Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program

描述(由申请人提供)：研究人员提出康复研究职业发展计划(RRCD)，这是目前K12 HD055929资助的续期，以培训职业和物理治疗师的康复科学家。RRCD计划的目标是增加受过严格培训、具有外部竞争能力和科学能力的康复科学家的数量，他们将进行翻译研究，领导临床研究团队，并最终指导下一代职业和物理治疗研究人员。德克萨斯大学医学部(UTMB)、佛罗里达大学(UF)和南加州大学(USC)将作为一个研究联盟来实现这一目标。该联盟包括一批高级康复调查人员(首席导师)，他们为K12学者提供必要的技能和知识，以成为康复科学的独立调查人员和未来的领导者。培训计划由两个阶段组成。第一阶段(1-3年)旨在为学者们提供在跨学科康复研究方面取得丰硕成果所需的基础。学者们将在一名首席导师的监督下，在其中一个联盟机构进行研究，并在他们感兴趣的研究领域与一个跨学科研究团队的成员合作。每位学者将根据他们过去的培训和首席导师和研究团队的建议，准备一份个性化的职业发展计划。该计划将包括系统的教学培训，包括研究方法、专门课程和研讨会，以及有指导的赠款撰写经验。在第一阶段，学者将获得研究经验，生成、分析、提交和发布研究数据，并准备好竞争独立的外部资金(例如，K01、R03、R21或R01赠款)。在第二阶段(4-5年级)，学者将过渡到独立研究人员的职位。第二阶段奖学金获得者将继续投入50%-75%的精力进行研究，并与首席导师和研究团队成员保持联系，但不再获得K12奖项的支持。基于导师的培训模式利用了联盟机构的优秀资源(例如，积极的T32培训计划、NIH和NIDRR资助的研究中心、临床和翻译科学奖)。自2007年以来过渡到第二阶段的我们的学者中，88%的人从NIH或VA获得了个人外部资助。这一资助成功率大大高于其他导师K奖项目的报告。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The investigators propose the Rehabilitation Research Career Development Program (RRCD), a renewal of the current grant K12 HD055929, to train rehabilitation scientists who are occupational and physical therapists. The goal of the RRCD Program is to increase the number of rigorously trained, extramurally competitive, and scientifically competent rehabilitation scientists who will conduct translational investigations, lead clinical research teams, and eventually mentor the next generation of occupational and physical therapy investigators. The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), the University of Florida (UF) and the University of Southern California (USC) will function as a research consortium to achieve this goal. The consortium includes a cadre of senior rehabilitation investigators (Lead Mentors) who provide the K12 Scholars with the skills and knowledge necessary to become independent investigators and future leaders in rehabilitation science. The training program is comprised of two phases. Phase 1 (Years 1-3) is designed to provide the Scholars with the foundation needed for a productive career in interdisciplinary rehabilitation research. Scholars will conduct research at one of the consortium institutions under the supervision of a Lead Mentor and collaborate with members of an interdisciplinary research team in their area of research interest. Each Scholar will prepare an Individualized Career Development Plan based on their past training and recommendations from the Lead Mentor and research team. The plan will consist of structured didactic training involving research methodology, specialized courses and seminars, and mentored grant writing experiences. In Phase 1, Scholars will acquire research experience, generate, analyze, present and publish research data, and become equipped to compete for independent external funding (e.g., K01, R03, R21, or R01 grants). In Phase 2 (Years 4-5), Scholars will transition to independent researcher positions. Phase 2 Scholars will continue to devote 50-75% effort to research and remain associated with the Lead Mentor and members of the research team, but will no longer be supported from the K12 award. The mentor-based training model takes advantage of the excellent resources at the consortium institutions (e.g., active T32 training programs, NIH and NIDRR funded research centers, Clinical and Translational Science Awards). Eighty-eight percent of our Scholars who have transitioned to Phase 2 since 2007 have obtained individual external funding from the NIH or VA. This rate of funding success is substantially higher than has been reported for other mentored K-award programs.