Post Doctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching

博士后研究和教学卓越

• 批准号: 7271906
• 负责人: Nicholas Strausfeld
• 金额: $ 130.53万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7271906
• 关键词: Post; Doctoral; Excellence; Research; Teaching

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests continuation of the PERT program (Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching) based on its programmatic goals, demonstrable achievements, and planned refinements. PERT aims to increase participation of members of underrepresented minority groups in careers in biomedicine, biotechnology, and the life sciences. A partnership between a Research I University, the University of Arizona (UA), and a Minority Serving Institution, Pima Community College (PCC), PERT trains young postdoctoral scientists, many of whom are underrepresented minorities, for tenure-track careers in the life sciences. The 3-year training combines independent research under the mentorship of a UA faculty member, classroom teaching at PCC under the mentorship of a PCC faculty member, and the recruitment of PCC students to work on the trainee's research and under the trainee's mentorship in a university setting. Postdoctoral trainees spend one semester auditing a PCC course and the following semester teaching it under the supervision of the PCC instructor. The life sciences curriculum at PCC has benefited from the infusion of expertise brought by the postdoctoral trainees to their classroom teaching, the new courses developed by trainees with PCC faculty, modern laboratory equipment provided by the PERT program, and the career development of the PCC faculty. The minority students receive research-oriented classes with updated content at PCC and gain hands-on experience doing research in a university environment under the tutelage of a role model. The confidence they gain from a successful experience facilitates their transfer to the university to pursue a degree in the life sciences. Hence this program benefits not only the postdoctoral trainee, but also every level that the trainee comes into contact with - the host laboratory and research mentor; the faculty and students of the community college, and the trainee's future employer. PERT provides skilled, well-prepared individuals for the workforce at the same time increasing the diversity of talent in that workforce.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求根据其规划目标，可证明的成就和计划的改进，继续进行PERT计划（卓越的研究和教学博士后）。PERT旨在增加代表性不足的少数群体成员在生物医学、生物技术和生命科学领域的参与。作为一所研究型大学亚利桑那大学（UA）和一所少数族裔服务机构皮马社区学院（PCC）之间的合作伙伴关系，PERT培养年轻的博士后科学家，其中许多人是代表性不足的少数族裔，他们将在生命科学领域获得终身教职。为期3年的培训包括UA教师指导下的独立研究，PCC教师指导下的PCC课堂教学，以及在大学环境下招募PCC学生参与培训生的研究和培训生的指导。博士后学员用一个学期的时间旁听一门PCC课程，下一个学期在PCC导师的指导下授课。博士后研修生为我校生命科学课程的课堂教学注入了丰富的专业知识，研修生与我校教师共同开发的新课程，PERT项目提供的现代化实验室设备，以及我校教师的职业发展都使我校的生命科学课程受益匪浅。少数民族学生在PCC接受具有最新内容的研究型课程，并在榜样的指导下获得在大学环境中进行研究的实践经验。他们从成功的经验中获得的信心促使他们转到大学攻读生命科学学位。因此，这个项目不仅有利于博士后实习生，也有利于实习生接触到的每一个层面——东道主实验室和研究导师；社区学院的教职员工和学生，以及实习生未来的雇主。PERT为劳动力提供了熟练的、准备充分的个人，同时增加了劳动力中人才的多样性。