IRACDA Fellowships in Research and Science Training (FIRST)

项目摘要 2000年，埃默里大学与亚特兰大历史上的黑人学院和大学联盟合作， 我叫亚特兰大大学中心（AUC），以形成我们的IRACDA计划（研究和科学奖学金 教学或第一）。埃默里大学是一所研究型大学， 少数民族服务机构（MSI;斯佩尔曼学院，克拉克亚特兰大大学，莫尔豪斯学院，和 莫尔豪斯医学院）一直致力于为我们的学者提供杰出的研究经验 在埃默里大学的培训和沉浸式教学经验相结合的AUC学校。因此，第一 学者发展他们的学术研究证书和教学证书，这两者都将是 在以后的学术生活中很重要。FIRST还支持AUC作为FIRST学者开发新课程 和实验室模块，以及指导来自研究项目中代表性不足的群体的本科生。 有了这些额外的教育机会，通过第一，这些本科生是妇女和/或 来自代表性不足的群体的学生也接触到热情的、以研究为导向的教师和榜样- 其中许多人也是妇女和/或来自代表性不足的群体， 学校和博士后学术环境。我们的合作伙伴机构也受到了积极的影响， 校友，前埃默里博士后研究员，成为AUC学术领袖，并加强动态互动 在AUC和埃默里的教职员工中纵观其历史，该计划在招募和 准备一个多元化的第一学者池。总体而言，我们67%的学员从事竞争激烈的研究 在少数民族服务机构（MSIs）的终身教职职位中，有15%的人获得了终身教职。在目前的融资期内， 第一次成功地填补了六个职位，每年。一些被招募的人后来获得了校外教育， 经费在82名FIRST学者中，76%是女性，62%来自代表性不足的群体。这些 成功反映了我们的特殊计划。我们在这次竞争性更新中的计划目标是建立 这些成就如下：1）为学者提供示范性研究和专业培训， 促进他们的研究，职业生涯和领导力发展; 2）在AUC学校，扩大以证据为基础的 教学和生物医学研究的机会，使早期阶段的STEM学生是妇女和/或 来自代表性不足的群体; 3）增加高素质的STEM博士后研究员的数量， 妇女和/或代表性不足的群体进入竞争激烈的学术和生物医学职业。通过 第一计划，埃默里大学是唯一的研究密集型机构在格鲁吉亚，提供全面的培训 为早期职业科学家进行研究和教学。FIRST的继续将使我们能够继续培训， 准备STEM博士后研究员对MSI文化敏感，最终将处于一个位置 在学术界和其他与研究相关的职位上担任终身指导和榜样。通过利用这个 培训基础设施，我们的目标是扩大影响的第一非IRACDA资助的博士后研究员。

PROJECT SUMMARY In 2000, Emory University partnered with a consortium of Atlanta historically Black colleges and universities called the Atlanta University Center (AUC) to form our IRACDA program (Fellowships In Research and Science Teaching or FIRST). This partnership between Emory University, a research-intensive university, and these Minority Serving Institutions (MSI; Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Morehouse School of Medicine) has focused on providing our Scholars with outstanding research experiences at Emory combined with training and immersive experiences in teaching at the AUC schools. Thus, FIRST Scholars develop both their academic research credentials and teaching credentials, both of which will be important in their later academic life. FIRST also supports the AUC as FIRST Scholars develop new courses and laboratory modules as well as mentor undergraduates from underrepresented groups in research projects. With these additional educational opportunities through FIRST, these undergraduates that are women and/or from underrepresented groups are also exposed to enthusiastic, research-oriented teachers and role models — many of whom are also women and/or from underrepresented groups — who have been successful in graduate school and postdoctoral academic environments. Our Partner Institutions are also positively impacted as FIRST alumni, former Emory Postdoctoral Fellows, become AUC academic leaders and reinforce dynamic interactions among AUC faculty and Emory. Throughout its history, this program has been highly successful in recruiting and preparing a diverse pool of FIRST Scholars. Overall, 67% of our trainees are in highly competitive research positions and 15% in tenure-track posts at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs). In this current funding period, FIRST successfully filled six positions each year. A number of those recruited subsequently obtained extramural funding. Of the 82 FIRST Scholars, 76% were women and 62% were from underrepresented groups. These successes reflect our exceptional program. Our programmatic objectives in this competitive renewal are to build on these achievements as follows: 1) Provide Scholars with exemplary research and professional training that promotes their research, career, and leadership development; 2) At the AUC schools, expand evidenced-based teaching and biomedical research opportunities to engage early stage STEM students that are women and/or from underrepresented groups; 3) Increase the number of highly qualified STEM Postdoctoral Fellows from women and/or underrepresented groups entering competitive academic and biomedical careers. Through the FIRST Program, Emory is the only research-intensive institution in Georgia that provides comprehensive training in research and teaching for early career scientists. Continuation of FIRST will allow us to continue training and preparing STEM Postdoctoral Fellows that are sensitive to the MSI culture and, ultimately, will be in a position to serve as life-long guides and role models in academia and other research-related positions. By leveraging this training infrastructure, our goal is to expand the impact of FIRST to non-IRACDA funded Postdoctoral Fellows.