Project ATTAIN: Increasing Participation of Xavier Students in the NIH Workforce

ATTAIN 项目：增加 Xavier 学生对 NIH 劳动力的参与

• 批准号: 8660776
• 负责人: Gene D'Amour
• 金额: $ 20.37万
• 依托单位: XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-25 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8660776
• 关键词: Address; African American; Behavioral Sciences; Biological Sciences; Clinical Sciences; Collaborations; Development; Discipline; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational Intervention; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Grant; Health Sciences; Institution; Intervention; Louisiana; Measurable; Mentorship; Minority; Needs Assessment; Population; Positioning Attribute; Process; Recording of previous events; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Training; Schools; Science; Scientist; Social Sciences; Societies; Source; Students; Talents; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Work; base; career; innovation; novel; novel strategies; programs; public health relevance; undergraduate education

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this planning grant is to develop a consortium of institutions and work with them to create an action plan that will transform the way underrepresented minority students, particularity African Americans, are recruited and retained at both the B.S. and Ph.D. levels in science disciplines relevant to NIH-funded research. Xavier University of Louisiana is ranked #1 in the nation as the primary undergraduate source of African American Ph.Ds. in the life sciences. If the action plans developed are funded through a full BUILD grant in 2015, it will enhance Xavier's ability to build a larger, more diverse highly-trained biomedical workforce to an even greater extent. The current consortium consists of Xavier, Tulane University, and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, but we propose to identify at least two additional partner institutions that will participate in th full NIH BUILD initiative. Our objectives are to use our expertise and innovative strategies to focus on (1) developing a novel plan for enhancing undergraduate education, training, and mentorship, as well as faculty development to facilitate these approaches; (2) conducting capacity-building and infrastructure needs assessments at participating institutions for the collaborative development of novel strategies and processes for recruiting and retaining BUILD scholars and providing innovative educational, mentorship, and research training opportunities, (3) using Xavier's unique position and expertise to develop plans that will result in a measurable impact on the number of minority scientists who are entering the STEM research training pipeline and going on to research careers after graduate school, and (4) using the action plans developed through this planning process as the basis for Xavier's full application to the NIH BUILD program. Our approach builds on Xavier's unique expertise and innovative strategies for revising courses and curricula, strong mentorship intervention, and the University's rich history of collaboration with neighboring research-intensive universities as a starting point for addressing the unique and compelling need to promote diversity in the NIH-funded biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social sciences workforce.

描述(由申请人提供)：这项计划拨款的目标是发展一个机构联盟，并与它们合作创建一项行动计划，以改变在与NIH资助的研究相关的科学学科中，招募和留住未被充分代表的少数族裔学生，特别是非裔美国人的方式。路易斯安那州泽维尔大学作为非裔美国人博士的主要本科生来源，在全国排名第一。在生命科学领域。如果制定的行动计划在2015年通过全额建设赠款提供资金，这将在更大程度上增强哈维尔建立更大、更多样化、训练有素的生物医学劳动力的能力。目前的联盟由泽维尔大学、杜兰大学和路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心新奥尔良组成，但我们建议至少再确定两个合作机构，它们将参与全面的NIH建设倡议。我们的目标是利用我们的专业知识和创新战略，专注于(1)制定一个新的计划，以加强本科教育、培训和指导，以及教师发展，以促进这些方法；(2)在参与机构进行能力建设和基础设施需求评估，以便合作制定新的战略和程序，以招聘和留住构建学者，并提供创新的教育、指导和研究培训机会；(3)利用哈维尔的独特地位和专业知识，制定计划，对进入STEM研究培训渠道并在研究生毕业后继续从事研究工作的少数族裔科学家的数量产生可衡量的影响；以及(4)将通过此规划过程制定的行动计划作为哈维尔全面申请NIH建设计划的基础。我们的方法建立在泽维尔在修订课程和课程方面的独特专业知识和创新战略、强大的导师干预以及该大学与邻近研究密集型大学丰富的合作历史的基础上，以此作为起点，满足NIH资助的生物医学、行为、临床和社会科学工作人员促进多样性的独特和迫切需求。