Interactive Mentoring Activities for Under-Represented Minority Faculty

美国生物化学和分子生物学学会将指导一项名为“增强granuloma的互动指导活动”（IMAGE）的职业发展和指导计划。IMAGE的发展是因为严重缺乏针对代表性不足的少数民族教师的教师发展计划，特别是高级博士后科学家和早期助理教授。IMAGE计划旨在增加联邦资助的初级教师的数量，特别是在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体成员和在少数民族服务机构任教的教师。鉴于可持续的科学学术生涯的一个关键因素是校外资助，制定合理的战略，以提高代表性不足的少数民族教师在获得资金方面的成功率，是增加学术界代表性不足的少数民族人数的一个关键组成部分。IMAGE将提供年度辅导讲习班和一对一的结构化辅导。此外，该方案还将提供一个网上互动资源，以传播赠款撰写和职业发展资源，并提供指导。这一在线资源将向广大受众广泛提供通过IMAGE方案获得的信息，IMAGE方案将在三年时间内提供有关专业技能和职业发展战略的密集辅导。高级博士后科学家和早期阶段的助理教授从科学代表性不足的群体将参加年度辅导研讨会，重点是赠款写作，同行辅导和职业发展建议，以及接受一对一的结构化指导，其中每个参与者将与一位资深的，成功的科学家配对谁拥有强大的跟踪记录确保联邦资金。通过IMAGE方案产生的最佳做法和其他资源将通过开发网上资源广泛提供。IMAGE计划有以下具体目标：1）为初级教师和博士后研究员组织年度赠款写作和指导研讨会。2)在准备和提交有竞争力的NSF资助申请时提供一对一的指导。3)为博士后学员提供获得教师职位的有效策略。4)该奖项由生命过程化学（化学部）和分子生物物理学（分子和细胞生物科学部）联合支持。

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will direct a career development and mentoring program called Interactive Mentoring Activities for Grantsmanship Enhancement (IMAGE). IMAGE was developed because there is a serious lack of faculty development programs that target under-represented minority faculty, particularly senior postdoctoral scientists and early-stage Assistant Professors. The IMAGE program seeks to increase the number of federally-funded junior faculty, particularly members of groups that are under-represented in STEM disciplines and faculty that teach at minority serving institutions. Given that a key element of a sustainable academic career in the sciences is extramural funding, developing tenable strategies to improve the success rates of under-represented minority faculty in securing funding is a critical component in increasing the number of under-represented minorities in academia. IMAGE will offer annual mentoring workshops and one-on-one structured mentoring. In addition, IMAGE will provide a web-based interactive resource for dissemination of grant writing and career development resources, as well as for mentoring. This online resource will make information obtained through the IMAGE program widely available to a broad audience.The IMAGE program will provide intensive mentoring on grantsmanship skills and career development strategies over a three-year period. Senior postdoctoral scientists and early-stage Assistant Professors from groups under-represented in science will attend annual mentoring workshops focusing on grant-writing, peer mentoring, and career development advice, as well as receiving one-on-one structured mentoring where each participant will be paired with a senior, successful scientist who has a strong track record of securing federal funding. Best practices and other resources generated through the IMAGE program will be made widely available through the development of an online web-based resource. The IMAGE program has the following specific aims: 1) To organize an annual grant-writing and mentoring workshop for Junior Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellows. 2) To provide one-on-one mentoring in the preparation and submission of a competitive NSF grant application. 3) To provide postdoctoral mentees with effective strategies for obtaining a faculty position. 4) To develop a curated web-based resource for use by postdoctoral fellows and faculty.This award is supported jointly by Programs in the Chemistry of Life Processes (Division of Chemistry) and Molecular Biophysics (Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences).