Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS - Research Enrichment Core

应德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校(UTEP)的要求，赠款的这一部分将集中努力 支持建设学者第二阶段的研究丰富核心(REC)。REC的目标是 通过让变革性本科生参与生物医学研究事业 研究经验，让学生和教职员工参与有影响力的指导和专业发展， 以及为教师提供专业发展机会，让他们可以丰富研究机会 可供学生使用。REC的具体目标如下：(1)继续接触渠道合作伙伴 本科生在密集的研究经验和扩大影响的计划，以地区高中 教师和管道合作伙伴教师将他们纳入研究经验；(2)增加研究 通过重组教师研究激励计划提高UTEP教师的生产力；(3)加强学员建设 通过完善研究和教学一体化(RTI)来实现专业发展和社会支持系统 和同伴指导计划；以及(4)传播与以下影响相关的计划结果 辅导、本科生研究以及研究和教学整合计划 参与生物医学科学的学生和教职员工的成功和轨迹。第一个目标将是 通过聘请地区性2年制或4年制PP院校的本科生进行深入研究来实现 通过UTEP夏季研究计划(SRP)获得的经验。第一个目标也扩大了夏天 在UTEP的研究经验包括高中STEM教师和2或4年的管道合作伙伴教师， 通过讲师和教师研究经验(Relate)计划。第二个目标将是 通过建立和制度化允许发布的构建预付款编写计划来实现 每年有五名UTEP教员有时间支持NIH竞争性拨款提案的制定。 第三个目标将通过完善同伴指导计划和研究和教学来实现 集成(RTI)计划，通过增强在第1阶段开发的这些计划的成功组成部分 建造。第四个目标将通过传播该方案的成果和其他研究成果来实现 通过内部沟通工具、合作伙伴年度会议、出版物、会议演示和 2019年秋季在UTEP举行的建筑学者会议。这些活动具有创新性，因为它们将 不仅为本科生提供了提高导师科研体验的质量和机会 为了发展，建设附属教师，也拓宽了其他地区参与者的机会。在……里面 就意义而言，区域经济共同体将在社会、区域(美国西南部)和 机构层面，通过继续实施针对大学生群体的方案 德克萨斯州西南部、亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州。最终，通过这些不同的举措，区域经济共同体将丰富 提高生物医学工作人员的研究能力和多样性，解决区域健康差距问题。

This component of the grant, requested by the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), will focus efforts to support the Research Enrichment Core (REC) of BUILDing SCHOLARS Phase II. The goal of the REC is to broaden participation in biomedical research careers by involving students in transformative undergraduate research experiences, engaging students and faculty in impactful mentoring and professional development, and providing professional development opportunities to faculty so they may enrich the research opportunities available to students. The REC specific aims are as follows: (1) continue to engage Pipeline Partner undergraduates in intensive research experiences and broaden the impact of the program to area high school teachers and Pipeline Partner faculty by including them in research experiences; (2) increase the research productivity of UTEP faculty by restructuring faculty research-incentive programs; (3) enhance BUILD trainee professional development and social support systems by refining the Research and Teaching Integration (RTI) and Peer Mentoring programs; and (4) disseminate program findings associated with the impact that mentoring, undergraduate research, and the Research and Teaching Integration programs have on the success and trajectory of participating students and faculty in the biomedical sciences. The first aim will be achieved by engaging undergraduate students from regional 2-or 4-year PP institutions in intensive research experiences through the Summer Research Program (SRP) at UTEP. The first aim also expands the summer research experiences at UTEP to include high school STEM teachers and 2-or 4-year pipeline partner faculty, through the Research Experiences for Lecturers and Teachers (RELaTe) program. The second aim will be achieved by establishing and institutionalizing the BUILD ADVANCE grant-writing program that allows release time for five UTEP faculty members every year to support the development of competitive NIH grant proposals. The third aim will be achieved by refining the Peer Mentoring program and the Research and Teaching Integration (RTI) program by enhancing the successful components of these programs developed in Phase I of BUILD. The fourth aim will be achieved by disseminating the program’s outcomes and other research findings through internal communication tools, annual partners meetings, publications, conference presentations, and a BUILDing SCHOLARS conference at UTEP in Fall 2019. These activities are innovative because they will not only improve the quality of mentored research experiences for undergraduate students and opportunities for development of BUILD affiliated faculty, but also broaden the opportunity to other regional participants. In terms of significance, the REC will address the diversity challenge at the societal, regional (US Southwest) and institutional levels by continuing to implement programs that target the undergraduate populations of Southwest Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. Ultimately, through these varied initiatives, the REC will enrich the research capacity and diversity of the biomedical workforce and address regional health disparities.