Intensive Rehabilitation Research Grant Writing Workshops in the United States (TIGRR)

.项目概要。 康复研究对健康至关重要，特别是对我们的老龄化人口和残疾人来说， 相对于其他生物医学研究领域，康复研究领域仍然不发达。 进行研究，需要创新康复护理的庞大和不断增长的人口， 老年人和残疾人需要康复科学家所需的技能， 争取校外资金，并管理他们的资助建议。此外，康复方面的进展 研究需要同行评审员，他们能够对康复研究资金进行批判性审查 应用.在这次更新申请中，我们建议继续和进一步发展密集型 康复研究资助写作工作坊在美国更普遍地被称为TIGRR （在格兰披治康复研究培训）。为期一年（12个月）的研究教育 该计划从事早期阶段的研究人员（ESI）在一对一的专家指导在格兰披治，赠款 管理、职业发展和康复研究同行评审技能的发展。需要 因为这种沉浸式的研究培训计划源于这样一个现实，即康复专业的实践 通常基于专家意见、先前的经验和传统，而不是基于科学得出的证据。 有必要开发和测试具有良好科学基础的干预措施和设备，但这 需要一批专业人员，他们已经做好充分准备，可以竞争校外资金。然而，对于大多数 在生物医学研究领域，培训开始于学士后和博士后，许多 康复研究的调查人员开始他们的职业生涯是作为临床医生。这些临床经验提供了 他们对潜在有益的康复方法有重要的见解，但他们往往缺乏接触 到密集的赠款写作机会和准备是成功的赠款授予后。的 TIGRR计划旨在通过12个月的研究教育经验来满足这一需求， 包括一个为期一周的讲习班作为其核心。与大多数完全说教的grantwriting课程不同， TIGRR学员被分配一个主要和次要导师谁提供详细的，迭代的批评，他们的 他们在讲习班之前和之后参加密集的一对一辅导。在 研讨会，学员与多位导师会面，他们反映了广泛的专业知识和观点，以及 都沉浸在他们的提案中研讨会结束后，他们继续与他们的 主要导师，并应用通过NIH风格的同行评审小组获得的知识，其中他们有 有机会让他们的申请审查，通过同行评审发展他们的关键评估技能， 接受导师对他们的评论的反馈。通过TIGRR，我们将培养一支训练有素、 康复研究人员的专业知识将促进更好的康复研究。重要的是，我们还致力于 增加妇女、残疾人和得不到充分服务的少数群体在这一劳动力队伍中的代表性。

.PROJECT SUMMARY. Rehabilitation research is critical to health, particularly for our aging populations and those with disability, but the field of rehabilitation research remains underdeveloped relative to other areas of biomedical research. Conducting the studies that are needed to innovate rehabilitation care for the large and growing population of older adults and persons with disability requires rehabilitation scientists with the skills needed to successfully compete for extramural funding and manage their funded proposals. In addition, advancements in rehabilitation research requires peer-reviewers who are able to provide critical review of rehabilitation research funding applications. In this renewal application, we propose continuation and further development of Intensive Rehabilitation Research Grant Writing Workshops in the United States more commonly known as TIGRR (Training in Grantsmanship in Rehabilitation Research). This year-long (12-month) research education program engages early stage investigators (ESI) in one-on-one expert mentorship in grantsmanship, grants management, career development, and development of peer-review skills for rehabilitation research. The need for this immersive research training program arises from the reality that practice in rehabilitation specialties is often based on expert opinion, prior experience, and tradition rather than on scientifically derived evidence. There is a need to develop and test interventions and devices that have a sound scientific basis – but this requires a workforce of professionals who are well-prepared to compete for extramural funding. While, for most areas of biomedical research, training begins in the post-baccalaureate and postdoctoral years, many investigators in rehabilitation research begin their careers as clinicians. These clinical experiences provide them with essential insights about potentially beneficial rehabilitation approaches, but they often lack exposure to intensive grantwriting opportunities and the preparation to be successful following a grant award. The TIGRR program is intended to address this need through a 12-month research education experience that includes a week-long workshop as its nucleus. Unlike most grantwriting courses that are completely didactic, TIGRR mentees are assigned a primary and secondary mentor who provide detailed, iterative critiquing of their proposals, and they participate in intensive one-on-one mentorship prior to and following the workshop. In the workshop, mentees meet with multiple mentors who reflect a wide range of expertise and perspectives, and are immersed in the development of their proposal. Following the workshop, they continue to meet with their primary mentor, and also apply knowledge gained through NIH-style peer-review panels wherein they have the opportunity to have their applications reviewed, develop their critical evaluation skills through peer-review, and receive mentor feedback on their reviews. Through TIGRR, we will develop a workforce of well-trained, rehabilitation researchers whose expertise will foster better rehabilitation research. Importantly, we also work to increase the representation of women, persons with disability, and underserved minorities in this workforce.