MUSC-Claflin Cooperative for Postdoctoral Academic Career Development

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请的目标是解决当代学术生物医学研究科学家培训中存在的几个挑战。首先是缺乏结构化的，指导性的职业发展计划，为博士后研究员在学术环境中的教学和研究承诺做好充分的准备。第二个问题是，许多为少数群体服务的机构缺乏研究基础设施和面向研究的课程。最后，必须解决如何保持少数民族学生对生物医学科学研究事业的兴趣和承诺的问题。该应用程序假设，将一个重要的指导，教学经验，在本科设置到博士后研究员的培训将提高他们在学术和研究方面的成功潜力。为了验证这一点，我们将在MUSC（一所研究型大学）确定博士后研究员，他们具有学术抱负并对教学充满热情。除了严格的研究计划外，他们还将参加MUSC的结构化计划，学习教学技巧。随后，他们将在Catlin University（一个教学密集型MSI）获得重要的指导教学经验。学者的成功将使用多种标准进行评估，包括短期和长期结果。为了应对第二个挑战，将实施一项访问科学家计划，以促进克拉夫林和MUSC教师之间的合作，并提供财政资源，让克拉夫林本科生获得使用当代工具的第一手经验。预计与研究密集型生物医学大学开展研究合作的本科校园的教师将在他们的课程中纳入增强的基于问题的课程。这项申请的最终长期目标是增加选择生物医学科学职业的代表性不足的少数民族的数量。这个问题将从两个方面加以解决。首先，该计划将使本科生接触积极从事研究的教师和博士后学者。其次，将鼓励克拉夫林学生参加MUSC为期10周的夏季本科课程，为他们提供执行严格研究项目的深入经验。这两项活动的根本目的是激发他们对知识的好奇心，并灌输他们追求富有成效的研究事业的愿望。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this application is to address several challenges existing in the training of contemporary academic biomedical research scientists. The first is the lack of structured, mentored career development programs that adequately prepare postdoctoral fellows for both the teaching and research commitments of the academic environment. The second is the lack of research infrastructure and research-oriented courses that exist at many minority-serving institutions (MSIs). Finally, the problem of how to maintain the interest level and commitment of minority students to pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences must be addressed. This application hypothesizes that incorporating a significant mentored, teaching experience in an undergraduate setting into the training of postdoctoral fellows will enhance their potential for success in both academics and research. To test this, we will identify postdoctoral fellows at MUSC, a research-intensive university, who have academic aspirations and possess an enthusiasm for teaching. In addition to a rigorous research program, they will participate in a structured program at MUSC to learn teaching techniques. Subsequently, they will progress to a significant mentored teaching experience at Catlin University, a teaching-intensive MSI. Scholars' success will be evaluated using multiple criteria, including both short and long-term outcomes. To address the second challenge, a visiting scientist program will be put into place to foster collaborations between Claflin and MUSC faculty and financial resources will be provided to allow Claflin undergraduates first-hand experience with contemporary tools. It is expected that faculty teaching at an undergraduate campus that develop research collaborations with a research-intensive biomedical university will incorporate an enhanced problem-based curriculum in their classes. The final long-term goal of this application is to increase the number of underrepresented minorities choosing careers in the biomedical sciences. This issue will be addressed in two ways. First, this program will expose undergraduates to teachers and postdoctoral scholars actively engaged in research. Second, Claflin students will be encouraged to participate in the 10-week summer undergraduate program at MUSC to offer them in-depth experience performing a rigorous research project. The underlying purpose of both activities is to spark in them an intellectual curiosity and to instill in them the desire to pursue productive research careers.