Interactive Learning Modules for Writing Grant Proposals

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的总体目标是继续我们的挑战，使教师在机构与高少数民族招生开发和提交有竞争力的研究建议。根据我们过去的经验，相互竞争的更新有三个方面，将同时进行：⑴更新现有的单元（14），并开发、测试和评价两个新的因特网课程单元; ⑵通过在远程地点举办5个讲习班征聘和培训参与者，随后参加网上课程;（3）继续评估培训单元的技术和内容版本。从原来的计划显着的变化包括移动会前会议场外，以最大限度地提高教师从邻近机构参与的数量和机器语言技术的引入，以帮助参与者的补助金写作工作的编辑和包装。在倡议结束时，应鼓励并授权每个参与者提交竞争性建议书。因此，我们与NIGMS的持续伙伴关系应提高少数民族机构研究人员/赠款作者的技能和能力，增加少数民族从事生物医学研究的人数，并加强少数民族机构的整体研究环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objective of this application is to continue our challenge to empower faculty at institutions with high minority enrollment to develop and submit competitive research proposals. Building on our past experience, the competing renewal has three facets which will take place concurrently: 1) up-dating current modules (14) and the development, testing, and evaluation of two new internet course modules; 2) recruitment and training of participants through 5 workshops at remote sites and subsequent participation in the web-based course; 3) continuing evaluation of the training modules for the purpose of technological and content versions. Significant changes from the original program include moving the pre-course conference off-site to maximize the number of faculty participating from contiguous institutions and the introduction of machine language technology to aid in the editing and packaging of participants' grant writing efforts. At the conclusion of the initiative, each participant should be both motivated and empowered to submit a competitive proposal. Thus, our continuing partnership with NIGMS should improve the skills and abilities of researchers/grant writers at minority institutions, increase the number of minorities engaged in biomedical research, and strengthen minority institution's overall research environment.