Phase II of BUILDing SCHOLARS - Research Enrichment Core

这部分赠款是由德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校（UTEP）申请的，将集中精力 支持建设学者第二阶段的研究浓缩核心（REC）。REC的目标是 通过让学生参与变革性的本科教育，扩大对生物医学研究事业的参与 研究经验，让学生和教师参与有影响力的指导和专业发展， 并为教师提供专业发展机会，使他们可以丰富研究机会 提供给学生。REC的具体目标如下：（1）继续与管道合作伙伴合作 本科生在密集的研究经验，并扩大该计划的影响，以地区高中 教师和管道合作伙伴教师，包括他们在研究经验;（2）增加研究 通过调整教师研究激励计划来提高UTEP教师的生产力;（3）提高BUILD培训生的生产力 专业发展和社会支持系统，通过完善研究和教学一体化（RTI） 和同伴指导计划;以及（4）传播与影响相关的计划结果， 指导，本科研究，以及研究和教学一体化计划对 参与生物医学科学的学生和教师的成功和轨迹。第一个目标是 通过让来自区域2年或4年制PP机构的本科生参与深入研究来实现 通过夏季研究计划（SRP）在UTEP的经验。第一个目标也扩大了夏季 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。第二个目标是 通过建立和制度化BUILD ADVANCE授权编写程序来实现， 每年为五名UTEP教师提供时间，以支持有竞争力的NIH拨款提案的发展。 第三个目标将通过完善同伴指导计划和研究与教学来实现 整合（RTI）计划，通过加强这些计划的成功组成部分，在第一阶段的发展， BUILD.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、年度合作伙伴会议、出版物、会议演示， 2019年秋季在UTEP举行的建筑学者会议。这些活动是创新的，因为它们将 不仅提高了本科生和机会的指导研究经验的质量 发展BUILD附属学院，但也扩大了其他区域参与者的机会。在 就重要性而言，REC将解决社会，区域（美国西南部）和 通过继续实施针对大学生群体的计划， 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，区域经济委员会将丰富 研究能力和生物医学劳动力的多样性，并解决区域健康差距。

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.