PARTNERSHIPS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN ARKANSAS: MENTORING CORE

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 指导核心的主要目标是为阿肯色州INBRE项目领导人(PLS)及其相关研究人员(博士后、研究生和本科生)发展成功的研究生涯提供指导。通过建立和执行本科教师职业发展和指导计划，核心帮助合作伙伴城市大学的PLS实现独立资助的最终目标。 指导咨询委员会(MAC)通过促进UGI PLS、他们的导师、UGI管理人员和阿肯色州INBRE领导层之间的互动，促进PLS的研究成果和独立资助的进展。通过对PLS年度进展报告的评估，MAC将推荐PLS从阿肯色州INBRE项目毕业，并推荐其他积极从事研究的UGI教员加入该网络，以便他们可以受益于阿肯色州INBRE对其发展中的研究项目的支持。 最初，指导核心建议通过建立研究重点小组来促进阿肯色州INBRE调查人员之间的联系。考虑到项目领导人的教学承诺，以及从该州各个角落旅行所需的距离，定期召开焦点小组会议被证明是不切实际的。相反，设立了研讨会系列，允许项目负责人邀请他们研究领域的专家访问他们的本科生校园，介绍研究研讨会，并与不同的生物医学研究人员互动，包括教职员工和学生。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The main objective of the Mentoring Core is to provide guidance to the Arkansas INBRE Project Leaders (PLs) and their associated researchers (postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students) in the development of successful research careers. Through the establishment and execution of Undergraduate Faculty Career Development and Mentoring Plans, the Core helps the PLs from the partner UGIs to achieve the ultimate goal of becoming independently funded. The Mentoring Advisory Committee (MAC) promotes the PLs research accomplishments and progress toward independent funding by facilitating interactions among the UGI PLs, their mentors, UGI administrators, and the Arkansas INBRE leadership. Through the evaluation of the PLs annual progress reports, the MAC will propose PLs for graduation from the Arkansas INBRE program, and recommend other research-active UGI faculty for inclusion in the network so that they may benefit from Arkansas INBRE support of their developing research projects. Originally, the Mentoring Core proposed to promote networking among the Arkansas INBRE investigators by establishing Research Focus Groups. Given the teaching commitments of the Project Leaders and the distances needed to travel from all corners of the state, it proved impractical to have regular Focus Group meetings. Instead, a Seminar Series was established to allow Project Leaders to invite experts in their research field to visit their undergraduate campuses to present a research seminar and interact with the different biomedical researchers, both faculty and students.