Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE): Professional Developm

描述（由申请人提供）：生物医学和临床研究人员的专业发展的重要性，导致了培训对象的课程和研讨会在各种机构，包括专业协会的发展。然而，缺乏关注在科学领域代表性不足的少数群体的独特需求的方案。为了满足这一需求，内分泌学会开发了未来领导者推进内分泌学研究（FLARE）计划，这是一个面向内分泌相关研究的少数民族研究生和博士后研究员的多方面培训计划。该计划的目标是投资于这些学员的持续专业成长，以提高他们作为内分泌学会领导者的准备，在他们的家乡机构，以及整个科学界。方案的组成部分包括一个领导力培训讲习班，一个指导网络，以建立少数民族学员和专门的导师之间的关系，和一个基于社会的实习方案，为学员，其中包括两个组成部分：参与管理委员会的内分泌学会和非正式辅导少数民族本科生在社会的现有夏季研究计划。该协会还将参加其他完善的多样性和外联举措，如Keystone研讨会研究员方案，并从少数群体研究人员网络等亲和团体寻求更多的导师和讲习班教员。总之，FLARE方案将为少数族裔受训人员提供一套独特的专业发展和提高机会，使他们为在生物医学和临床研究事业中取得成功做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The importance of professional development for biomedical and clinical researchers has led to the development of trainee-targeted courses and workshops at various institutions, including professional societies. However, there is a lack of programs focused on the unique needs of minorities underrepresented in the sciences. To meet this need, The Endocrine Society has developed the Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program, a multi-faceted training program for minority graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in endocrine-related research. The objective of the program is to invest in the continued professional growth of these trainees to enhance their preparedness for advancement as leaders within The Endocrine Society, at their home institution, and in the scientific community at large. Program components include a leadership training workshop, a mentoring network to build relationships between minority trainees and dedicated mentors, and a Society-based internship program for the trainees that includes two components: participation in a governing committee of The Endocrine Society and informal mentoring of minority undergraduate students in the Society's existing summer research program. The Society will also participate in other well-established diversity and outreach initiatives such as the Keystone Symposia Fellows Program, and seek additional mentors and workshop faculty from affinity groups such as the Network of Minority Research Investigators. Taken together, the FLARE Program will provide minority trainees with a distinct set of professional development and enhancement opportunities that will prepare them for success in biomedical and clinical research careers.