Morehouse School of Med/Tuskegee Univ/University of Alabama Ca Ctr Partnership

描述（由申请人提供）：该伙伴关系的发展研究计划（DRP）负责通过联合机构预试点，试点和全面科学研究项目进行的研究计划的全面管理。DRP负责发布竞赛的提案征集公告，对提案进行初步评估和评分，并选择资助项目。DRP还协助为初级教师项目共同领导人选择导师。此外，DRP进行中期项目评估，并沿着研究培训和职业发展计划，评估导师-学员的表现。DRP负责建议继续项目，将项目从试点前提升到试点或从试点提升到全面研究项目，或终止项目。终止项目的决定必须得到项目指导委员会的批准。 因此，DRP的具体目标是：1）为试点研究项目提供资金，这些项目证明有能力成为合作伙伴关系内的全面研究项目或在完成后获得独立资助; 2）为作为合作伙伴关系的一部分获得试点或全面研究项目资助的初级教师共同领导人提供优秀和训练有素的导师;及3）对项目及导师进行中期评估，以确保个别项目持续成功及DRP的整体成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Developmental Research Program (DRP) of the Partnership is responsible for the overall management of the research programs conducted through joint institutional pre-pilot, pilot and full scientific research projects. The DRP is responsible for proposal solicitation announcements for competitions, initial evaluation and scoring of proposals, and selection of projects to be funded. The DRP also assists with selection of mentors for junior faculty project co-leaders. In addition, the DRP conducts interim project evaluations, and, along with the Research Training & Career Development Program, evaluations mentor-mentee performances. The DRP is responsible for recommending continuation of projects, elevation of projects from pre-pilot to pilot or from pilot to full research projects, or termination of projects. Decisions to terminate a project must be approved by the Program Steering Committee. Thus, the specific aims of the DRP are 1) to provide funding for pilot research projects that demonstrate the capability to become full research projects within the Partnership or to achieve independent funding following completion; 2) to provide excellent and well-trained mentors for junior faculty co-leaders who have received pilot or full research project funding as part of the Partnership; and 3) to provide interim evaluation of projects and mentors in order to assure the continued success of the individual projects and the overall success of the DRP.