Diversifying student-centered quality research at a public liberal arts college

 描述(由申请人提供)：NIH Brad项目和我们的机构发展计划(IDP)的预期影响的最终目标是在圣玛丽学院建立更深层次的研究文化，从而更好地支持对研究职业感兴趣的准备充分的不同学生的教育。我们的研究和赞助项目(RSP)办公室很有效，但资金不足，无法满足日益增长的获奖前和获奖后服务需求。我们的教师-学者教师很有才华，让本科生从事研究，但为本科生提供高质量的研究体验正变得越来越昂贵，无论是在资金和时间方面，都是为了确保学生做好准备。NIH布拉德奖将部分资助RSP工作人员的增加以及研究和研究管理的能力建设活动。具体目标是：1)通过教师发展活动和改进的导师/合作者网络，提高教师的研究生产力和竞争力；2)通过提供领导力、内部政策变化和增强的研究管理能力，改善对研究和研究行政服务的支持。用于评估项目成功的具体结果如下：提交的外部资助建议的数量、建议的质量、从事研究的教职员工和学生的比例、与外部机构合作制定的研究建议的数量以及工作人员参与能力培训的数量。EA将结合研究开发人员和管理员的角色，我们已经组建了一个强大的团队来管理NIH Brad项目和IDP。圣玛丽学院是一所容易接近、负担得起的公立学校，其领导层和教职员工将多样性、学生参与和研究作为创新文科课程的一部分。NIH布拉德计划的成功实施将为教职员工和学生提供更多在研究方面出类拔萃的机会。鉴于圣玛丽学院23%的学生和11%的代表不足的学生毕业于STEM学科，STEM研究机会的增加将影响到大量可能进入研究职业生涯的毕业生。为了帮助代表不足的学生过渡到我校STEM课程的学术文化，圣玛丽学院有一套完善的支持结构，即创新的干预措施，如a)Treisman式的STEM新兴学者计划研讨会，(B)暑期研究机会，以及(C)指导、建议和密切跟踪学生进展的系统。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The ultimate goal for the NIH BRAD project and desired impact of our institutional development plan (IDP) is to build a deeper culture of research at St. Mary's College, and thus to better support the education of well-prepared diverse students interested in research careers. Our Research and Sponsored Program (RSP) office is effective but underfunded and cannot address increasing demands for pre-and post-award services. Our teacher-scholar faculty is talented and engages undergraduates in research, but delivering high quality research experiences for undergraduates is becoming more costly, both in terms of money and time needed to ensure student preparedness. The NIH BRAD award will partially fund an increase in RSP staff and capacity-building activities for research and research administration. The specific aims are to 1) increase faculty research productivity and competitiveness through faculty development activities and improved mentor/collaborator networks, and 2) improve support for research and research administrative services by providing leadership, internal policy changes, and enhanced research administration competencies. The specific outcomes used to evaluate program success will be the following: number of submitted proposals for external funding, quality of proposals, proportion of faculty and students engaged in research, number of research proposals developed in collaboration with external institutions, and amount of staff participation in competency training. The EA will combine the role of research developer and administrator, and we have assembled a strong team to govern the NIH BRAD project and IDP. St. Mary's College is an accessible, affordable public institution whose leadership and faculty embrace diversity, student engagement and research as part of an innovative liberal arts curriculum. Successful implementation of the NIH BRAD program will provide increased opportunities for faculty and students to excel in research. Given that twenty three percent of all our students and 11% of underrepresented students graduate in STEM disciplines at St. Mary's College, increased research opportunities in STEM will affect a large number of graduates likely to enter research careers. To facilitate underrepresented students' transition to the academic culture of STEM courses at our institution, St. Mary's College has a well-established set of support structures, i.e., innovative interventions such as a) Treisman-style STEM Emerging Scholars Program workshops, (b) summer research opportunities, and (c) a system of mentoring, advising, and close tracking of student progress.