San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) Program

ninds提议的加州大学圣地亚哥分校领导未被充分代表的神经科学家的进步（LAUNCH）计划的总体目标是有效地指导和培训在神经科学领域未被充分代表的个人在关键的职业发展技能和研究方面的发展，以加强有竞争力的神经科学研究项目的发展，并成功获得独立的校外研究资金访问学者项目。LAUNCH将利用资产模型和基于证据的战略来加强有效的指导、职业技能发展和研究培训。LAUNCH由五名pi领导，他们在指导和培训初级教师和博士后研究员方面有着悠久的历史，并成功地创建和实施了专门针对未被充分代表的少数民族（URM）受训者和女性的职业发展和指导项目。所有pi都成功地领导了外部资助的培训项目；5名pi中有4名积极从事美国国立卫生研究院资助的生物医学研究，3名pi是女性，2名pi来自URM背景。ninds提议的加州大学圣地亚哥分校领导未被充分代表的神经科学家的进步以改变（LAUNCH）计划的总体目标是有效地指导和培训未被充分代表的早期职业神经科学家的关键职业发展和研究技能，以加强研究项目的发展和成功，并获得独立的校外研究资金。加州大学圣地亚哥分校启动项目的具体目标是增加来自神经科学领域未被充分代表的背景的科学家在获得有效指导、关键职业发展技能、研究培训和资助方面的代表性。提出了三个具体目标。目标一是招募代表性不足的初级教师和过渡博士后他们在阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症，细胞，发育和分子神经科学以及计算和系统神经科学领域拥有与我们的研究导师一致的神经科学专业知识，特别是加州大学圣地亚哥分校的优势。目标2是使用资产模型和基于证据的策略，通过教师研究和职业发展计划来提高参与者的职业技能发展和有效指导，以确定短期和长期的职业和研究目标，与3人指导团队进行有效指导，并扩展特定职业发展领域的知识和技能。目标3是促进研究培训和参与者的研究自我效能，通过与加州大学圣地亚哥分校的教师研究导师进行直接培训，扩展研究知识，技能和策略，并沉浸在将提高研究进展，合作和网络，拨款写作技巧以及出版策略的活动中，这将加速成功的研究项目开发和提交NIH或同等资助。LAUNCH包括在项目和职业发展以及神经科学研究方面具有丰富经验的pi，加州大学圣地亚哥分校的神经科学研究人员和来自代表性不足背景的职业导师。

The overall goal of the NINDS-proposed UC San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) program is to effectively mentor and train individuals underrepresented in neurosciences in critical career development skills and research to enhance the development of competitive neuroscience research programs and success in obtaining independent extramural research funding in a visiting scholars program. LAUNCH will utilize asset models and evidence-based strategies to enhance effective mentoring, career skill development, and research training. LAUNCH is directed by five PIs with a history of mentoring and training junior faculty and postdoctoral fellows and success in creating and implementing career development and mentoring programs specifically for underrepresented minority (URM) trainees and women. All PIs have successfully led extramurally funded training programs; four of the five PIs are actively engaged in NIH-sponsored biomedical research, 3 PIs are women, and two PIs are from URM backgrounds. The overall goal of the NINDS-proposed UC San Diego Leading the Advancement of Underrepresented Neuroscientists for Change (LAUNCH) program is to effectively mentor and train underrepresented early career neuroscientists in critical career development and research skills to enhance the development of research programs and success and in obtaining independent extramural research funding. The specific objectives of the UCSD LAUNCH program are to increase the representation of scientists from backgrounds underrepresented in neurosciences in obtaining effective mentorship, critical career development skills, research training and grant funding. Three specific aims are proposed. Aim 1 is to recruit underrepresented junior faculty and transitioning postdoctoral fellows who have neuroscience scientific expertise aligned with those of our research mentors in the areas of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, cellular, developmental and molecular neurosciences and computational and systems neurosciences, particular strengths of UC San Diego. Aim 2 is to use asset models and evidence-based strategies to enhance career skill development and effective mentorship of participants using a Faculty Research and Career Advancement Plan to identify short- and long-term career and research goals, engage in effective mentorship with a 3-membered mentoring team, and extend knowledge and skills in specific career development areas. Aim 3 is to promote research training and research self-efficacy of participants by extending research knowledge, skills and strategies through direct training with a UCSD faculty research mentor and immersion in activities that will enhance research progress, collaborations and networking, grant writing skills, and as well as publication strategies that will accelerate successful research program development and submission of an NIH or equivalent grant. LAUNCH includes PIs with extensive experience in program and career development and neuroscience research, a strong cohort of UC San Diego faculty neuroscience researchers and career mentors from underrepresented backgrounds.