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)继续进行，根据其在培养高生产率受训人员队列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，目的是增加代表不足的群体在学术、卫生和生物技术工作中的参与。PERT与PIMA社区学院(PCC)建立了长达14年的积极合作伙伴关系，PIMA社区学院是一家为少数族裔服务的机构(MSI)，PERT学者在PCC的教职员工指导下在PCC授课。在他们的本科课程中，PERT学者让PCC的学生(和教职员工)接触到他们原本不会遇到的生命科学领域的尖端研究和主题，以及新的和多样化的教学风格。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生物技术认证计划已经发展壮大，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，这项提案要求提供资金，在PCC的第二个校区建立一个新的生物技术实验室。PCC的学生和教职员工也被鼓励与PERT学者在他们的UA家庭实验室的研究项目上进行合作。这一伙伴关系的成功导致了越来越多的PCC学生转到UA接受生物科学职业培训。PERT学者项目为期3年的培训依赖于全心全意的UA教师，他们指导学者将创新的独立研究与课堂教学、本科生指导以及组织和管理技能的获得相结合。自PERT计划开始以来，超过80%的PERT学者获得了学术界或同等职位的终身教职。PERT计划促进了其学者的职业生涯，为MSI教师提供了更新和拓宽他们的专业专业知识的机会，并对更广泛的UA研究社区及其教师产生了积极影响，以及促进了该学科的发展。PERT在培养独立职业的博士后学者方面取得了显着的成功，同时促进了研究I机构和少数群体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.