The Minnesota IRACDA Program

项目摘要 尽管美国生物医学领域的博士学位数量大幅增加， 来自代表性不足和种族少数化（URM）背景的科学家所获得的收入， URM教师在生物医学教授中的代表性相应增加。为了解决这个 在明尼苏达州和更广泛的差距，明尼苏达大学制定和实施 明尼苏达州IRACDA计划。明尼苏达州IRACDA计划是明尼苏达大学和明尼苏达大学之间的合作项目。 明尼苏达州和附近的社区学院诺曼代尔社区学院和北亨内平 社区学院，主要为来自少数民族和低收入城市人口的学生提供服务。的 明尼苏达州IRACDA计划提供了一个最近的博士学者与严格的科学研究的多元化队列 培训、指导、辅导、教学经验和职业发展指导。远景目标 明尼苏达州IRACDA计划的目的是制定和实施成功的和创造性的战略，以促进 并促进有才华的博士后研究人员从不同背景到独立的过渡 生物医学研究和教育的教师职业。明尼苏达州IRACDA计划的总体目标 （1）从历史上被排除在STEM之外的背景中招募博士后学者 研究和教育，并为他们提供强大的多层次的指导，在尖端的生物医学研究。 (2)为博士后学者提供现代教学技术的教学培训， 不同的人群，并指导实践在本科阶段的循证教学，在两个 主要为少数民族和低收入城市学生服务的教学密集型机构 人口-normandale社区学院和北Hennepin社区学院。(3)装备博士后 拥有众多职业和专业发展机会和计划的学者，包括， 参加研讨会，讨论科学交流、出版、求职、撰写赠款， 专业进步，多样性，公平性和生物医学研究的包容性。(4)提供URM 来自教学密集型合作机构的本科生，在 他们在明尼苏达大学接受博士后学者的指导。在第一个供资期间， 明尼苏达州IRACDA项目达到或超过了所有关键基准：（i）近40%的IRACDA学者 被招募到这个项目的人都来自URM背景。(ii)IRACDA学者在职业生涯中取得了成功 进展在完成培训的六名学者中，有四名继续担任终身助理教授或 讲师职位。(iii)URM本科生在以下导师的指导下参加了真实的研究： IRACDA学者和最成功地转移到四年制学位课程。我们正在寻求资金， 当项目全面实施时，每年支持六名IRACDA博士后学者。

PROJECT SUMMARY Although the USA has seen a significant increase in the number of PhD degrees in the biomedical sciences earned by scientists from underrepresented and racially minoritized (URM) backgrounds, there has not been a corresponding increase in the representation of URM faculty in the biomedical professoriate. To address this disparity in the state of Minnesota and more broadly, the University of Minnesota formulated and implemented the Minnesota IRACDA Program. The Minnesota IRACDA Program is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota and the nearby community colleges of Normandale Community College and North Hennepin Community College, which predominantly serve students from minority and low-income urban populations. The Minnesota IRACDA Program provides a diverse cohort of recent PhD scholars with rigorous scientific research training, instruction, mentoring, experience in teaching, and career development guidance. The long-term goal of the Minnesota IRACDA Program is to develop and implement successful and creative strategies to promote and facilitate the transition of talented postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds into independent faculty careers in biomedical research and education. The overall objectives of the Minnesota IRACDA Program are to: (1) Recruit postdoctoral scholars from backgrounds that have been historically excluded from STEM research and education and provide them with strong multitiered mentoring in cutting-edge biomedical research. (2) Provide the postdoctoral scholars with pedagogical training in modern teaching techniques that incorporate diverse populations, and mentored practice in evidence-based teaching at the undergraduate level at two teaching-intensive institutions that predominantly serve students from minority and low-income urban populations—Normandale Community College and North Hennepin Community College. (3) Equip postdoctoral scholars with a multitude of career and professional development opportunities and programs including, participation in workshops that address scientific communication, publication, job searches, grant writing, professional advancement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in biomedical research. (4) Provide URM undergraduates from the teaching-intensive partner institutions with paid authentic research opportunities at the University of Minnesota in which they are mentored by the postdoctoral scholars. In the first funding period, the Minnesota IRACDA Program met or exceeded all key benchmarks: (i) Nearly 40% of the IRACDA scholars recruited to the program were from URM backgrounds. (ii) IRACDA scholars were successful in career progression. Of the six scholars who completed training, four moved on to tenure-track Assistant Professor or Lecturer positions. (iii) URM undergraduate students participated in authentic research under the mentorship of IRACDA scholars and most successfully transferred to four-year degree programs. We are seeking funding to support six IRACDA postdoctoral scholars per year when the program is fully populated.