Faculty Initiative for Improved Recruitment, Retention, and Experience (FIIRRE)

项目总结 多样性提高了研究的创造性和创新性，但生物医学研究机构通常 未能有效地纳入少数群体，如认为有色人种、妇女、 以及女同性恋者、男同性恋者、双性恋者、变性人或同性恋/质问者(LGBTQ)。早期的多样性努力 专注于加强招聘小规模教员、指导和培训，但有许多 机构没有保持其成功，因为机构环境、制度和制度的变化不充分， 和文化。在过去的两年里，南卡罗来纳大学(UofSC)的领导层 有意将制度文化转变为一种拥抱和期待多元化氛围的文化， 公平和包容(Dei)。UofSC于2020年发布的战略计划包括八个优先事项，分别是 在校园社区的积极参与下进行开发、审查和修订。优先事项包括 战略重点#2“聚集和培养一支世界一流的教职员工队伍”和#4“培养更多元化、 公平包容的校园文化。UofSC在以下方面表现出对多样性的更大承诺 多种方式，包括聘用南加州大学第一位黑人/非裔美国人教务长和提升首席教务长的多样性 副总统级别的官员。这些努力反映了UofSC识别和消除因素的运动 在所有校园活动中支持系统性种族主义和性别偏见。响应RFA-RM-21-025， 我们已经制定了改善招聘、留住和工作经验的学院倡议(FIIRRE)，使用 系统科学知情的多层次方法。FIIRRE的目标是：(1)发展、培育和实施 在促进包容性卓越方面自我加强的机构方案和做法；(2)实现 支持包容性优秀的重大和可持续的机构文化变革；(3)招募、培养、 并保留10名致力于包容性卓越的新的终身教职跟踪助理教授； 和(4)与其他一等奖获得者和第一协调评估中心合作 多中心倡议。这10名终身教职教师将构成南加州大学的第一批教师，并将 在健康差距和公平研究领域内作为分组雇用招聘。FIIRRE行政部门 核心、学院发展核心和评价核心具有相辅相成的作用，以支持这些 首要目标。由南加州大学两个领先的健康科学部门--阿诺德公共卫生学院发起 FIIRRE护理学院将作为制度变革的孵化器和促进者。FIIRRE 领导力在种族/民族、学术级别、国籍和机构历史上各不相同，十多年来 在研究和行政能力方面的合作经验，有助于确保FIIRRE的成功。 与校园内既定的多样性倡议建立牢固的现有联系将有助于补充和支持 FIIRRE目标，以及南加州大学领导层对包容性卓越的坚定不移的机构承诺。

PROJECT SUMMARY Diversity enhances creativity and innovation in research, but biomedical research institutions have generally failed to effectively incorporate minoritized groups, such as individuals who identify as people of color, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ) persons. Earlier diversity efforts focused exclusively on intensified recruitment of minoritized faculty, mentoring, and training, but many institutions did not sustain their success because of insufficient change in institutional environments, systems, and culture. Over the past two years, the leadership of the University of South Carolina (UofSC) has been intentional about transforming the institutional culture to one that embraces and expects a climate of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). UofSC’s Strategic Plan, released in 2020, includes eight priorities which were developed, vetted, and revised with intense participation of the campus community. The priorities include Strategic Priority #2 “Assemble and cultivate a world class faculty and staff” and #4 “Cultivate a more diverse, equitable and inclusive campus culture.” UofSC has demonstrated increased commitment to diversity in multiple ways, including hiring UofSC’s first Black/African American Provost and elevating the Chief Diversity Officer to the level of a Vice President. These efforts reflect UofSC’s campaign to identify and remove factors supporting systemic racism and gender-bias across all campus endeavors. In response to RFA-RM-21-025, we have developed the Faculty Initiative for Improved Recruitment, Retention & Experience (FIIRRE) using a systems science informed multi-level approach. FIIRRE aims to: (1) Develop, cultivate, and implement institutional programs and practices that become self-reinforcing in promoting inclusive excellence; (2) Achieve significant and sustainable institutional culture change that supports inclusive excellence; (3) Recruit, nurture, and retain a cohort of ten new tenure-track Assistant Professors who are committed to inclusive excellence; and (4) Collaborate with other FIRST awardees and the FIRST Coordination and Evaluation Center in this multi-center initiative. The 10 tenure-track faculty will constitute the FIRST cohort at UofSC and will be recruited as a cluster hire within the area of health disparities and equity research. The FIIRRE Administrative Core, Faculty Development Core, and the Evaluation Core serve complementary purposes in support of these overarching aims. Initiated by two of UofSC’s leading health science units, the Arnold School of Public Health and the College of Nursing, FIIRRE will serve as an incubator and facilitator of institutional change. FIIRRE leadership is varied in race/ethnicity, academic rank, nationality, and institutional history, with over a decade of experience working together in research and administrative capacities, helping to ensure FIIRRE’s success. Strong existing connections with established diversity initiatives on campus will help complement and bolster FIIRRE goals, as will the unwavering institutional commitment to inclusive excellence by UofSC’s leadership.