MBRS SCORE Program - Charles R Drew University

描述（由申请人提供）：Charles R.医学和科学（德鲁）MBRS SCORE计划，这是为08/01/03-07/31/07期间资助德鲁大学，是1）通过显著提高生物医学/生物行为研究和科学出版物的质量和数量，增加训练有素的少数民族研究人员的数量，通过有前途的初级研究人员解决少数民族的健康差异问题，以及2）加强德鲁的研究基础设施该计划包括1）一个行政核心和2）来自发展中教师的研究项目。本补充申请建议扩大MBRS计划初级研究员基础，以包括对最初未资助的项目之一的修订。此外，内部咨询委员会选定了三个新的全面项目和一个试点项目，并作为这一应用程序的一部分提出。与目前的项目一样，每个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，以提高初级研究员的研究和科学交流技能和知识。本申请的具体目的是： 1)扩大MBRS计划的初级研究者基础，从而有助于实现该计划的目标和目的。 2)提高德鲁的机构生物医学研究能力。 3)为全面和试点项目提供支持，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。 4)促进教师的发展，通过指导研究的全面和试点项目的支持，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。 5)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。 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 Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (Drew) MBRS SCORE program, which was funded for the period of 08/01/03-07/31/07, are to 1) increase the number of well trained minority researchers by significantly improving the quality and quantity of biomedical/biobehavioral research and scientific publications by promising junior investigators addressing issues of health disparities for ethnic minorities and 2) enhance the research infrastructure at Drew. The program consists of 1) an administrative core and 2) research projects from developing faculty. This supplemental application proposes to expand the MBRS program junior investigator base to include a revision of one of the projects that was not initially funded. Additionally, three new full projects and one pilot project were selected by the Internal Advisory Committee and are being proposed as part of this application. As with the current projects, each junior investigator will be paired with a senior mentor and will participate in a structured training seminar series to enhance the junior investigator's research and scientific communication skills and knowledge. The specific aims of this application are to: 1) Expand the junior investigator base of the MBRS program, thus contributing to achieving the program's goals and objectives. 2) Enhance institutional biomedical research capabilities at Drew. 3) Provide support for full and pilot projects 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. 4) Promote faculty development through the support of mentored-research full and pilot projects 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. 5) 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. 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.