UAB/TU FIRST Evaluation Core

阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB)/塔斯基吉大学 (TU) 学院的总体目标 可持续转型机构招聘（FIRST）合作伙伴关系旨在利用 双方优势互补，创造系统性和可持续的文化变革，进一步支持 两个机构的包容性卓越。评估核心的目标是清晰、客观地 展示 UAB/TU FIRST 伙伴关系活动的影响和有效性，并与 FIRST 协调与评估中心 (CEC) 和其他受资助者确定并协调 一组通用数据元素，通知“NIH 资助的校外机构的文化”的转变 建立致力于多样性和包容性卓越的自我强化科学家社区。” 鉴于该计划的复杂性，评估将由两名具有广泛经验的联合负责人进行 评估大型合作计划的经验。他们将带来这段历史和成功 评估计划目标实现情况的综合方法。评估核心的具体目标 是： 1) 进行持续的过程评估，以跟踪 UAB/TU FIRST 伙伴关系活动； 2）进行 影响和成果评估，以确保近期和长期目标以及具体目标 UAB/TU FIRST 合作伙伴关系正在达成并测试该计划是否取得了重大改进 制度文化和多样性的衡量标准； 3) 与 FIRST CEC 和其他资助机构合作 受资助者确定指标，协调一组通用数据元素，并提供用于评估的数据 第一队列计划。 UAB/TU FIRST 合作伙伴关系将利用逻辑模型及其输入、输出和结果 评估进展。对于我们的程序，逻辑模型的步骤转化为以下活动链： 1) 加强UAB/TU现有的合作关系； 2）加强制度氛围 两个机构的多样性和包容性卓越； 3）实施支持的做法和政策 可持续的文化变革，包括建立综合研究支持办公室和 研究导航员； 4）招募一批致力于进步的本杰明-卡弗科学家 多样性、公平性和包容性； 5) 为本杰明-卡弗科学家提供支持； 6) 开发一个 计划的可持续性； 7）减少隔离，加强社区建设，培养 新教师的发展，这反过来又会导致： 8) 教师的保留； 9）生产力的提高 术语学术活动（赠款和出版物）； 10）加强合作（例如，开发新的 多 PI 调查、集群教师与非集群教师的互动、与社区的合作）；和 最终，11）通过建立系统和有效的模型来增加影响力 可持续的文化变革可以作为所有 UAB、TU 和其他大学的典范。

The overall goal of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)/Tuskegee University (TU) Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Partnership is to capitalize on the complementary strengths of both partners to create systemic and sustainable cultural change to further support inclusive excellence at both institutions. The goal of the Evaluation Core is to clearly and objectively demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of UAB/TU FIRST Partnership activities as well as collaborate with the FIRST Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC) and other funded grantees to identify and harmonize a set of common data elements informing the transformation of “culture at NIH-funded extramural institutions by building self-reinforcing community of scientist committed to diversity and inclusive excellence.” Given the complexity of this initiative, the evaluation will be conducted by two Co-Leads with extensive experience in the evaluation of large collaborative initiatives. They will bring this history and a successful integrated approach to assess achievement of programmatic goals. The specific aims of the Evaluation Core are: 1) to conduct ongoing process evaluations to track the UAB/TU FIRST Partnership activities; 2) to conduct impact and outcome evaluations to assure that the immediate and long-term goals and specific aims of the UAB/TU FIRST Partnership are being met and to test whether the program achieves significant improvements in metrics of institutional culture and diversity; and 3) to collaborate with the FIRST CEC and other funded grantees to identify metrics, harmonize a set of common data elements, and provide data for evaluation of the FIRST Cohort program. The UAB/TU FIRST Partnership will utilize the Logic Model and its inputs, outputs and outcomes to assess progress. For our program, steps of the Logic Model translate into the following chain of activities: 1) strengthening of the existing collaborative UAB/TU relationships; 2) strengthening the institutional climate of diversity and inclusive excellence at both institutions; 3) implementation of practices and policies that support sustainable cultural change, including the establishment of an Office of Integrated Research Support and Research Navigators; 4) recruitment of clusters of Benjamin-Carver Scientists who are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; 5) provision of support for Benjamin-Carver Scientists; 6) development of a plan for sustainability of the program; 7) decreasing isolation, increasing community building, and fostering development of new faculty, which, in turn, will lead to: 8) faculty retention; 9) an increase in productivity in terms scholarly activities (grants and publications); 10) an increase in collaboration (e.g., development of new multi-PI investigations, cluster faculty engaging non-cluster faculty, collaborations with communities); and ultimately, 11) an increase in impact through the establishment of an effective model of systemic and sustainable cultural change that can serve as a model for all of UAB, TU, and other universities.