Maximizing Opportunities for Research Excellence

描述(由申请人提供)：加州大学旧金山分校(UCSF)的这项与IMSD竞争的奖学金续期旨在继续为来自代表性不足群体的学生提供支持，以完成生物医学和行为研究方面的博士学位，并晋升到竞争激烈的博士后和学术职位。拟议的计划将增加未被充分代表的学生在生物医学和行为科学领域茁壮成长的机会，为他们提供必要的工具、技能和资源，以便及时完成加州大学旧金山分校的博士学位，并为在研究领域取得丰硕成果做好准备。强有力的学术和专业指导将导致成功完成博士学位，这将增加加入生物医学劳动力大军的人数不足的学生的比例。有力地实施和评估可衡量的目标、里程碑和成果将有助于创造更多样化的未来研究科学家群体。该项目的总体目标将通过以下具体目标来实现：1)确保IMSD研究员的第一年研究轮换和论文实验室实习是与著名研究项目的知名教师一起进行的，这些教师也是支持新生的成熟导师，并对许多少数族裔学生面临的独特问题很敏感。来自知名研究人员的强有力的指导是留住研究生项目的关键，也是毕业后获得博士后职位和学术任命的有意义的指导。2)通过培育社区研究人员网络，促进管理学院学生在整个博士工作中持续取得成功。小组学习、社会参与、同伴指导、与榜样的小组讨论以及参与社区服务项目将创建一个支持网络，以促进整个小组的进步。3)通过发展强大的沟通和组织能力，促进IMSD研究员的学术成就，以最大限度地促进他们的研究事业进步和成功。进步可以通过及时完成学位里程碑来衡量；成功可以通过研究员在地方和国家环境下对他们的研究的陈述、竞争性校外奖学金的授予以及最终在高影响力期刊上的发表来衡量。4)促进研究员的能力不采取积极主动的方法进行职业规划，为他们提供职业探索的机会，并为他们提供在学术研究就业市场上具有竞争力的工具和战略。5)培养一种心态，鼓励IMSD研究员在他们的学术生涯中以身作则，支持IMSD和类似的项目，通过小组活动、对初级研究员的指导以及通过加州大学旧金山分校的多方面机构支持系统参与校园拓展和多样性努力，鼓励已经从IMSD获得资助的研究员继续参与该计划，这一拟议的计划将有助于培养和维持未来生物医学劳动力的多样性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competing IMSD grant renewal from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is designed to continue to provide support for students from underrepresented groups to complete the PhD in biomedical and behavioral research and to advance to competitive postdoctoral and academic positions. The proposed program will increase opportunities for underrepresented students to thrive in the biomedical and behavioral sciences by providing them with the necessary tools, skills, and resources to complete their PhDs at UCSF in a timely fashion and to prepare for productive careers in research. Strong academic and professional mentoring leading to the successful completion of PhDs will increase the proportion of underrepresented students who join the biomedical workforce. Robust implementation and evaluation of measurable objectives, milestones, and outcomes will help create a more diverse population of future research scientists. The overall goal of this program will be achieved by the following specific objectives: 1) To ensure that IMSD Fellows' first-year research rotations and thesis lab placements are with renowned faculty in prestigious research programs who are also proven mentors supportive of new students and sensitive to unique issues facing many minority students. Strong mentorship by established researchers is key to the retention of students in the graduate program as well as for meaningful guidance toward obtaining postdoctoral positions and academic appointments after graduation. 2) To promote sustained success of IMSD students throughout their PhD work by fostering a community network of Fellows. Group learning, social engagement, peer mentoring, group discussions with role models, and participation in community service projects will create a support network to promote the progression of the group as a whole. 3) To accelerate IMSD Fellows' academic achievement by developing strong communication and organizational skills in order to maximize their research career progress and success. Progress can be measured by timely completion of milestones toward the degree; success can be measured by Fellows' presentations of their research in local and national settings, awards of competitive extramural fellowships, and eventual publications in high-impact journals. 4) To facilitate Fellows' ability t take a pro-active approach to career planning, by providing them with opportunities for career exploration and with tools and strategies to be competitive in the academic research job market. 5) To nurture a mindset that will encourage IMSD Fellows to serve as mentors, led by example, and support IMSD and similar programs throughout their academic careers by encouraging Fellows who have moved off IMSD funding to remain engaged with the Program through group activities, mentoring of junior fellows, and participation in campus outreach and diversity efforts With multi-faceted institutional support systems at UCSF, this proposed program will help to foster and sustain diversity in tomorrow's biomedical workforce.