JUNIOR RESEARCH INVESTIGATOR ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM

1987年，少数民族卫生职业学校协会(AMHPS) 提交了一份提案，请求支持为青少年旅行提供赞助 希望参加科学研究的科学家和博士后 开会。这项计划的目标是：(1)促进研究 校园层面的利益，(2)为少数族裔提供帮助-- 攻读生物医学基础的博士生和初级教职员工 将研究作为职业，以及(3)为培训个人提供支持 国家心肺血液研究所资助的研究领域 研究所(NHLBI)。该计划的主要目标是提供一个 传统上代表不足的少数群体的机制 成功地在科学界竞争。 传统上，少数群体在科学和技术领域的代表性不足 由NHLBI资助的生物医学研究领域。少数民族人口 患有许多疾病和障碍，由这个研究所资助，这个 计划作为一种机制来吸引更多的个人 这一研究领域。自从这个项目最初获得资金以来，许多人 少数族裔学生和科学家使用了由这一机构分配的资金 授权机构出席科学会议并介绍其研究成果 在国家会议上的研究结果。预计这笔资金 本提案中要求的将继续提供一种机制，以 更多少数族裔科学家在与以下领域相关的职业中取得成功 由NHLBI赞助和支持的研究领域。

In 1987, the Association for Minority Health Professions Schools (AMHPS) submitted a proposal requesting support to sponsor travel for junior scientists and post-doctoral students who desired to attend scientific meetings. The objectives of this program were to: (1) stimulate research interests at the campus level, (2) provide assistance for minority post- doctoral students and junior faculty members pursuing basic biomedical research as a career and (3), provide support for training individuals in the areas of research sponsored by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institutes (NHLBI). The major goal of this program was to provide a mechanism for traditionally under-represented minority groups to successfully compete in the scientific world. Traditionally, minorities have been under-represented in science and biomedical research areas funded by the NHLBI. The minority population suffers from many diseases and disorders funded by this institute and this program serves as a mechanism to attract a larger number of individuals to this research area. Since the initial funding of this program, many minority students and scientists have utilized funds allocated by this granting agency to attend scientific meetings and present their research findings at national conferences. It is anticipated that the funds requested in this proposal will continue to provide a mechanism for a greater number of minority scientists to succeed in careers relevant to research areas sponsored and supported by the NHLBI.