Support for Faculty to Teach Survival Skills and Ethics

在科学上取得成功需要各种专业的“生存”技能以及背景 和研究经验通常由前和博士后培训计划提供。因此，在本发明中， 最终，大多数研究人员必须学会有效地沟通（口头和书面），教学， 监督和指导，获得就业和资金，并负责任地行事。过去 20年来，研究人员开发了一门课程，为研究生，博士后， 以及在这些学科受过明确培训的初级教师。此外，在过去10年中， 调查人员提供了一个年度培训者的培训者会议，在该会议上，教师获得 为在自己的机构开设这类课程提供必要的指导和材料。在这 更新申请，要求提供资金，以扩大PI的努力，传播他们的模型 提供生存技能和负责任的研究行为（RCR）的正式指导。 有四个具体目标（1）为合格的个人提供旅行奖学金， 参加培训员的培训员会议。每年将提供40个研究金名额 目标是增加参与者的数量、质量和多样性。(2)提供谦虚 启动赠款，以帮助教师建立他们的教学计划。十 参加者将获得最高2，000美元的竞争性赠款， 年度培训员会议。(3)为校友举办区域会议， 培训员培训员会议和其他感兴趣的个人。两个为期三天的会议将 每年提供。这些会议的目的是促进信息交流 以及发展区域网络。(4)扩大对有效性的评价， 这个项目将评估区域会议和启动赠款的影响。在 此外，还将对校友为学员实施的4个项目进行实地考察 每一年。后者旨在提供如何设计更有效的教学的见解 来自不同环境的教师。

Success in science requires a variety of professional "survival" skills as well as the background and research experience normally provided by pre- and post-doctoral training programs. Thus, ultimately most researchers must learn to communicate effectively (orally and in writing), teach, supervise and mentor, obtain employment and funding, and behave responsibly. Over the past 20 years the investigators have developed a course that provides graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty with explicit training in these subjects. In addition, for the past 10 years the investigators have offered an annual trainer-of-trainers conference in which faculty obtain the instruction and materials necessary to establish such courses at their own institutions. In this renewal application, funding is requested to extend the Pi's efforts at disseminating their model for providing formal instruction in survival skills and the responsible conduct of research (RCR). There are four specific aims (1) Provide qualified individuals with travel fellowships to attend the trainer-of-trainers conference. Forty fellowships per year will be made available with the goal of increasing the number, quality, and diversity of participants. (2) Offer modest start-up grants to help faculty members establish their instructional programs. Ten competitive grants of up to $2,000 each will be made available to participants in the current year's trainer-of-trainers conference. (3) Develop regional conferences for alumni of the trainer-of-trainers conference and other interested individuals. Two 3-day conferences will be offered per year. The objective of these conferences will be to facilitate information sharing and the development of regional networks. (4) Expand the evaluation of the effectiveness of this project. The impacts of the regional conferences and start-up grants will be assessed. In addition, site visits of 4 of the programs implemented by alumni for trainees will be performed per year. The latter is intended to provide insights into how to design more effective instruction for faculty members from different environments.