University of Kansas/Haskell Indian Nations University IRCDA Project

描述（由申请人提供）：堪萨斯大学（KU）与哈斯凯尔印第安民族大学合作，寻求机构研究和学术职业发展奖（IRACDA）的延续。该项目结合了堪萨斯大学（一个研究密集型大学）精心指导的研究培训，以及在一个非常独特的少数民族服务机构（即部落学院）培养对少数民族学生有浓厚兴趣的激励教师的机会。该奖项将支持总共10名博士后IRACDA学者，每位学者将在一个精心设计的项目中度过三年，其中包括三项主要培训活动。被录取的申请者将选择一名在其学科领域具有专业知识的研究导师。在第一年，这些学者在导师的实验室开始他们的研究项目，学习负责任的研究行为课程，参加堪萨斯大学提供的教学研讨会，并被介绍给Haskell的教师和学校的文化。在广泛的生物医学学科领域，堪萨斯大学最富有成效和最成功的教员将担任这些学者的研究导师。在第二年的第一学期，每位学者将在Haskell教师的指导下，团队教授两个部分的入门生物学，在第二学期，学者将教授他/她专业领域的高级课程或研讨会。在获得教学和多任务处理经验的同时，学者们也将继续从事他们的研究项目。在第三年，学者们将专注于他们的研究，并参加为期15周的拨款写作计划，以准备一份完整的提案。PI将监督这些学者在堪萨斯大学的研究经历的质量。联合主任，堪萨斯大学科学培训多样性办公室主任，将与Haskell数学与科学学院院长密切合作，后者将监督Haskell的教学经验，以确保堪萨斯大学系统的教学改进和指导活动与教学经验相协调。院长的参与将确保学者们意识到美国印第安学生的特殊文化需求。与熟悉MORE项目的外部评估人员签订合同，每年进行一次形成性和总结性评估。总之，KU / Haskell IRACDA项目利用了部落学院和研究型大学之间建立的独特合作网络，培养了一种新型的科学家，一种能够应对21世纪日益增长的种族、文化和社会多样性的科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Kansas (KU), in partnership with Haskell Indian Nations University, seeks continuation of the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA). The program combines carefully mentored research training at KU, a research intensive university, with the opportunity for inspiring faculty with a strong interest in working with minority students to develop teaching skills in a very unique minority-serving institution, i.e. a tribal college. The award will support a total of ten postdoctoral IRACDA scholars, each of whom will spend three years in a carefully designed program that includes three major training activities. Applicants admitted to the program will select a research mentor with expertise in the scholar's discipline. In Year 1, the scholars begin their research projects in the mentors' laboratories, take a course in Responsible Conduct of Research, participate in teaching workshops provided at KU, and are introduced to the Haskell faculty and the culture of the institution. The most productive and successful KU faculty members across a wide range of biomedical disciplines will serve as research mentors for the scholars. In the first semester of Year 2, each scholar will team-teach two sections of introductory biology under the guidance of a Haskell faculty member and, in the second semester, the scholar will teach an upper level class or seminar in his/her specialty area. The scholars will also continue to work on their research projects as they gain teaching and multi-tasking experience. In Year 3, scholars focus on their research and enroll in a 15 week Grant Writing Program leading to the preparation of a complete proposal. The PI will oversee the quality of the scholars' research experience at KU. The Co-l, KU's Director of the Office for Diversity in Science Training, will work closely with the Dean of Math and Science at Haskell, who will oversee the Haskell teaching experience, to ensure that the systematic teaching enhancement and mentoring activities at KU are well coordinated with the teaching experience. The involvement of the Dean will assure that the scholars become aware of the specific cultural needs of American Indian students. An external evaluator familiar with the MORE programs has been contracted to conduct both formative and summative evaluation on an annual basis. In summary, this KU / Haskell IRACDA program exploits the unique collaborative network that has been established between a tribal college and a research intensive university to train a new type of scientist, one that is equipped to handle the growing ethnic, cultural and social diversity of the 21st century.