USBJI Young Investigator Initiative Career Mentoring Program

摘要 该提案寻求资金支持青年调查员倡议(YII)。YII是世界上 美国骨和关节倡议的旗舰计划，并建立了培训下一个 一代肌肉骨骼研究人员在准备高质量的拨款提案方面的艺术。 该计划/会议在相隔12-18个月的两个周末举行。在第一阶段 YII，早期临床和基础科学研究人员学习提出假设驱动的原则 研究和准备重要的和创新的赠款提案。他们被分配到2-4名有经验的人 与他们一起开发研究问题的导师。年轻的调查人员随后写道， 提交一份拨款提案。在收到颁奖机构审查小组对他们提案的批评后， 他们返回参加YII计划的第二阶段(通常在12-18个月后)。在这一阶段， 参与者学习如何回应批评，并改进和改进应用程序。然后，应用程序将 重新提交。这一迭代过程一直持续到调查员收到资金为止。 YII辅导计划取得了令人瞩目的成功。自2005年成立以来，超过 已有950名科学家申请培训。484个已被接受。这些人收到了1,918 拨款总额超过5.72亿美元。融资成功率为59.9%。 YII大力支持在招募年轻的基础和临床科学家加入该计划方面的多样性。 48%的参与者是女性。我们确保对儿童和家庭照料和残疾的安排 可在各会议地点查阅。此外，招聘代表性不足的少数族裔候选人 是YII的一大特色。在这方面，YII与一些美国医学院合作，以确定 潜在的少数族裔候选人。此外，如有需要，青年会豁免这些人士的任何费用。 组成指导教师的科学家都是前NIH和CIHR研究小组成员 拥有多年的经验。他们参与这项计划是自愿的。他们参与的原因是 他们致力于保持新的肌肉骨骼研究人员的渠道满员。所需预算的大部分 在这项提案中，将用于支付教职员工的费用和购置会议场地。这个 负责管理YII计划的团队是医学博士南希·莱恩、加州大学戴维斯分校、霍华德·希尔斯特罗姆博士。 罗切斯特大学特外科医院和爱德华·普扎斯博士。

Abstract This proposal seeks funding to support the Young Investigator Initiative (YII). The YII is one of the flagship programs of the United States Bone and Joint Initiative and was established to train the next generation of musculoskeletal investigators in the art of preparing high quality grant proposals. The program/conference occurs over two weekends separated by 12-18 months. In the first phase of the YII, early stage clinical and basic science investigators learn the principles of proposing hypothesis-driven research and preparing significant and innovative grant proposals. They are assigned 2-4 experienced mentors who work with them in developing their research question. The young investigators then write and submit a grant proposal. After receiving a critique of their proposal from the awarding agency’s review group, they return for the second phase of the YII program (usually after 12-18 months). In this phase, the participants learn how to respond to the critique and refine and improve the application. The application is then resubmitted. This iterative process continues until the investigator receives funding. The success of the YII mentoring program has been remarkable. Since its establishment in 2005, over 950 scientists have applied for training. 484 have been accepted. These individuals have received 1,918 grants totaling over $572 million dollars. The success rate for funding is 59.9%. The YII strongly supports diversity in recruiting young basic and clinical scientists into the program. 48% of the participants are female. We ensure that arrangements for child and family care and handicap access are available at the conference sites. Moreover, recruitment of under-represented minority candidates is a major feature of YII. In this regard, the YII partners with a number of U.S. medical schools to identify potential minority candidates. Also, if necessary the YII will waive any fees for these individuals. The scientists that comprise the mentoring faculty are all former NIH and CIHR study section members with many years of experience. Their involvement in this program is voluntary. They participate because of their commitment to keep full the pipeline of new musculoskeletal investigators. Most of the budget requested in this proposal will be used to defray the expenses of the faculty and procure the conference venue. The team responsible for managing the YII program is Nancy Lane, M.D., UC Davis, Howard Hilstrom, Ph.D. Hospital for Special Surgery and Edward Puzas, Ph.D. University of Rochester.