Integrated Partnership for Education Training and Mentoring to the Doctorate

德克萨斯州AandM大学科珀斯克里斯蒂分校将与四个研究密集型机构合作，制定战略，使代表性不足的学生能够完成学士学位并进入生物医学和行为博士课程。长期目标是满足增加科学工作人员多样性的迫切需要，从而拓宽确定研究需求的视角，并推动改变目前的研究范式，特别是在健康差距方面。短期目标是 建立合作伙伴关系，开发具有竞争力的BUILD应用程序。这些目标解决了生物医学和行为研究中的一个关键障碍：科学劳动力缺乏多样性。 实现这些目标支持NIH的使命，包括代表性不足的研究人员的观点和经验，以提高基础知识，将这些知识应用于健康和减少疾病负担。该项目的具体目标是：扩大现有的合作伙伴关系，包括其他机构，合作制定战略，重点是招聘和保留代表性不足的学生进入生物医学和行为职业，并将这些战略组织成一个竞争性的申请建设奖通过定期双月会议的11个多学科的调查，合作伙伴将评估和设计对学生和教师进行投资的项目。持有博士学位的当前学生，教师和毕业生的观点，愿望和需求将在调查和焦点小组中进行评估，以确定生物医学和行为劳动力多样化的最佳实践。这些计划将开发有效和高效的指导，丰富和研究活动，以吸引，鼓励和定位学生的研究生院。这些计划将加强机构合作伙伴关系，加强基础设施，提高教师指导技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Texas AandM University-Corpus Christi will partner with four research-intense institutions to develop strategies enabling underrepresented students to complete bachelor's degrees and matriculate into biomedical and behavioral PhD programs. The long-term goal is to address the compelling need to increase diversity in the scientific workforce, thus broadening perspectives in identifying research needs and effecting a catalytic change in the current research paradigm, particularly in health disparities. The short-term goal is building a partnership to develop a competitive BUILD application. These goals address a key roadblock in biomedical and behavioral research: the lack of diversity in the scientific workforce. Achieving these goals supports the NIH mission by including the perspectives and experiences of underrepresented researchers to improve fundamental knowledge, apply that knowledge to health and reduce the burden of illness. The Specific Aim of the project is to: Expand existing partnerships to include other institutions, collaborate to develop strategies focused on the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students into biomedical and behavioral careers and organize these strategies into a competitive application for a BUILD award Through regular bimonthly meeting of the 11 multi-disciplinary investigators, the partners will evaluate and design programs to invest in both students and faculty. The perspectives, wants and needs of current students, faculty and graduates who hold PhD degrees will be assessed in surveys and focus groups to determine best practices for diversifying the biomedical and behavioral workforce. These programs will develop effective and efficient mentoring, enrichment and research activities to engage, encourage and position students for graduate school. These programs will strengthen institutional partnerships, bolster infrastructure and enhance faculty mentoring skills.