Training, Workforce Development & Diversity (TWD) Program Directors’ Meeting

2010年，美国实验生物学学会联合会（FASEB）组织和管理了 “更多2010 '如何'会议：研讨会，以最大限度地提高学生发展的影响 方案”。会议的目标是协助NIGMS少数民族研究机会（更多）司- 资助项目主任和管理人员的努力，以提高效率的更多的方案。的 会议提供了并行会议、结构化讲习班、关于课程改进的海报会议， 学生发展活动中的重要概念。项目主管和管理人员有机会 参与即兴对话和相互之间以及与NIGMS计划工作人员的互动。在 2011年，NIGMS MORE部门和NIGMS T32培训赠款计划进行了重组，形成了 培训、劳动力发展和多样性司（TWD）。在2012年，“TWD 2012 `如何'和 项目总监会议”汇集了项目总监;来自TWD部门的其他工作人员， 包括前MORE部门的多元化项目; T32培训的主管 赠款;和IDEA计划的董事。自2012年以来，又举行了三次TWD项目主任会议， (2013，2015年和2017年）由FASEB组织和管理。每次会议吸引了400多名 项目主任/教育工作者致力于研究培训和发展一个强大的，多样化的， 包容性的生物医学研究队伍。本申请旨在为FASEB组织和主办 接下来的三次TWD计划董事会议（2019年，2021年和2023年）。这一独特的两年期会议将带来 NIGMS TWD资助的项目主管和NIGMS TWD项目工作人员一起分享想法 关于什么样的培训和支持实践是最有效的，以及建立合作，伙伴关系， 所有这些都需要准备一个强大的，多样化的，包容性的生物医学研究队伍。

In 2010, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) organized and managed the “MORE 2010 `How To' Conference: Workshops to Maximize the Impact of MORE Student Development Programs”. The conference goal was to assist NIGMS Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) Division- funded Program Directors and Administrators' efforts to increase effectiveness of MORE programs. The meeting provided concurrent sessions, structured workshops, a poster session on curricular improvements and important concepts in student development activities. Program directors and administrators had opportunities to engage in impromptu conversations and interactions with each other and with NIGMS program staff. In 2011, the NIGMS MORE Division and the NIGMS T32 Training Grants programs were reorganized to form the Training, Workforce Development and Diversity (TWD) Division. In 2012, the “TWD 2012 `How To' and Program Directors Meeting” brought together program directors; other staff from across the TWD Division, including the diversity-focused programs of the former MORE Division; the directors of the T32 Training Grants; and directors of IDeA programs. Since 2012, three additional TWD Program Directors' Meetings, (2013, 2015, and 2017) have been organized and managed by FASEB. Each meeting attracted over 400 program directors/educators dedicated to research training and the development of a strong, diverse, and inclusive biomedical research workforce. This application seeks funding for FASEB to organize and host the next three TWD Program Directors' Meetings (2019, 2021 and 2023). This unique biennial meeting will bring together NIGMS TWD-funded program directors and NIGMS TWD program staff as a means of sharing ideas about what training and support practices are most effective and of building collaborations, partnerships, and networks—all of which are required to prepare a strong, diverse, and inclusive biomedical research workforce.