Research Leadership Development Program for Diverse Early Career Scientists

项目总结 面向不同职业早期科学家的研究领导力发展计划 这是一项针对职业生涯早期的循证指导和领导力发展计划。 来自代表性不足的种族和民族群体的社会和行为科学家，他们在 与NIDDK任务相关的研究，但尚未收到R01资助，也未提升到 在各自学科或专业协会中处于领导地位。三个由10名博士后组成的队列 来自代表性不足人群的学者将被招募参加为期五年的活动。每个人 导师将参加为期两年的导师计划，并将与符合以下条件的志愿者导师匹配 在糖尿病和其他内分泌和代谢疾病领域的领先研究，在 被辅导者的兴趣领域，并有接受联邦资助的记录。除了一对一 指导将使用额外的培训机制来帮助被辅导者的职业发展。这些 机制将包括：1)在线小组培训课程，重点关注与获得 相关领导技能，并在糖尿病、内分泌或其他领域制定成功的研究方案 其他代谢性疾病。奖助金撰写主题将按顺序排列，以便学员收到关键 关于在制定自己的建议过程中的关键时刻制定赠款建议的信息， 以及2)额外的面对面会议和培训。这些面对面的培训将包括奖助金的撰写 Camps“旨在提供写作技巧、对应用程序的直接/具体反馈以及 门生S用专门的写作时间来完善他们的应用程序，并在此期间对学员进行模拟审查 申请将由专家组成的审查小组进行审查和评分。评审员将提供书面反馈 重点放在改进建议上。然后，学员将修改他们的建议书 在向确定的资助机构提交最终提案之前，对模拟审查反馈作出回应。这个 该计划将帮助学员1)制定和实施职业发展计划，重点是建立 进行独立研究的能力，2)构思、起草和提交高质量的研究报告 申请适当的联邦资助机制(特别是NIDDK和其他NIH机构)或 国家基金会，3)获得必要的相关领导技能，以成为具有领导竞争力的人 NIDDK感兴趣的学术职业的职位；以及，4)建立一个专业同事网络， 相似的研究兴趣和由担任领导职位的高级研究人员组成的伴随网络 各种学术环境。

PROJECT SUMMARY Research Leadership Development Program for Diverse Early Career Scientists This proposed project is an evidence-informed mentoring and leadership development program for early career social and behavioral scientist from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations who show promise in research related to the NIDDK mission but who have not yet received R01 funding and have not ascended to a leadership position in their respective disciplines or professional associations. Three cohorts of 10 postdoctoral scholars from underrepresented populations will be recruited to participate over the course of five years. Each mentee will participate in a two-year mentorship program and will be matched with volunteer mentors who are leading researches in the area of diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases, have expertise in the mentees area of interest, and who have a track record of receiving federal funding. In addition to one-on-one mentoring additional training mechanisms will be used to assist mentees in their career development. These mechanisms will include: 1) online group training sessions focused on critical topics associated with obtaining relevant leadership skills and developing a successful research proposal in the area of diabetes, endocrine or other metabolic diseases. The grant writing topics will be sequenced so that mentees receive critical information about developing grant proposals at key times in the process of developing their own proposals, and 2) additional face-to-face meetings and trainings. These in-person trainings will include grant writing “Boot Camps” intended to provide writing tips, direct/specific feedback on applications and an opportunity for protégés to refine their applications with dedicated writing time, and “Mock Reviews” during which mentee applications will be reviewed and scored by a review panel of experts. Reviewers will provide written feedback with emphasis placed on recommendations for improvement. Mentees will then revise their proposals in response to the mock review feedback before submitting a final proposal to the identified funding agency. The program will help mentees to 1) develop and implement a career development plan focused on building the capacity to conduct independent research, 2) conceptualize, draft, and submit a high-quality research application to an appropriate federal funding mechanism (particularly NIDDK and other NIH agencies) or national foundation, 3) obtain the relevant leadership skills necessary to become competitive for leadership positions in academic careers of interest to NIDDK; and, 4) establish a network of professional colleagues with similar research interests and a concomitant network of senior researchers who hold leadership positions in various academic settings.