UAB/TU FIRST Evaluation Core

阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校(UAB)/塔斯基吉大学(TU)教职员工的总体目标 机构招聘促进可持续转型(第一)伙伴关系将利用 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 在这两所学院都表现出了包容性的优秀。评估核心的目标是明确和客观地 展示UAB/TU第一伙伴关系活动的影响和效果，并与 第一个协调和评价中心(CEC)和其他资助受赠人，以确定和协调 一组共同的数据元素，告知“国立卫生研究院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加强的科学家社区。 鉴于这一计划的复杂性，评估将由两名具有广泛代表性的联合领导进行 有评估大型协作计划的经验。他们将带来这段历史和一个成功的 评估方案目标实现情况的综合办法。评价核心的具体目标 是：1)进行持续的过程评估，以跟踪UAB/TU第一伙伴关系的活动；2)进行 影响和成果评价，以确保联合国环境规划署的近期和长期目标和具体目标 正在满足UAB/TU First Partnership的要求，并测试该计划是否取得了重大改进 在机构文化和多样性的衡量标准方面；以及3)与第一个CEC和其他资助机构合作 受赠人确定指标，协调一组通用数据元素，并为评估 第一个队列计划。 UAB/TU第一伙伴关系将利用逻辑模型及其投入、产出和成果 评估进展情况。对于我们的计划，逻辑模型的步骤转化为以下活动链： 1)加强现有的UAB/TU合作关系；2)加强 两个机构的多样性和包容性优秀；3)执行支持 可持续的文化变革，包括设立一个综合研究支助办公室和 研究导航员；4)招募致力于推动 多样性、公平和包容性；5)为本杰明-卡弗科学家提供支持；6)制定 计划项目的可持续性；7)减少孤立，加强社区建设，促进 发展新的教员，这反过来将导致：8)留住教员；9)提高生产力 术语学术活动(赠款和出版物)；10)增加合作(例如，开发新的 多PI调查、组群教员聘用非组群教员、与社区合作)；以及 归根结底，通过建立有效的系统性和 可持续的文化变革，可以作为所有UAB、TU和其他大学的榜样。

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.