A Randomized Controlled Study to Test the Effectiveness of Developmental Network Coaching in the Career Advancement of Diverse Early Stage Investigators

项目摘要 该提案涉及NIH主任咨询委员会（ACD）的三个成员 关于生物医学研究人员多样性的建议：1）扩展了概念 传统的二元指导，2）专注于维持一个强大的同行网络，内容 专家和开发人员，以及，3）专门针对职业过渡和进展， 研究独立性。我们提出了一项随机对照研究，目的是（1）比较 发展网络（DN）知情干预加结构化赠款的有效性 写作辅导与结构化赠款写作辅导相比， 早期研究者（ESI）的生产力，包括来自代表性不足群体的研究者。 (2)确定机构设置是否影响不同环境服务机构的发展网络。 我们将聘请不同的早期研究人员（ESI），包括来自NIH研究的科学家 网络，如少数民族机构研究中心（RCMI），临床和转化 科学奖（CTSA）和机构发展奖（IDEA），以及NIH疾病 聚焦卓越中心。来自这些NIH资助网络的科学家们承诺， 支持成为这个实验项目的潜在开发者、赞助者和可能的导师 这些网络拥有研究资源，如试点资金和实验室使用权， 导师，以支持项目调查员。干预措施将以一种技术 启用了虚拟协作实验室，它将支持同步和异步对等，指导 和内容专家互动，数据生成和收集，使我们能够检查 ESI特征的影响，以及环境因素，包括制度环境 并授予写作任务要求，塑造发展网络结构， 内容主要成果是研究生产力，以提交报告的时间来衡量。 NIH补助金申请（K，R，U和/或少数民族补助金机制）。二次 成果包括：一）评分赠款;二）授予补助金赠款三）在同行评审期刊上发表文章 iv）ESI开发人员网络措施，包括每个自我的规模，组成和结构 网络; v）在学术、行业、政府或其他非政府组织中的持久性和职业发展 学术研究我们的研究将导致对发展中国家的作用的新的认识， 网络（社会资本）在推进不同的早期阶段调查人员的职业生涯，包括 代表性不足的群体。

PROJECT SUMMARY This proposal addresses three of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) recommendations on diversity in the biomedical research workforce: It 1) expands the concept of traditional dyadic mentoring, 2) focuses on sustaining a robust network of peers, content experts, and developers, and, 3) specifically targets career transition and progress toward research independence. We propose a randomized controlled study that aims (1) To compare the effectiveness of a developmental network (DN) informed intervention plus structured grant writing coaching compared with structured grant writing coaching alone, on the research productivity of early stage investigators (ESIs) including those from underrepresented groups. (2) To determine if institutional settings influence the developmental networks of diverse ESIs. We will engage diverse early stage investigators (ESIs) including scientists from NIH research networks such as Research Centers at Minority Institutions (RCMI), Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) and Institutional Development Awards (IDeA), as well as NIH disease focused Centers of Excellence. Scientists from these NIH funded networks have pledged support to be potential developers, sponsors and possible mentors for this experimental project These networks have research resources such as pilot funding and access to laboratories and mentors, to support project investigators. The intervention will be delivered in a technology enabled virtual collaboratory, which will support synchronous and asynchronous peer, coach and content expert interaction, with data generation and collection, allowing us to examine the effects of ESI characteristics, as well as the contextual factors, including institutional context and grant writing task requirements that shape the developmental network structure and content. The Primary Outcome is Research productivity, as measured by time to submission of a NIH grant application (K, R, U, and/or Minority Supplement mechanisms). Secondary outcomes include: i) Scored grants; ii) awarded grants iii) Publication in peer reviewed journals iv) ESI developer network measures including size, composition, and structure of each ego network; v) persistence and career progression in academic, industry, government or other non- academic research. Our study will lead to new knowledge about the role of developmental networks (social capital) in advancing the career of diverse early stage investigators, including those from underrepresented groups.