The Academy for Future Science Faculty_Diversity Through Theory Driven Coaching

描述(由申请人提供)：这项建议将维持和扩大一种基于教练的新干预措施，以促进2010年由NIH主任的ARRA资助的探路者奖发起的研究职业生涯，以促进科学劳动力的多样性。它被称为未来科学学院，它是从社会科学理论和模型(身份、文化资本、实践社区和社会认知职业理论)创建的，这些模型解释了为什么历史上代表性不足的群体(URM)在教职员工队伍中实现预期普及率的速度如此缓慢。该学院召集了来自美国各地的160名生物医学博士生和16名教练，以测试一项旨在提高人们对学术事业的兴趣和坚持不懈的干预措施。教练是生物医学教员，在指导方面具有证明的专业知识，经过专门培训，在学院内担任明确的教练角色。这项研究采用了许多独特的元素，包括有目的的男女平等代表权，以及学院中的URM和非URM群体。作为一项分层、随机对照试验，它将有能力确定学院的真正影响。在过去的两年里，学院已经成立，初步结果表明，它已经产生了预期的大部分影响。这项提议的研究和干预将维持探路者奖开始的内容，并通过与3个科学学会的独特伙伴关系扩大该奖项：目标1-继续支持和研究学院初期阶段的影响，并在未来，召开学院全体社区和教练组的虚拟会议。目标2-开发一个系统，利用基于社交媒体的工具，在科学会议和其他会议上促进学院学生和教练之间的面对面会议。目标3--为生物医学教师建立一个辅导学院，以获得额外的专业知识，作为学生或博士后研究员的专家教练，特别是那些来自代表性不足群体的专家教练。目标4-与3个科学学会合作，为5-10名教职员工(每年两年)试点辅导机构，这些教员随后将成为参加学会会议的6-8名博士生和博士后群体的教练(影响240-360名学生和/或博士后)。尽管在过去几十年里付出了很高的财政和个人努力，但生物医学劳动力仍然缺乏所需的个人多样性。拟议的新研究和干预措施有可能极大地解决对许多青年科学家的成功和充分发挥潜力产生不利影响的核心问题。拟议的扩建在理论上是合理的，在操作上是经过测试的，在财务上也是可行的。此外，它还将学院的培训置于科学学科范围内，以实现重要的科学网络机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal will sustain and expand a novel coaching-based intervention to promote research careers initiated with an NIH Director's ARRA Funded Pathfinder Award to Promote Diversity in the Scientific Workforce in 2010. Called the Academy for Future Science Faculty, it has been created starting from social science theories and models (identity, cultural capital, Communities of Practice and Social Cognitive Career Theory) that provide explanations for why historically underrepresented groups (URM) have been so slow to achieve expected prevalence in faculty ranks. The Academy has brought 160 biomedical PhD students together with 16 Coaches, from throughout the U.S., to test an intervention to promote interest in and persistence toward academic careers. Coaches are biomedical faculty with demonstrated expertise in mentoring specially trained to take on an explicit coaching role within the Academy. The study employs many unique elements, including a purposeful equal representation by men and women, and both URM and non- URM groups in the Academy. As a stratified, randomized controlled trial, it will have the power to determine the true impact of the Academy. Over the past 2 years, the Academy has been established and early results indicate it is having much of the intended impact already. The research and intervention in this proposal would sustain what the Pathfinder award started, and expand it in a unique partnership with 3 scientific Societies by: Aim 1 - Continuing to support and study the impact of the initial phase of the Academy, and, going forward, virtual meetings of the full Academy communities and the coaching groups. Aim 2 - Develop a system to foster in-person meetings among Academy students and Coaches at scientific and other meetings using social media-based tools. Aim 3 - Develop a Coaching Institute for biomedical faculty to acquire extra expertise to serve as expert Coaches for students or postdoctoral fellows, especially those from underrepresented groups. Aim 4 - Work with 3 scientific Societies to pilot Coaching Institutes for 5-10 faculty (in each of two years) who would then become Coaches for groups of 6-8 PhD students and postdocs attending society meetings (impacting 240-360 students and/or postdocs). Despite high levels of financial and personal effort over the past several decades, the biomedical workforce continues to lack the diversity of individuals needed. The proposed novel research and interventions have the potential to significantly address the core issues that are negatively impacting the success and expression of the full potentials of many young scientists. The expansion proposed is theoretically sound and operationally tested, as well as financially feasible. Furthermore, it situates the coaching of the Academies within scientific disciplines to enable important opportunities scientific networking.