Post Doctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching

 描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求亚利桑那大学（UA）博士后卓越研究和教学计划（PERT）的延续，根据其在培养高生产力的学员群体方面的进展和成功进行评估。该计划的总体目标是培养一批训练有素的生命科学家，目的是增加学术，卫生和生物技术工作队伍中代表性不足的群体的参与。PERT与Pima社区学院（PCC），一个少数民族服务机构（MSI），其中PERT学者在PCC教师的指导下在PCC授课，有着长达14年的积极合作关系。在他们的本科班PERT学者暴露PCC学生（和教师）在生命科学的前沿研究和主题，他们不会遇到，以及新的和多样化的教学风格。除了PERT学者的课堂贡献，PERT为PCC生物技术实验室提供设备和用品。自PERT/PCC合作伙伴关系开始以来，PCC生物技术证书课程已经发展到为PCC主校区的200多名学生提供服务。为了满足日益增长的需求，该提案要求提供资金，在第二个PCC校园建立一个新的生物技术实验室。PCC的学生和教师也被鼓励在他们的UA家庭实验室的研究项目与PERT学者合作。这种伙伴关系的成功导致越来越多的PCC学生转移到UA进行生物科学职业培训。PERT学者的3年培训期依赖于承诺的UA教师，他们指导学者将创新的独立研究与课堂教学，本科生导师以及组织和管理技能的获得相结合。自PERT计划成立以来，超过80%的PERT学者在学术界或同等机构获得了终身职位。PERT计划推进其学者的职业生涯，为MSI教师提供机会，以更新和扩大他们的专业知识，并积极影响更广泛的UA研究界及其教师，以及推进学科。PERT在培养博士后学者独立职业方面取得了显着的成功，同时促进了研究机构和少数民族服务机构之间的广泛科学合作，并满足了生命科学中代表性不足的群体的教育和职业需求。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests continuance of the University of Arizona's (UA) Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching program (PERT), as assessed on the basis of its progress and success in producing highly productive cohorts of trainees. The overarching goal of the program is to develop a diverse group of highly trained life scientists with the aim of increasing participation of underrepresented groups in the academic, health and biotechnology work force. PERT has enjoyed a vigorous 14-year partnership with Pima Community College (PCC), a minority-serving institution (MSI), in which PERT Scholars teach classes at PCC under the guidance of PCC faculty. In their undergraduate classes PERT Scholars expose PCC students (and faculty) to cutting edge research and topics in the life sciences that they would not otherwise encounter, as well as new and diverse teaching styles. In addition to the PERT Scholars' classroom contributions, PERT provides equipment and supplies for the PCC Biotechnology Laboratory. Since the beginning of the PERT/PCC partnership the PCC biotechnology certificate program has grown to serve over 200 students on the main PCC campus. To accommodate increased demand, this proposal requests funds to establish a new biotechnology laboratory on a second PCC campus. PCC students and faculty are also encouraged to collaborate with PERT Scholars on research projects in their UA home laboratories. The success of this partnership has led to increased numbers of PCC students transferring to the UA for training for careers in the biosciences. The 3-year training period of PERT Scholars relies on committed UA faculty who mentor scholars in integrating innovative independent research with classroom teaching, undergraduate mentorship, and the acquisition of organizational and administrative skills. Since the inception of the PERT Program over 80% of PERT Scholars has obtained tenure-track positions in academia or its equivalent. The PERT Program advances the careers of its Scholars, provides opportunities for MSI faculty to update and broaden their professional expertise, and positively impacts the broader UA research community and its faculty as well as advancing the discipline. PERT has achieved notable success in preparing postdoctoral Scholars for an independent career while fostering broad scientific collaboration between a research I institution and a minority-serving institution and fulfilling the educational and career needs of groups under-represented in the life sciences.