Post Doctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching

博士后研究和教学卓越

• 批准号: 8917739
• 负责人: Nicholas J Strausfeld
• 金额: $ 135.62万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-08-05 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8917739
• 关键词: Academia; Arizona; Biological Sciences; Biotechnology; Collaborations; Communities; Discipline; Educational process of instructing; Equipment and Supplies; Faculty; Fostering; Funding; Goals; Health; Home environment; Institution; Laboratories; Life; Mentors; Mentorship; Minority-Serving Institution; NCI Scholars Program; Positioning Attribute; Postdoctoral Fellow; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Project Grants; Scientist; Students; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; Update; Work; base; career; cohort; community college; innovation; programs; skills; success; university student

 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.

 描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求继续实施亚利桑那大学 (UA) 博士后卓越研究和教学计划 (PERT)，该计划是根据其在培养高产学员群体方面的进展和成功进行评估的。该计划的总体目标是培养一支由训练有素的生命科学家组成的多元化群体，旨在提高学术、健康和生物技术劳动力中代表性不足群体的参与度。 PERT 与皮马社区学院 (PCC) 有着长达 14 年的密切合作关系，皮马社区学院是一家少数族裔服务机构 (MSI)，PERT 学者在 PCC 教师的指导下在 PCC 授课。在本科生课程中，PERT 学者让 PCC 学生（和教师）接触到他们原本不会遇到的生命科学领域的前沿研究和主题，以及新颖且多样化的教学风格。除了 PERT 学者的课堂贡献外，PERT 还为 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 生物技术证书项目已发展到为 PCC 主校区的 200 多名学生提供服务。为了满足不断增长的需求，该提案请求资金在 PCC 第二个校区建立一个新的生物技术实验室。还鼓励 PCC 学生和教师与 PERT 学者在 UA 家庭实验室的研究项目上进行合作。这种合作关系的成功导致越来越多的 PCC 学生转学到 UA 接受生物科学职业培训。 PERT 学者为期 3 年的培训期依靠忠诚的 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取相结合。自 PERT 计划启动以来，超过 80% 的 PERT 学者获得了学术界的终身教职或同等职位。 PERT 计划促进了学者的职业发展，为 MSI 教师提供了更新和拓宽其专业知识的机会，并对更广泛的 UA 研究社区及其教师产生了积极影响，并推动了学科发展。 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族裔服务机构之间的广泛科学合作，并满足了生命科学领域代表性不足的群体的教育和职业需求。