Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry

描述（由申请人提供）：申请资助一个新的教育项目，“老年精神病学高级研究所”或ARI。ARI项目的目标是老年精神病学临床和服务研究职业发展的一个关键但脆弱的阶段：从初级研究者到独立研究者（例如，ro1级资助）的过渡。ARI建立在nimh支持的，非常成功的老年精神病学夏季研究所（SRI）的基础上，该研究所为初级研究人员提供为期一周的强化培训经验，旨在增加获得学术职业奖励或其他形式的早期职业发展支持的人数。ARI与SRI的不同之处在于，它以职业发展的下一阶段为目标，并为实现R01和承担独立科学家的责任提供更集中和持续的支持。高级研究所的项目主任是SRI执行委员会的成员；项目教师将作为项目参与者的主要导师，他们都是职业中期（K02/K24）的研究人员；SRI执行董事会的其他成员在ARI高级咨询委员会任职；并且有大量的资深科学家可以在大量的方法和实质性领域提供技术咨询。老年精神病学高级研究所的目标有几个层次，所有这些目标最终都有助于老年精神病学减轻晚年精神障碍负担的首要任务。对于老年精神病学领域，ARI的目标是：增加在与晚年精神健康有关的领域进行临床和服务研究的独立科学家（例如，r01级调查人员）的人数；2. 减少外地初级调查人员的流失；3. 培养一批新的学术领导干部，他们将承担发展研究人员的指导和其他学术公民的责任；4. 扩大高层领导的数量，负责该领域的长期增长和发展。对于参与计划的研究员，ARI的目标是：增加获得独立r01级资助的可能性；2. 减少早期职业发展支持与独立r01级资助之间的滞后；3. 增加在指导和其他学术领导责任方面的知识和技能。我们计划通过提供重点指导和咨询的项目来实现这些目标。该计划每年将通过以下方式支持12名ARI研究员（每人1-2年）：由一名项目教师提供持续指导（包括访问导师所在机构）；2. 为期3天的年度ARI春季研究所，重点是研究经费准备和科学公民（指导，科学公民指南）；3. 通过一对一会议和年度研讨会，由资深专家进行有针对性的技术咨询。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The application requests funding for a new educational program, the "Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry" or ARI. The ARI program targets a critical but vulnerable phase of career development in geriatric psychiatry clinical and services research: the transition from junior investigator to independent (e.g., RO1-level funding) investigator. The ARI builds upon the NIMH-supported, highly successful Summer Research Institute (SRI) in Geriatric Psychiatry that provides a one-week, intensive training experience for entry-level investigators aimed at increasing the number who achieve academic career awards or other forms of early career development support. The ARI differs from SRI by targeting the next phase of career development and by providing more focused and sustained support aimed at achieving the R01 and assuming the responsibilities of independent scientist. The Advanced Research Institute's Program Director is a member of the SRI Executive Board; the Program Faculty, who will serve as primary mentors to program participants, are all Mid-Career (K02/K24) investigators; other members of the SRI Executive Board serve on a Senior Advisory Committee for the ARI; and a large pool of senior scientists are available to provide technical consultation in a large number of methodological and substantive areas. The goals of the Advanced Research Institute in Geriatric Psychiatry are at several levels, all ultimately contributing to geriatric psychiatry's overarching mission to reduce the burden of mental disorders in late life. For the field of geriatric psychiatry, the ARI goals are to: 1. Increase the number of independent scientists (e.g., R01-level investigators) conducting clinical and services research in areas related to late-life mental health; 2. Decrease attrition of junior investigators from the field; 3. Cultivate a new cadre of academic leaders who will assume mentorship of developing investigators and other responsibilities of academic citizenship; 4. Expand the number of senior leaders taking responsibility for the long-term growth and development of the field. For the participating Program Fellows, the ARI goals are to: 1. increase the likelihood of obtaining independent R01-level funding; 2. decrease the lag between early career development support and independent R01-level funding; 3. increase knowledge and skills in mentoring and other responsibilities of academic leadership. We plan to achieve these goals by a program that provides focused mentoring and consultation. The program will support 12 ARI Fellows annually (each from 1-2 years) through: 1. Sustained mentoring by a member of the program faculty (including a visit to Mentor's institution); 2. An annual 3-day ARI Spring Institute focused on research grants preparation and scientific citizenship (mentoring, guidelines to scientific citizenship); 3. Targeted technical consultation from senior experts though one-on-one meetings and annual workshops.