Mid-South Trandisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities Research

鼓励和保持伙伴机构的调查人员积极参与中期审查， 为了开展南部部队派遣国的活动并培养一支新的初级调查员队伍， 合作机构之间和内部的财务、行政和监管支持。的 试点项目计划的总体目标是为跨伙伴关系的试点研究提供直接支持 机构，并通过指导，帮助获奖者获得教育和培训，以提高他们的 作为独立的健康差异调查员取得长期成功。试点方案的目标是 双重：1）促进新兴研究领域，探索新的方法或途径， 应用研究，并促进参与者之间的跨学科研究;和2）指导初级 研究人员的目标是获得独立资助，从而开发一个新的健康差距干部 研究人员具体而言，该计划将支持试点，可行性和合作研究， 重要性和影响，以帮助研究人员在NIH或其他校外资金方面具有竞争力。长期 该计划的目标是培养一批资深科学家和有前途的年轻研究人员， 在健康的社会决定因素领域具有专门知识的多学科。

To encourage and sustain the active participation of investigators from partnering institutions in the Mid- South TCC activities and to develop a new cadre of junior investigators, it is imperative to have adequate financial, administrative, and regulatory support across and within the collaborating institutions. The overarching goal of the Pilot Project Program is to provide direct support for pilot research across partnering institutions and, through mentoring, help awardees obtain the education and training that would enhance their long-term success as independent health disparities investigators. The objective of the Pilot Program is twofold: 1) facilitate emerging research areas, explore new methodologies or approaches for basic and/or applied research, and facilitate transdisciplinary research among participants; and 2) mentor junior investigators with the goal of becoming independently funded thus developing a new cadre of health disparities researchers. Specifically, this program will support pilot, feasibility, and collaborative research studies of significance and impact to help investigators be competitive for NIH or other extramural funding. The long-term goal of this program is to develop a critical mass of senior scientists and promising young investigators from multiple disciplines with expertise in the field of social determinants of health.