Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE)

描述(由申请人提供)：多样性对我们国家未来的健康、教育、科学和研究事业具有非常重要的意义，然而，生物医学和科学劳动力的多样性并不反映美国人口。SPIRE(种子期博士后研究和教育创新者)是一个创新的博士后研究和职业发展培训计划，其目标与IRACDA的目标一致：1)激励和激励来自代表性不足群体的本科生从事以科学为基础的课程内容、研究，并攻读科学研究生学位；2)提供研究、教学和职业发展方面的培训，促进学者在他们自己的职业目标中取得成功。SPIRE的基本假设是，将卓越的研究和教学结合在一起，并重视指导和多样性的教师，将有效地培养下一代科学家，促进科学工作队伍的多样性。作为对SPIRE正在进行的评估的回应，当前的提案保持了许多成功的组成部分，同时也引入了几项创新，以使我们的合作大学和我们的学者受益。这项提议将在5年内支持30名新学者，并与四所大学合作，每所大学都有培养代表不足群体学生的历史承诺。SPIRE计划的具体目标是：1.招募代表NIGMS的科学使命和我们合作校园的教育和研究需求的杰出和多样化的SPIRE学者。2.提供卓越的研究培训体验，将学者安排在生产性实验室，由致力于SPIRE目标的导师指导，并确保这种研究体验包括指导我们合作校区的本科生。3.在我们的合作校区提供有指导的教学体验。这种体验包括以研究为基础的课程和直接参与我们合作校区的研究计划。4.提供符合我们学者需要的专业技能培训，促进他们在未来的学术界取得成功。更新建议中的创新包括a)新的重点是招聘具有化学、物理和生物医学工程背景的SPIRE学者，以满足我们伙伴校园的需求；b)有组织地参与我们伙伴校园的RISE和MARC计划，包括在北卡罗来纳大学/教堂山为我们伙伴校园的本科生提供暑期研究计划；c)新的评估措施，以更有效地跟踪本科生的成绩；d)机制，促进我们合作校园内现任和前任SPIRE学者和教职员工之间的数据共享和有效的教学策略。影响：我们的目标是继续并加强我们有据可查的对我们合作大学的课程和研究事业、对在研究和科学教育方面成功的新教师的培训以及在促进我们未来科学劳动力的多样性方面的重大影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diversity is highly significant to our nation's future health, educational, scientific and research enterprise, yet, diversity in the biomedical and scientific workforce does not reflect the U.S. population. SPIRE (Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education) has established itself as an innovative postdoctoral research and career development training program whose goals are aligned with those of IRACDA: 1) to inspire and motivate undergraduate students from underrepresented groups to engage in science-based course content, research, and to pursue graduate degrees in science while 2) providing training in research, teaching, and career development that promotes success of scholars in their own career goals. The underlying hypothesis of SPIRE is that faculty who combine excellence in research and teaching, and value the importance of mentoring and diversity, will effectively train the next generation of scientists and promote diversity in the scientific workforce. In response to SPIRE's ongoing evaluation, the current proposal maintains many successful components while also introducing several innovations to benefit our partner universities and our scholars. This proposal will support 30 new scholars over the duration of 5 years and partner with four universities, each with an historical commitment to train students from underrepresented groups. Specific Aims of the SPIRE program are to: 1. Recruit outstanding and diverse SPIRE scholars who represent the scientific mission of NIGMS and the education and research needs of our partner campuses. 2. Provide an outstanding research training experience by placing scholars in productive laboratories with mentors committed to the goals of SPIRE and ensuring that this research experience involves mentoring of undergraduates from our partner campuses. 3. Provide a mentored teaching experience at our partner campuses. This experience includes research-based courses and direct involvement with research initiatives at our partner campuses. 4. Provide training in professional skills that match the needs of our scholars and promote their success in attaining future positions in academia. Innovations in this proposed renewal include a) a new emphasis on recruiting SPIRE scholars with chemistry, physics and biomedical engineering backgrounds to meet the needs of our partner campuses; b) structured involvement with RISE and MARC programs at our partner campuses, including a summer research program at UNC/Chapel Hill for undergraduates from our partner campuses, c) new evaluation measures to track more effectively undergraduate student outcomes and d) mechanisms to facilitate the sharing of data and effective teaching strategies among current and former SPIRE scholars and faculty at our partner campuses. Impact: We aim to continue and enhance our documented and significant impact on the curriculum and research enterprise of our partner universities, and on the training of new faculty who are successful in research and science education as well as in promoting the diversity of our future scientific workforce.