Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access & Mentoring

描述(由申请者提供)：本提案的目标是继续支持FASEB的“丰富、获取和指导多样性资源”(DREAM)计划。这项建议的最终目标是帮助增加生物医学和行为学科中训练有素的少数族裔(URM)科学家的数量，为URM的学生、博士后和教职员工提供资源、计划和机会，帮助他们准备成为有竞争力和多产的科学家，并获得接触和参与尖端生物医学和行为研究的机会。近期目标是通过NIGMS/NIH的支持，作为MARC计划的一部分，继续和扩大FASE B于1981年实施的DREAM活动。FASEB建议在未来五(5)年内开展四(4)项重大创新活动：1)通过为少数族裔机构的URM教员、博士后、研究生和教职员工赞助关于资助金和出版物的培训研讨会，在研究生涯、资助和出版方面提供关键的决定专业成功的主要因素的培训。研讨会计划将重点发展赠款技巧和手稿写作技能和技巧，这些技能和技巧对于将想法和研究转化为成功的赠款申请和出版物至关重要。2)通过出席生物医学科学会议，为少数族裔机构的学生、博士后和教职员工，以及URM学生、博士后和教员占多数的机构提供旅行奖励，从而增加大学医学学生、博士后和教职员工接触科学话语的主要途径。3)为暑期小型专业研究会议的研究生、博士后和教员提供参与机会，提供旅游奖励，以协助大学管理学院参与有关会议。4)通过支持FASEB学会的多样性计划活动，帮助促进URM学生、博士后和科学家进入基础科学界的主流，旨在增加URM FASEB学会成员的网络、演讲和合作研究机会。 相关性(见说明)：这些活动有助于发展和提高URM学生、博士后和教职员工的智力水平、准备和竞争力。他们发起和加强交流与合作，开辟新的前景和机会，增加与一流研究项目继续互动的可能性，并激励和支持学生、博士后和教职员工追求学术和研究事业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this proposal is to obtain continued support for FASEB's "Diversity Resources for Enrichment, Access & Mentoring" (DREAM) program. The overarching ultimate goal of this proposal is to assist in increasing the number of well-trained underrepresented minority (URM) scientists in the biomedical and behavioral disciplines by providing URM students, post doctorates and faculty with resources, programs and opportunities to help prepare them to become competitive and productive scientists, and to gain access to and participate in cutting-edge biomedical and behavioral research. The immediate objective is to continue and expand FASEB's DREAM activities implemented in 1981 through the support of NIGMS/NIH, as part of the MARC program. FASEB proposes four (4) major innovative activities for the next five (5) years: 1) To provide critical training in the major determinants of professional success in research careers, funding and publishing by sponsoring training seminars on grantsmanship and publications for URM faculty, post- doctorates, graduate students and faculty at minority institutions. The seminar programs will focus on the development of grantsmanship and manuscript writing skills and techniques that are essential to develop ideas and research into successful grant applications and publications. 2) To enhance access for URM students, post doctorates and faculty to the major avenues for scientific discourse through the attendance of biomedical scientific meetings by providing travel awards for students, post doctorates and faculty at minority institutions, and URM students, post doctorates and faculty majority institutions. 3) To provide opportunities for URM graduate students, post doctorates and faculty for engagement at small professional summer research conferences by providing travel awards to help support URM participation in the conferences. 4) To help promote the entry of URM students, post doctorates and scientists into the mainstream of the basic sciences community by providing support for FASEB Societies' diversity program activities designed to in-crease networking, presentation and collaborative research opportunities for URM FASEB Society members. RELEVANCE (See instructions): These activities serve to develop and enhance the intellectual horizons, preparedness and competitiveness of URM students, post doctorates and faculty. They initiate and enhance communication and cooperation, open new vistas and opportunities, increase the likelihood of continuing interactions with top-flight research programs, and serve to stimulate and support students, post doctorates and faculty members in their pursuit of scholarship and research careers.