UM-SPAHS Edowment Fund Program

描述（由申请人提供）：蒙大拿大学药学院和联合健康科学学院有着悠久的历史，致力于招收和培训少数民族学生（主要是美国印第安人）攻读药学和物理治疗学位。在过去的十年里，学院的研究基础设施得到了极大的增加，在NIH的85个学院/学院中，学院的每名博士教师的资助排名第七。学院建立了两个研究中心，提供三个硕士学位和三个博士学位。将继续扩大对少数民族征聘和健康差异研究的重点。通过HHS健康职业机会计划（HCOP）、美国原住民卓越中心（NACOE）计划、美国国立卫生研究院通往学士学位计划（BRIDGES）和美国国家科学基金会- epscor计划，学院增加了基础设施和能力。

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.