发展（FRED）计划旨在通过博士后学者和初级教师的指导关系来扩大参与，其中许多人来自历史上和目前在科学领域代表性不足的群体。此外，鉴于少数民族服务机构（MSIs）对扩大科学参与的影响，FRED计划还鼓励MSIs的教职员工参与。FRED由少数民族事务委员会（MAC）开发，该委员会是美国细胞生物学学会（ASCB）的常务委员会，负责解决历史上代表性不足的细胞生物学家的问题。具体来说，FRED计划将初级科学家与在研究密集型机构中证明资助成功的高级导师相匹配，以建立长期的指导关系，重点是准备和向外部资助机构提交研究或教育补助金。在过去的7年中，46名历史上代表性不足的学者或少数民族服务机构（MSIs）的初级教师参加了FRED计划，资助成功率为62%，其中27%获得了一个以上的奖项。FRED计划由参加职业发展研讨会的参与者组织，参与指导关系以准备提案，以及年度ASCB会议上的模拟审查小组，以审查提案并在提交给资助机构之前提供指导意见。FRED-II计划将继续执行提高初级教师赠款资助成功和职业发展的使命，并将为FRED学员实施改进的支持途径，这些学员在首次提交提案时没有成功，并将重新提交提案。 它将继续成功地举办一个夏季讲习班，主要在海事安全机构附近或在海事安全机构举行。 此外，在与教师之间增加多样性的国家当务之急一致，该计划将创建一个预FRED研讨会，旨在吸引潜在的FRED学员，为未来的FRED研讨会开发一个申请人库。FRED-II计划将继续支持和培养下一代研究科学家和领导者，并扩大他们对科学的参与。FRED-II计划将通过与高级教师的结构化指导关系支持初级教师和博士后学者。 为期一年的计划将包括为所有FRED学员举办的夏季职业发展研讨会，每月的导师-学员会议，以及对导师-学员校园的亲自互访。 FRED学员将在选定导师的支持下制定提案，并参加ASCB年度会议上举办的冬季模拟审查小组。 会议和互访将继续进行，直到向联邦机构提交建议。 FRED-II还将包括继续参与和对首次尝试未能获得资金的FRED学员的额外支持。FRED-II计划还将包括评估工作，以告知领导该计划的有效性和需要改进的领域。 总体而言，FRED-II计划通过指导和资助成功促进研究机构和MSI中代表性不足的初级教师和博士后学者的职业生涯。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Over the past 40 years, there has been an expansion in our understanding of the world through a scientific lens; however, there is a recognition that we are not fully engaging our scientific talent pool. The Faculty Research and Educational Development (FRED) Program seeks to broaden participation through mentored relationships for postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty members, many of whom are from groups historically and currently underrepresented in the sciences. In addition, given the impact that minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have on broadening participation in the sciences, the FRED program also encourages the participation of faculty members at MSIs. FRED was developed by the Minorities Affairs Committee (MAC), a standing committee of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) tasked with addressing issues of historically underrepresented cell biologists. Specifically, the FRED program matches junior scientists with senior mentors who have demonstrated funding success at research-intensive institutions for a long-term mentoring relationship focused on the preparation and submission of a research or educational grant to an external funding agency. Over the past 7 years, 46 historically underrepresented scholars or junior faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) have participated in the FRED Program with a funding success rate of 62% and 27% of them receiving more than one award. The FRED program is organized with participants attending a Career Development Workshop, participating in a mentored relationship to prepare a proposal, and a Mock Review Panel at the annual ASCB conference to review the proposal and provide the mentee comments before submission to a funding agency. The FRED-II program will continue with the mission of improving grant funding success and career development for junior faculty and will implement improved support pathways for FRED mentees who are not successful in their first proposal submission and will look to resubmit their proposal. It will continue with the successful implementation of a summer workshop to be held primarily near or at MSIs. In addition, in alignment with national imperatives in increasing diversity among faculty, the program will create a pre-FRED workshop designed to engage potential FRED mentees to develop an applicant pool for future FRED workshops. The FRED-II program will continue to support and develop the next generation of research scientists and leaders and broaden their participation in science.The FRED-II program will support junior faculty and postdoctoral scholars through a structured mentored relationship with a senior faculty member. The year-long program will include a summer career development workshop for all FRED mentees, monthly mentor-mentee meetings with in-person reciprocal visits to mentor-mentees campuses. FRED mentees will develop a proposal with support from their selected mentor and participate in a winter mock review panel hosted at the annual ASCB meeting. Meetings and reciprocal visits will continue until a proposal is submitted to a federal agency. FRED-II will also include continued participation and additional support for FRED mentees who are unsuccessful in securing funding on their first attempt. The FRED-II program will also include evaluative efforts to inform the leadership of the effectiveness of the program and areas where improvements are needed. Overall, the FRED-II program promotes the careers of underrepresented junior faculty and postdoctoral scholars at research institutions and MSIs through mentorship and grant success.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.