MSI Faculty in the Field of Cancer

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的总体目标是增加肿瘤学知识库和少数族裔服务机构教师的参与，即传统黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）和部落学院和大学（tcu）。为了实现这一目标，MSI教师学者奖计划提供旅行和生活资金，以支持有价值的MSI教师申请人参加美国癌症研究协会（AACR）的年会或特别会议，讨论更集中的科学主题。这两种工具允许获奖者体验在AACR年会上展示的广泛的全球癌症研究，或者在特别会议上专注于他们感兴趣的特定研究领域。参加这些会议使这些教员能够增加他们的肿瘤学知识，在全国观众面前展示他们的研究成果，促进他们与其他科学家的互动，总的来说，提高少数民族研究人员的国内和国际地位。AACR通过循环公告向所有北美AACR成员、约40,000名非AACR成员的其他癌症科学家、200多个癌症中心和机构以及160名MARC和MBRS项目主任征求申请。其他公告出现在AACR赞助的期刊上，以及其他一些选定的期刊上，特别是，详细信息发布在互联网上的AACR网站上。申请将由少数族裔服务机构教师奖励委员会审查，该委员会由首席研究员和AACR的杰出成员组成。获奖者将获得包括注册、住房和生活费用在内的津贴，并报销他们的旅费。获奖者被要求提交一份他们的经历报告。该项目是AACR制定的多层次项目的一个组成部分，该项目旨在解决在癌症研究和生物医学科学领域工作的少数民族代表性不足这一极其重要的问题。它有效地补充了针对学生和培训人员的AACR癌症研究少数族裔学者计划，以及AACR在高中层面的其他倡议。这个项目提高了少数族裔教师在癌症研究领域的知名度，这不仅有利于他们的研究和项目，而且还加强了他们作为导师的重要作用，鼓励少数族裔学生和受训者成为未来的肿瘤学家和癌症研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The broad objective of this project is to increase the oncological knowledge base and participation of faculty from Minority-Serving Institutions i.e., Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), and Tribal Colleges & Universities (TCUs). To accomplish this, the MSI Faculty Scholar Award program provides travel and subsistence funds to support the attendance of meritorious MSI faculty applicants at Annual Meetings or Special Conferences on more focused scientific topics of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). These two vehicles permit the awardees to experience either the broad spectrum of cancer research worldwide that is presented at the AACR Annual Meeting, or an intense focus on a specific research area of interest to them at Special Conferences. Attendance at these meetings enables these faculty members to increase their knowledge of oncology, present the results of their research before national audiences, facilitate their interaction with other scientists, and in general, enhance the national and international standing of minority researchers. Applications are solicited by circulating announcements to all North American members of the AACR, to about 40,000 other cancer scientists who are not members of AACR, to over 200 cancer centers and institutions, and to 160 MARC and MBRS Program Directors. Other announcements appear in the journals sponsored by the AACR, in a few other selected journals, and in particular, detailed information is posted on the AACR Website on the Internet. Applications are reviewed by a Minority-Serving Institution Faculty Award Committee comprised of the Principal Investigator and distinguished members of the AACR. Awardees receive stipends to cover registration, housing, and subsistence expenses, and are reimbursed for their travel costs. Awardees are asked to submit a report of their experience. This program is an integral part of a multilevel program instituted by the AACR to address the extremely important problem of under-representation of minorities working in cancer research and biomedical science. It effectively complements the AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research program, targeted to students and those in training, and other AACR initiatives at the High School level. The increased visibility of minority faculty members in cancer research that results from this program not only benefits their research, programs, but also strengthens their vital role as mentors, encouraging minority students and trainees to become the oncologists and cancer researchers of tomorrow.