Research Capacity Building Component

项目总结(见说明)： 非洲的精神卫生研究能力和基础设施极其有限，几乎没有专门的资金，缺乏训练有素的精神卫生研究人员，缺乏基础设施支持，精神卫生研究方面的培训和监督机会很少。确认的目标是在非洲发展公共精神卫生干预研究的研究能力。中心的具体能力发展目标包括： 1)在中心机构之间建立公平和可持续的非洲伙伴关系、网络和联盟； 2)在中心国家建立大量可持续的当地能力； (3)加强科研培训，构筑心理健康研究者的职业道路； 4)改善中心合作伙伴的内部管理结构和研究环境； 5)支持行政、治理和财务职能所需的基础设施；以及 6)加强个人、机构和国家层面的领导。 AFFRM的能力发展方法将利用创新战略，包括将重点放在国家发展中；采用系统和职业长远观点；回应中心国家的独特性；以及促进对话、伙伴关系和可持续性。在确认站点的研究能力被设想为一系列紧密相连的步骤，以确定并充分准备同事 参与心理健康研究。在每个阶段，都将针对不同职业阶段的干部开展各种活动。这些活动将分为中心资助的活动，包括奖学金，参加关于特定研究主题的短期课程，访问研究国家进行跟踪，以及活动 不是由中心资助的，而是通过将中心聚集在一起的机会创建的，包括入门教学课程和硕士水平课程。将根据综合基线能力需求评估的结果及其与《全球行动法》条款的一致性来确定各项活动的优先次序。 中心内的能力建设还将侧重于与其他获奖的区域中心建立网络联系。

PROJECT SUMMARY (See instructions): Mental health research capacity and infrastructure in Africa are extremely limited, with little funding dedicated, a scarcity of trained mental health research personnel, a dearth of infrastructural support, and few opportunities for training and supervision in mental health research. AFFIRM aims to develop research capacity in Africa for public mental health intervention research. Specific capacity development aims of the Hub include: 1) Creating equitable and sustainable African partnerships, networks and alliances between Hub institutions; 2) Building a critical mass of sustainable local capacity in Hub countries; 3) Strengthening research training and building career pathways for mental health researchers; 4) Improving internal management structures and research environments within Hub partners; 5) Supporting the infrastructure necessary for administrative, governance, and financial functions; and 6) Strengthening leadership at individual, institutional and national levels. AFFlRM's capacity development approach will make use of innovative strategies, including focusing on In country development; employing systems and career-long perspectives; responding to the uniqueness of Hub countries; and promoting dialogue, partnership and sustainability. Research capacity in AFFIRM sites is envisioned as a closely interconnected sequence of steps, to identify and fully prepare colleagues for involvement in mental health research. At each stage, various activities, targeting cadres at a wide-variety of career stages, will be carried out. These will be divided into Hub-funded activities, including fellowships to attend short courses on specific research themes, and visit research countries for shadowing, and activities not funded by the Hub but created through opportunities of bringing Hub together, including introductory teaching sessions and masters-level programmes. Activities will be prioritized according to results from the comprehensive baseline capacity needs assessments, and their alignment with the terms of the FOA. Capacity building within the Hub will also focus on net-working with other awarded regional Hubs.