MBRS SCORE Program at Charles R. Drew University

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的Charles R.医学和科学（德鲁）MBRS SCORE计划的德鲁大学是显着提高生物医学/生物行为研究和科学出版物的质量和数量有前途的初级研究人员解决少数民族的健康差距问题。 该计划包括1）一个行政核心和2）来自发展中教师的研究项目。 提出了六个试点项目和六个次级项目。 每名初级研究员将与一名高级导师配对，并将参加一系列结构化的培训研讨会，以提高他们的研究和科学沟通技能和知识。 本申请的具体目的是： 1)通过增加德鲁生物医学研究人员的数量来提高机构生物医学研究能力。 2)为试点项目和子项目提供支持，以激励和更好地准备有前途的少数民族初级研究人员和初级研究人员，并坚定地致力于影响弱势群体的生物医学/生物行为研究事业的问题。 3)促进教师的发展，通过指导研究试点项目和子项目的支持，通过配对专门的高级研究人员与有前途的初级教师，并通过为初级教师的咨询委员会提供正式指导的基础设施。 4)通过实施一系列研究研讨会来促进教师发展，以加强和提高有前途的初级教师的研究生产力和科学沟通技能。 5)不断评估的过程和德鲁MBRS评分计划的初始目标，并利用这些评估，使与NIGMS计划官员协商正在进行的方案改进。 德鲁的MBRS SCORE计划的预期结果是，受指导的初级研究人员将成功地竞争独立的同行评审资金，并最终获得“终身”研究轨道学术任命。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objectives of the proposed Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) MBRS SCORE program are to significantly improve the quality and quantity of biomedical/biobehavioral research and scientific publications by promising junior investigators addressing issues of health disparities for ethnic minorities. The program consists of 1) an administrative core and 2) research projects from developing faculty. Six pilot projects and six subprojects are proposed. Each junior investigator will be paired with a senior mentor and will participate in a structured training seminar series to enhance their research and scientific communication skills and knowledge. The specific aims of this application are to: 1) Enhance institutional biomedical research capabilities by increasing the number of biomedical researchers at Drew. 2) Provide support for pilot projects and subprojects to stimulate and better prepare promising minority junior investigators and junior investigators with a strong commitment to issues affecting disadvantaged populations for biomedical/biobehavioral research careers. 3) Promote faculty development through the support of mentored-research pilot projects and subprojects by pairing dedicated senior investigators with promising junior faculty and providing an infrastructure for formal mentoring via an advisory committee for the junior faculty members. 4) Promote faculty development through the implementation of a research seminar series to strengthen, and increase the research productivity and scientific communication skills of promising junior faculty. 5) Continuously evaluate the processes and the initial objectives of the Drew MBRS SCORE program and utilize these assessments to make ongoing programmatic improvements in consultation with NIGMS program officials. The expected outcome of the MBRS SCORE program at Drew is that mentored junior investigators will successfully compete for independent peer-reviewed funding and the eventual attainment of a "tenured" research track academic appointment.