Intensive Rehabilitation Research Grant Writing Workshops in the United States

描述(由申请人提供)：康复科学研究对健康至关重要，特别是与老龄化人口和残疾人有关的研究。然而，康复科学研究一直落后于生物医学研究的其他领域，这可能是因为实践的跨学科性质。因此，康复专业的实践往往是基于经验(所谓的艺术)、传统、案例报告、直觉和 假设，而不是科学得出的证据。造成这一现实的原因很复杂，但其中一个重要因素是缺乏训练有素的康复研究人员，特别是那些专注于以患者为导向的转化性研究的人。理想情况下，科研培训应在毕业后和博士后阶段开始。然而，这些潜在的调查人员中的许多人在临床战壕中开始了他们的康复职业生涯，并且大多是为了治疗病人。私人投资机构正在提议举办一次密集的赠款编写讲习班，以加强南方康复研究(ERRIS)讲习班所开发的模式为基础。与被动的赠款撰写研讨会不同，选定的受训者将准备至少完成赠款提案的具体目标，以便提交给NIH或其他资助机构。这个研讨会的目标受众包括所有康复研究学科的初级和中级教师，他们在NIH资助的或类似的研究中处于成功的边缘。PIS将汇集一批全国公认的导师和顾问作为教员。此外，他们还将利用北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的优秀当地资源，如 作为塞西尔·谢普斯卫生服务研究中心，支持指导学员的工作。该讲习班将提供专门知识和支助，以便在国家一级成功地获得研究经费支助。在研讨会上指导拨款撰写、临床试验设计、 课程包括生物统计学、信息学、协作、专业技能、预算编制以及通过讲座和个人咨询实现的职业发展。一对一的指导是这次研讨会的核心内容。督导人员会特别注意在工作坊结束后，与学员及其所在院舍的辅导小组跟进，以尽量增加成功的机会，从而培养一支训练有素的康复研究人员队伍，他们的专业知识将促进更好的康复研究设计。最后，他们还将努力增加妇女和未得到充分服务的少数群体以及工程师和理疗师等学科作为康复研究人员的代表性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research in Rehabilitation Sciences is critical to health, particularly as relates to aging populations and those with disability. However, rehabilitation science research has lagged behind other areas of biomedical research possibly because of the interdisciplinary nature of practice. As a result, practice in rehabilitation specialties is often based on experience (art so to speak), tradition, case-reports, intuition, and assumption rather than scientifically derived evidence. The reasons for this reality are complex but one of the important factors is a lack of well-trained rehabilitation researchers, especially those who focus on patient-oriented, translational research. Ideally, research training begins in the post-baccalaureate and post- doctoral years. However, many of these potential investigators begin their rehabilitation careers in the clinical trenches, and are mostly motivated to treat patients. The PIs are proposing an intensive grant writing workshop that builds upon the model developed by the Enhancing Rehabilitation Research in the South (ERRIS) workshops. Unlike passive seminars on grant writing, selected mentees will come prepared to complete at least the specific aims for a grant proposal for submission to the NIH or other funding agency. The target audience for this workshop includes junior and mid-level faculty in all rehabilitation research disciplines who are on the cusp of success in NIH-funded or similar research. The PIs will bring together a nationally recognized group of mentors and consultants as faculty. In addition, they will utilize the excellent local resources at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, such as the Cecil Sheps Center for Health Services Research to support the mentorship of mentees. This workshop will provide the expertise and support to be successful at the national level in obtaining research grant support. At the workshop guidance in grant writing, clinical trial design, biostatistics, informatics, collaboration, grantsmanship, budgeting, and career development through lectures and individual consultation will occur. One-on-one mentorship is the centerpiece of this workshop. The PIs will pay particular attention to following up with mentees and their home institution mentorship team after the workshop to maximize the chance for success and thus develop a cadre of well-trained, rehabilitation researchers whose expertise will foster better rehabilitation research design. Finally, they will also work to increase the representation of women and underserved minorities, and disciplines, such as engineers and physiatrists, as rehabilitation researchers.