UM-SPAHS Edowment Fund Program

描述（由申请人提供）：药学和联合健康科学的蒙大拿大学学校有着悠久的历史，并致力于招聘和培训少数民族学生（主要是美洲印第安人）在药学和物理治疗学位。在过去的十年里，学校的研究基础设施急剧增加，在NIH资助的85所药学院/学院中，学校排名第7位。教师。学校建立了两个研究中心，并提供三个硕士学位。三个博士程序.将继续扩大对少数族裔征聘和健康差距研究的重点。学校通过HHS健康职业机会计划（HCOP），美国原住民卓越中心（NACOE）计划，NIH桥梁学士学位计划（BRIDGES）和NSF EPSCoR计划增加了基础设施和能力。 提高蒙大拿州少数民族招募和健康差异研究的能力和机会是实现以下目标的基本原理（按优先顺序排列）：优先事项一-为美国印第安人创造新的终身教职（优先）或其他代表性不足的少数群体，使用与私人、机构和/或联邦基金相匹配的捐赠基金;优先事项二-加强激励措施和机会，使少数民族学生有机会攻读博士学位。优先事项三-增加少数民族博士的博士后培训机会。，Pharm.D.或D.P.T.的和/或其他博士后研究员致力于健康差距的研究;优先四- Perpetuation一个强大的计划，以招募和培训少数民族学生在本科（入门）水平;优先五-使用捐赠收入，以杠杆私人支持，机构/国家的支持，并匹配联邦赠款支持。本提案作为1 S21-MD 000236 -02的竞争性延续提交。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Montana School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences has a long-standing history and commitment to the recruitment and training of minority students (principally American Indians) for degrees in pharmacy and physical therapy. Research infrastructure has dramatically increased in the School in the past ten years to the point where the School is ranked 7th of 85 school/college of pharmacy in NIH funding per Ph.D. faculty. The School has created two research centers and offers three M.S. and three Ph.D. programs. Focus on minority recruitment and on health disparities research will continue to be expanded. The School has increased infrastructure and capacity through the HHS Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP), the Native American Center of Excellence (NACOE) Program, the NIH-Bridges to Baccalaureate Program (BRIDGES), and the NSF-EPSCoR Program. The increased capacity and opportunity to enhance minority recruitment and health disparities research in Montana is rationale for the following objectives (in priority order): Priority One - Creation of new tenure-track faculty lines for American Indians (priority) or other under-represented minorities, using endowment funds that are matched by private, institutional, and/or federal funds; Priority Two - Enhancement of incentives and opportunities for minority students to pursue graduate training opportunities leading to the Ph.D. degree; Priority Three - Enhancement of postdoctoral training opportunities for minority Ph.D.'s, Pharm.D.'s, or D.P.T.'s and/or other postdoctoral fellows committed to health disparities research; Priority Four - Perpetuation of a strong program to recruit and train minority students at the undergraduate (entry) level; Priority Five - Use of endowment income to leverage private support, institutional/state support, and matching federal grant support. This proposal is submitted as a competitive continuation of 1 S21- MD000236-02.