The Minnesota IRACDA Program

项目总结 尽管美国的生物医学博士学位数量大幅增加 由来自代表不足和种族最小化(URM)背景的科学家赚取的，没有 相应地，URM教员在生物医学教授中的代表性增加。要解决这个问题 在明尼苏达州和更广泛的情况下，明尼苏达大学制定和实施了 明尼苏达IRACDA项目。明尼苏达IRACDA项目是明尼苏达大学与 明尼苏达州和附近的诺曼代尔社区学院和北亨内平社区学院 社区学院，主要服务于少数民族和低收入城市人口的学生。这个 明尼苏达IRACDA计划为不同的新近博士学者提供严谨的科学研究 培训、指导、指导、教学经验和职业发展指导。长期目标 明尼苏达州IRACDA计划的目的是制定和实施成功和创造性的战略，以促进 并促进有才华的博士后研究人员从不同背景转变为独立研究人员 从事生物医学研究和教育的教师职业。明尼苏达州IRACDA计划的总体目标 是：(1)招聘历史上被STEM排除在外的博士后学者 研究和教育，并在前沿生物医学研究方面为他们提供强有力的多层次指导。 (2)为博士后学者提供现代教学技术的教学培训 不同的人群，并在本科水平的循证教学指导实践在两个 主要服务于少数民族和低收入城市学生的教学密集型机构 人口-诺曼代尔社区学院和北亨内平社区学院。(3)装备博士后 拥有众多职业和职业发展机会和项目的学者， 参加有关科学交流、出版、求职、赠款撰写、 专业发展，以及生物医学研究的多样性、公平性和包容性。(4)提供URM 来自教学密集的合作机构的本科生在 他们在明尼苏达大学接受博士后学者的指导。在第一个资助期， 明尼苏达州IRACDA方案达到或超过所有关键基准：(I)近40%的IRACDA学者 被招募到该项目的人都来自URM背景。(2)IRACDA学者事业成功 进步。在完成培训的六名学者中，有四名进入终身教职轨道的助理教授或 讲师位置。(Iii)大学本科生在以下导师的指导下参与真实研究 IRACDA的学者和大多数人成功地转到了四年制学位课程。我们正在寻求资金，以 当IRACDA项目满员时，每年支持六名博士后学者。

PROJECT SUMMARY Although the USA has seen a significant increase in the number of PhD degrees in the biomedical sciences earned by scientists from underrepresented and racially minoritized (URM) backgrounds, there has not been a corresponding increase in the representation of URM faculty in the biomedical professoriate. To address this disparity in the state of Minnesota and more broadly, the University of Minnesota formulated and implemented the Minnesota IRACDA Program. The Minnesota IRACDA Program is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota and the nearby community colleges of Normandale Community College and North Hennepin Community College, which predominantly serve students from minority and low-income urban populations. The Minnesota IRACDA Program provides a diverse cohort of recent PhD scholars with rigorous scientific research training, instruction, mentoring, experience in teaching, and career development guidance. The long-term goal of the Minnesota IRACDA Program is to develop and implement successful and creative strategies to promote and facilitate the transition of talented postdoctoral researchers from diverse backgrounds into independent faculty careers in biomedical research and education. The overall objectives of the Minnesota IRACDA Program are to: (1) Recruit postdoctoral scholars from backgrounds that have been historically excluded from STEM research and education and provide them with strong multitiered mentoring in cutting-edge biomedical research. (2) Provide the postdoctoral scholars with pedagogical training in modern teaching techniques that incorporate diverse populations, and mentored practice in evidence-based teaching at the undergraduate level at two teaching-intensive institutions that predominantly serve students from minority and low-income urban populations—Normandale Community College and North Hennepin Community College. (3) Equip postdoctoral scholars with a multitude of career and professional development opportunities and programs including, participation in workshops that address scientific communication, publication, job searches, grant writing, professional advancement, and diversity, equity, and inclusion in biomedical research. (4) Provide URM undergraduates from the teaching-intensive partner institutions with paid authentic research opportunities at the University of Minnesota in which they are mentored by the postdoctoral scholars. In the first funding period, the Minnesota IRACDA Program met or exceeded all key benchmarks: (i) Nearly 40% of the IRACDA scholars recruited to the program were from URM backgrounds. (ii) IRACDA scholars were successful in career progression. Of the six scholars who completed training, four moved on to tenure-track Assistant Professor or Lecturer positions. (iii) URM undergraduate students participated in authentic research under the mentorship of IRACDA scholars and most successfully transferred to four-year degree programs. We are seeking funding to support six IRACDA postdoctoral scholars per year when the program is fully populated.