Diversifying student-centered quality research at a public liberal arts college

 描述（由申请人提供）：美国国立卫生研究院布拉德项目的最终目标和我们的机构发展计划（IDP）的预期影响是在圣玛丽玛丽学院建立更深层次的研究文化，从而更好地支持对研究职业感兴趣的准备充分的多样化学生的教育。我们的研究和赞助计划（RSP）办公室是有效的，但资金不足，无法满足日益增长的需求前和后奖服务。我们的教师学者教师是有才华的，从事研究本科生，但提供高质量的研究经验，为本科生变得越来越昂贵，无论是在金钱和时间方面需要确保学生的准备。NIH布拉德奖将部分资助RSP工作人员的增加以及研究和研究管理的能力建设活动。具体目标是：1）通过教师发展活动和改善导师/合作者网络，提高教师的研究生产力和竞争力，2）通过提供领导，内部政策变化和增强研究管理能力，提高对研究和研究行政服务的支持。用于评估计划成功的具体成果将如下：提交的外部资金，提案的质量，教师和学生参与研究的比例，与外部机构合作开发的研究提案的数量，以及员工参与能力培训的数量。EA将联合收割机结合研究开发人员和管理员的角色，我们已经组建了一个强大的团队来管理NIH布拉德项目和IDP。玛丽学院是一个方便，负担得起的公共机构，其领导和教师拥抱多样性，学生参与和研究作为创新的文科课程的一部分。NIH布拉德计划的成功实施将为教师和学生提供更多的机会，以在研究中脱颖而出。鉴于我们所有学生的23%和11%的代表性不足的学生在STEM学科毕业在圣玛丽学院，增加STEM的研究机会将影响大量的毕业生可能进入研究生涯。为了促进代表性不足的学生过渡到我们机构的STEM课程的学术文化，圣玛丽玛丽学院有一套完善的支持结构，即，创新的干预措施，如a）Treisman风格的STEM新兴学者计划研讨会，（B）夏季研究机会，以及（c）指导，建议和密切跟踪学生进步的系统。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ultimate goal for the NIH BRAD project and desired impact of our institutional development plan (IDP) is to build a deeper culture of research at St. Mary's College, and thus to better support the education of well-prepared diverse students interested in research careers. Our Research and Sponsored Program (RSP) office is effective but underfunded and cannot address increasing demands for pre-and post-award services. Our teacher-scholar faculty is talented and engages undergraduates in research, but delivering high quality research experiences for undergraduates is becoming more costly, both in terms of money and time needed to ensure student preparedness. The NIH BRAD award will partially fund an increase in RSP staff and capacity-building activities for research and research administration. The specific aims are to 1) increase faculty research productivity and competitiveness through faculty development activities and improved mentor/collaborator networks, and 2) improve support for research and research administrative services by providing leadership, internal policy changes, and enhanced research administration competencies. The specific outcomes used to evaluate program success will be the following: number of submitted proposals for external funding, quality of proposals, proportion of faculty and students engaged in research, number of research proposals developed in collaboration with external institutions, and amount of staff participation in competency training. The EA will combine the role of research developer and administrator, and we have assembled a strong team to govern the NIH BRAD project and IDP. St. Mary's College is an accessible, affordable public institution whose leadership and faculty embrace diversity, student engagement and research as part of an innovative liberal arts curriculum. Successful implementation of the NIH BRAD program will provide increased opportunities for faculty and students to excel in research. Given that twenty three percent of all our students and 11% of underrepresented students graduate in STEM disciplines at St. Mary's College, increased research opportunities in STEM will affect a large number of graduates likely to enter research careers. To facilitate underrepresented students' transition to the academic culture of STEM courses at our institution, St. Mary's College has a well-established set of support structures, i.e., innovative interventions such as a) Treisman-style STEM Emerging Scholars Program workshops, (b) summer research opportunities, and (c) a system of mentoring, advising, and close tracking of student progress.