Minnesota Population Center Development Core

开发核心：摘要 发展核心的目标是指导、留住和发展下一代MPC领导人， 将MPC研究开发服务扩展到明尼苏达大学以外。核心有四个目标： (1)建立MPC人口学者计划，这是一个密集的赠款写作指导计划， 在明尼苏达大学和全国各机构的初级学者和学科多样化的队列。 MPC人口学者计划将扩大MPC的指导建议开发服务， 为其他机构的研究人员提供经验;目标是从一个更有竞争力的建议 不同的学者群体。 (2)为时间敏感主题的新研究项目提供快速反应种子资金。星火赠款将 迅速资助高风险、高回报的新兴问题研究项目。 (3)管理一个短期的研究生研究助理（RA）计划，以协助新的和早期阶段的研究人员 启动新的项目。短期RA计划将提供数据收集，分析， 文献综合或其他活动。 (4)催化创建跨学科、跨大学的人口动态研究团队， 人口动态谷仓饲养（PDB）。这些为期半天的小组讨论和网络活动是 旨在促进在MPC的PRA中创建协同的有机跨学科研究团队。 发展核心的目标，以及其新的和持续的活动和方案，直接 与总体应用程序的目标相关，以（1）增强和扩大MPC充满活力的智力环境;（2） 为人口动态研究项目提供端到端的支持;（3）大力投资于下一个 一代人口动态研究者。发展核心优先考虑新的和早期阶段 所有服务的调查员，并将通过可访问的 直播和录音以及更多的在线资源共享。这些活动-以及更多 传统的发展核心活动，如每周的MPC研讨会和种子赠款，将导致创新的新 人口动态研究合作和项目在MPC和全国各地。

DEVELOPMENT CORE: SUMMARY The goal of the Development Core is to mentor, retain, and develop the next generation of MPC leaders and to expand MPC research development services beyond the University of Minnesota. The Core has four aims: (1) Establish the MPC Population Scholars Program, an intensive grant writing mentorship program for a racially and disciplinarily diverse cohort of junior scholars at the University of Minnesota and at institutions nationwide. The MPC Population Scholars Program will scale up MPC’s mentored proposal development services and provide the experience to researchers at other institutions; the goal is more competitive proposals from a more diverse group of scholars. (2) Provide rapid response seed funding for novel research projects on time-sensitive topics. Spark Grants will quickly fund high-risk, high-reward research projects on emerging problems. (3) Administer a short-term graduate research assistant (RA) program to assist new and early stage investigators in launching nascent projects. The short-term RA Program will provide assistance with data collection, analysis, literature synthesis, or other activities. (4) Catalyze the creation of interdisciplinary, cross-university population dynamics research teams with Population Dynamics Barn-raisings (PDBs). These half-day panel discussion and networking events are designed to facilitate the creation of synergistic, organic interdisciplinary research teams in MPC’s PRAs. The Aims of the Development Core, as well as its new and continuing activities and programs, are directly relevant to the Overall application’s Aims to (1) enhance and expand MPC’s vibrant intellectual environment; (2) provide end-to-end support for population dynamics research projects; and (3) invest heavily in the next generation of population dynamics researchers. The Development Core prioritizes new and early stage investigators for all services and will extend the reach of all current and proposed programming via accessible livestreams and recordings as well as greater sharing of resources online. These activities—along with more traditional Development Core activities like weekly MPC Seminars and seed grants—will lead to innovative new population dynamics research collaborations and projects at MPC and across the nation.