USBJI Young Investigator Initiative Career Mentoring Program

摘要 该提案旨在为青年研究者倡议（YII）提供资金。YII是世界上 美国骨骼和关节倡议的旗舰计划，并建立了培训下一个 在准备高质量的拨款申请的艺术肌肉骨骼研究的一代。 该计划/会议在两个周末举行，相隔12-18个月。第一阶段 YII，早期临床和基础科学研究者学习提出假设驱动的原则 研究和准备重大和创新的赠款提案。他们被分配到2-4个经验丰富的 指导他们研究问题的导师。年轻的研究人员随后写道， 提交一份赠款申请。在收到颁奖机构审查小组对他们提案的批评后， 他们返回YII计划的第二阶段（通常在12-18个月后）。在这个阶段， 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 重新提交。这种迭代过程一直持续到研究人员获得资金。 YII指导计划的成功是显著的。自2005年成立以来， 950名科学家申请了培训。484人被录取这些人收到了1918份 赠款总额超过5.72亿美元。融资成功率为59.9%。 YII强烈支持招募年轻基础和临床科学家的多样性。 48%的参与者是女性。我们确保儿童和家庭照顾及残疾人的安排 可在会场进入。此外，征聘任职人数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， 少数民族候选人。此外，如有必要，YII将免除这些个人的任何费用。 组成指导教师的科学家都是前NIH和CIHR研究部门的成员 有多年的经验。他们参加这个项目是自愿的。他们参加是因为 他们承诺保持新的肌肉骨骼研究人员的完整管道。大部分预算要求 本建议书所载的款项将用于支付学院的开支及购置会议场地。的 负责管理YII项目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 特殊外科医院和Edward Puzas博士罗切斯特大学。

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.