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）的倡议，研究进步与创新的科学卓越-本科生管道（提高），旨在增加NIH资助的劳动力的多样性。我们将确定基础设施需求，并实施战略，支持扩大现有的学生管道和机构合作，以招募和促进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，以实现NIH建设倡议的目标。我们有两个不同的本科生群体- FAU，在佛罗里达的州立大学系统和佛罗里达农业与机械大学（FAMU），佛罗里达历史上最古老的黑人大学种族最多样化的机构。我们有针对这两个人群的现有计划- FAU的质量提高计划，一个本科研究和调查为基础的计划，以及FAMU-FAU医学学者计划，科学学士-医学博士轨道，招募有前途的FAMU学生到FAU的医学院。最后，FAU与国际知名的研究机构有合作关系：斯克里普斯研究所，马克斯普朗克佛罗里达研究所，疫苗和基因治疗研究所，和托里松树分子研究所。这些机构基准研究卓越，并创造额外的机会和学生的能力，可以支持一个优秀的BUILD计划。我们的目标是扩大现有的计划，建立一个由FAU，FAMU和我们的研究机构合作伙伴组成的6 UILD联盟，该联盟将开发支持可持续建设计划所需的研究和行政基础设施。目标1：联合体发展：集合和利用上述联合体合作伙伴的现有资源，并建立以BUILD目标为重点的联合体运营。目标二：评估与发展：收集与学生招聘，成功和保留相关的定量和定性数据，以更好地了解生物医学科学中获得更高学位的障碍和机会;规划战略，以加强研究招聘，培训和能力。目标3：协作联盟参与：分析目标2中收集的数据的结果，并确定在以下情况下招聘、留住和培养员工的最佳做法 代表科学家。目标4：提升提案大会：利用BUILD的5个要素设计多年BUILD提案：学费奖学金;研究经验;工资补偿;导师培训;和创新空间

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