Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE)

培育研究和教育博士后创新者 (SPIRE)

• 批准号: 8725169
• 负责人: LINDA A DYKSTRA
• 金额: $ 94.76万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8725169
• 关键词: Academia; Biomedical Engineering; CCL7 gene; Chemistry; Commit; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Ensure; Evaluation; Faculty; Future; Goals; Graduate Degree; Health; Laboratories; Measures; Mentors; Mission; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Outcome; Physics; Population; Positioning Attribute; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Training; Science; Scientist; Structure; Students; Training; Training Programs; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; base; c new; career; career development; data sharing; experience; innovation; meetings; next generation; programs; research and development; response; science education; skills; success; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity is highly significant to our nation's future health, educational, scientific and research enterprise, yet, diversity in the biomedical and scientific workforce does not reflect the U.S. population. SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education) has established itself as an innovative postdoctoral research and career development training program whose goals are aligned with those of IRACDA: 1) to inspire and motivate undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to engage in science-based course content, research, and to pursue graduate degrees in science while 2) providing training in research, teaching, and career development that promotes success of scholars in their own career goals. The underlying hypothesis of SPIRE is that faculty who combine excellence in research and teaching, and value the importance of mentoring and diversity, will effectively train the next generation of scientists and promote diversity in the scientific workforce. In response to SPIRE's ongoing evaluation, the current proposal maintains many successful components while also introducing several innovations to benefit our partner universities and our scholars. This proposal will support 30 new scholars over the duration of 5 years and partner with four universities, each with an historical commitment to train students from underrepresented groups. Specific Aims of the SPIRE program are to: 1. Recruit outstanding and diverse SPIRE scholars who represent the scientific mission of NIGMS and the education and research needs of our partner campuses. 2. Provide an outstanding research training experience by placing scholars in productive laboratories with mentors committed to the goals of SPIRE and ensuring that this research experience involves mentoring of undergraduates from our partner campuses. 3. Provide a mentored teaching experience at our partner campuses. This experience includes research-based courses and direct involvement with research initiatives at our partner campuses. 4. Provide training in professional skills that match the needs of our scholars and promote their success in attaining future positions in academia. Innovations in this proposed renewal include a) a new emphasis on recruiting SPIRE scholars with chemistry, physics and biomedical engineering backgrounds to meet the needs of our partner campuses; b) structured involvement with RISE and MARC programs at our partner campuses, including a summer research program at UNC/Chapel Hill for undergraduates from our partner campuses, c) new evaluation measures to track more effectively undergraduate student outcomes and d) mechanisms to facilitate the sharing of data and effective teaching strategies among current and former SPIRE scholars and faculty at our partner campuses. Impact: We aim to continue and enhance our documented and significant impact on the curriculum and research enterprise of our partner universities, and on the training of new faculty who are successful in research and science education as well as in promoting the diversity of our future scientific workforce.

多样性对我们国家未来的健康，教育，科学和研究企业非常重要，然而，生物医学和科学劳动力的多样性并不反映美国人口。尖顶（在研究和教育中播种博士后创新者）已经确立了自己作为一个创新的博士后研究和职业发展培训计划，其目标与IRACDA的目标一致：1）激励和激励来自代表性不足群体的本科生从事以科学为基础的课程内容，研究，并攻读科学研究生学位，同时2）提供研究，教学，和职业发展，促进学者在自己的职业目标的成功。SPIRE的基本假设是，教师谁联合收割机卓越的研究和教学相结合，并重视指导和多样性的重要性，将有效地培养下一代科学家和促进科学劳动力的多样性。为了回应SPIRE正在进行的评估，目前的提案保留了许多成功的组成部分，同时还引入了一些创新，使我们的合作大学和学者受益。该提案将在5年内支持30名新学者，并与四所大学合作，每一所大学都致力于培养来自代表性不足群体的学生。SPIRE方案的具体目标是：1.招募优秀和多样化的SPIRE学者谁代表NIGMS的科学使命和我们的合作伙伴校园的教育和研究需求。2.通过将学者放置在生产实验室与导师致力于SPIRE的目标，并确保这种研究经验涉及从我们的合作伙伴校园的本科生的辅导，提供优秀的研究培训经验。3.在我们的合作伙伴校园提供指导教学经验。这种经验包括基于研究的课程和直接参与我们的合作伙伴校园的研究计划。4.提供专业技能培训，以满足我们的学者的需求，并促进他们在学术界获得未来的职位成功。创新，在这一拟议的更新包括a）一个新的重点招聘SPIRE学者与化学，物理和生物医学工程背景，以满足我们的合作伙伴校园的需求; B）在我们的合作校园有组织地参与RISE和MARC项目，包括在剑桥/查佩尔山为我们合作校园的本科生举办的暑期研究项目，c）新的评估措施，以更有效地跟踪本科生的成果和d）机制，以促进数据和有效的教学策略之间的共享现任和前任SPIRE学者和教师在我们的合作伙伴校园。影响：我们的目标是继续和加强我们的记录和我们的合作伙伴大学的课程和研究企业的重大影响，并对谁是成功的研究和科学教育的新教师的培训，以及在促进我们未来的科学劳动力的多样性。