Lessons for Success

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请为成功课程计划提供持续支持，该计划每年为30名早期职业科学家在沟通科学和障碍以及相关学科提供拨款写作和专业能力方面的专家指导和指导。通过为期两天的会议和随后的指导机会，“成功课程”（Lessons for Success）在帮助有前途的、处于早期阶段的科学家成功竞争研究经费方面卓有成效。该学科的科学基础通过“成功课程”项目得到了加强，在参与“成功课程”项目的两年内，39%的参与者成功地获得了NIH的资助，94%的参与者成功地获得了他们申请的所有来源的资助（即退伍军人管理局、国家科学基金会、教育科学研究所、美国语言听力基金会、校内和NIH机制）。通过演讲、模拟拨款审查、小组讨论和一对一指导会议的组合，参与者获得了关于拨款和专业能力的知识，这些知识对他们的研究效率和职业满意度有积极的贡献。导师在会议上与学生一起制定1年和5年的时间表计划，然后在这些计划展开时提供持续的指导，成功课程的参与者将很好地定位于研究生涯的里程碑，并在如何成功实现这些里程碑方面得到很好的指导。结果数据在他们参加会议后分三个时间间隔收集：立即，2年，

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes continued support for the Lessons for Success program, which provides expert mentoring and guidance on grant writing and professional competencies to 30 early-career scientists in communication sciences and disorders, and related disciplines, annually. Through a 2- day conference and subsequent mentoring opportunities, Lessons for Success, now in its tenth year, has been effective in helping promising, early-stage scientists to compete successfully for research funding. The scientific base of the discipline has been strengthened through the Lessons for Success program as, within 2 years of participation in the Lessons for Success program, 39% of the participants successfully competed for NIH funding and 94% were successful in obtaining funding across all sources to which they applied (i.e., Veterans Administration, National Science Foundation, Institute of Education Sciences, American-Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, intramural and NIH mechanisms). Through a combination of presentations, mock grant reviews, small group discussions, and one-on-one mentoring sessions, participants gain knowledge about grantsmanship and professional competencies that contribute positively to their research productivity and career satisfaction. As mentors work with proteges at the conference to develop 1-year and 5-year plans with timelines, and then provide ongoing mentoring as these plans unfold, Lessons for Success participants become well oriented to the milestones of a research career and well coached on how to successfully achieve these milestones. Outcomes data is collected at three intervals following their participation in the conference: immediately, 2 years, and 5 years after the conference. The data provide feedback about the annual conference and information about the participants' progress in meeting their research goals, their funding success, and their retention in a research career. Lessons for Success aims to advance the research career development, scholarly productivity, retention, and funding success of approximately 150 early-career scientists focused on research in communication sciences and disorders over the next 5 year funding cycle.