UM-SPAHS Edowment Fund Program

描述(由申请人提供)：蒙大拿大学药学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族裔学生(主要是美国印第安人)，以获得药剂学和理疗学位。在过去的十年里，该学院的研究基础设施大幅增加，在85所药学学院/学院中，该学院在每名博士教师的NIH资金投入中排名第7。该学院创建了两个研究中心，并提供三个硕士和三个博士项目。将继续扩大对少数群体招募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-Bridges to Baccalaureate计划(BRIDES)和NSF-EPSCoR计划增加了基础设施和能力。 加强蒙大拿州少数族裔招聘和健康差距研究的能力和机会的增加是实现以下目标(按优先顺序)的理由：优先事项一--为美国印第安人或其他代表性不足的少数族裔创建新的终身教职跟踪教员队伍(优先事项)，使用由私人、机构和/或联邦基金匹配的捐赠基金；优先事项二--加强少数族裔学生获得博士学位的激励措施和机会；优先事项三--增加少数民族博士后培训机会。S、药学博士、S和/或其他致力于健康差距研究的博士后研究员；优先事项四--继续实施强有力的计划，招收和培训本科(入门)的少数民族学生；优先事项五--利用捐赠收入利用私人支持、机构/州支持和配套的联邦拨款支持。本建议书作为1 S21-MD000236-02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.