Developmental

DC D-CFAR发展核心准备通过促进跨学科和转化性研究中的科学合作、促进代表性不足的少数群体和女性科学家的职业发展、促进创新研究举措以及赞助培训、发展和教育，为国家CFAR任务作出重大贡献。这将通过以下方式实现：维持一个强有力的试点拨款奖励方案，将社区纳入提案审查(具体目标1)；以及一个积极的指导方案，其中包括一个专业发展方案，以支持初级艾滋病毒/艾滋病调查人员和艾滋病毒研究新手，有针对性地侧重于代表性不足的少数群体和女性科学家(具体目标2)。发展核心总监一直在 艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究所的职能类似于DC-D-CFAR的拟议职能。为支持具体目标1，核心主任管理了艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究所的机制，以促进、咨询、审查和授予初级调查人员和艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究新手的试点项目赠款，以更好地将艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究工作整合到哥伦比亚特区D-CFAR机构。该机制的新成员将包括DC-D-CFAR社区咨询委员会的成员，以协助发展核心联合主任审查申请；这将确保社区了解并参与哥伦比亚特区艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究的指导。为支持具体目标2，核心董事评估了DC D-CFAR机构的初级教员所经历的指导水平和类型，并制定了一项创新的专业发展计划，以评估、规划和监督初级教师的个人指导计划。

The Developmental Core of the DC D-CFAR is poised to make significant contributions to the Nafional CFAR Mission by stimulafing scientific collaboration in interdisciplinary and translational research, by fostering career development of underrepresented minority and women scientists, by promofing innovative research initiatives, and by sponsoring training, development and education. This will be accomplished by maintaining a robust pilot grant award program that incorporates the community into the review of proposals (Specific Aim 1) and an active mentoring program that encompasses a Professional Development Program to support junior HIV/AIDS investigators and invesfigators new to HIV research, with directed focus on underrepresented minority and women scientists (Specific Aim 2). The Developmental Core Directors have been working collaboratively in functions of the HIV/AIDS Institute similar to those proposed for the DC-D-CFAR. In support of Specific Aim 1, the Core Directors have managed the HIV/AIDS Institute's mechanisms for promofing, solicifing, reviewing and awarding of pilot project grants to junior investigators and investigators new to HIV/AIDS research to better integrate HIV/AIDS research efforts across DC D-CFAR insfitutions. New to this mechanism will be the inclusion of members ofthe DC-D-CFAR Community Advisory Board to assist the Developmental Core Co-Directors in the review of applications; this will insure community knowledge and involvement in the direcfion of HIV/AIDS research in the District of Columbia. In support of Specific Aim 2, the Core Directors assessed the levels and kinds of mentoring experienced by junior invesfigators at DC D-CFAR institutions and produced an innovative Professional Development Program to assess, plan and monitor individual mentoring programs for junior faculty.