RAISE UP- BUILD Planning Grant at Florida Atlantic University

描述（由申请人提供）：佛罗里达大西洋大学（FAU）倡议，科学卓越的研究进步与创新-本科生管道（RAISE UP），旨在增加美国国立卫生研究院资助劳动力的多样性。我们将确定基础设施需求并实施支持扩大现有学生管道和机构合作的战略，以招募和促进在生物医学研究中代表性不足的科学家的发展。FAU是独特的定位，以满足美国国立卫生研究院建设倡议的目标。我们有两个不同的本科生群体-佛罗里达州立大学系统中种族最多样化的机构FAU和佛罗里达农业机械大学（FAMU），佛罗里达州历史最悠久的黑人大学。我们有针对这两个群体的现有项目——FAU的质量提升项目，一个本科生研究和探究性项目，以及FAMU-FAU医学学者项目，一个理学学士-医学博士项目，招收有前途的FAMU学生进入FAU医学院。最后，FAU与国际知名研究机构建立了合作伙伴关系：斯克里普斯研究所，马克斯普朗克佛罗里达研究所，疫苗与基因治疗研究所，托里松树分子研究所。这些机构以卓越的研究为基准，并创造额外的机会和学生能力，以支持优秀的BUILD项目。我们的目标是扩大现有的项目，建立一个由FAU、FAMU和我们的研究机构合作伙伴组成的6UILD联盟，该联盟将开发支持可持续建设项目所需的研究和管理基础设施。目标1：联盟发展：整合和利用上述联盟合作伙伴的现有资源，并建立以BUILD目标为重点的联盟运营。目标2：评估和发展：收集与学生招生、成功和留校有关的定量和定性数据，以更好地了解获得生物医学科学更高学位的障碍和机会；制定策略，加强研究人员的招聘、培训和能力建设。目标3：合作联盟参与：分析目标2中收集的数据结果，并确定招聘、保留和培养的最佳实践

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Florida Atlantic University (FAU) initiative, Research Advancement & Innovation for Scientific Excellence - Undergrad Pipelines (RAISE UP), aims to increase the diversity of the NIH-funded workforce. We will identify infrastructure needs and operationalize strategies that support the expansion of existing student pipelines and institutional collaborations to recruit and promote the development of scientists underrepresented in biomedical research. FAU is uniquely positioned to fulfill the NIH BUILD initiative goals. We have two diverse undergraduate populations - FAU, the most ethnically diverse institution in Florida's State University System and Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), Florida's oldest historically black university. We have existing programs that target both of these populations - FAU's Quality Enhancement Program, an undergraduate research- and inquiry-based program, and the FAMU-FAU Medical Scholars Program, a Bachelor of Science - Doctor of Medicine track that recruits promising FAMU students into FAU's College of Medicine. Finally, FAU has partnerships with internationally renowned research institutes: Scripps Research Institute, Max Planck Florida Institute, Vaccine & Gene Therapy Institute, and Torrey pines Institute for Molecular Studies. These institutes benchmark research excellence, and create additional opportunities and student capacity that can support an outstanding BUILD program. Our goal is to expand existing programs to establish a 6UILD consortium of FAU, FAMU and our research institute partners which will develop the research and administrative infrastructure needed to support a sustainable BUILD program. Aim 1: Consortium Development: To assemble and capitalize upon existing resources of the consortium partners listed above and establish the operation of the consortium focused on BUILD objectives. Aim 2: Assessment and Development: To collect quantitative and qualitative data relevant to student recruitment, success and retention to better understand barriers and opportunities to higher degrees in biomedical science; to plan strategies to strengthen research recruitment, training and capacity. Aim 3: Collaborative Consortium Engagement: To analyze results of data collected in Aim 2 and identify best practices to recruit, retain and nurture under represented scientists. Aim 4: RAISE UP Proposal Assembly: To design a multi-year BUILD proposal leveraging the 5 elements of BUILD: tuition scholarships; research experiences; salary offset; mentor training; and an innovation space