University of Maryland FIRST Program

修改项目摘要/摘要部分 马里兰州大学FIRST计划的总体目标是创建一个全面的模式，致力于确保多元化的学术环境，并鼓励优秀的个人通过对包容性卓越的承诺进入学术界。该提案代表了马里兰州大学医学院（UMSOM）和马里兰州巴尔的摩县大学（UMBC）之间的伙伴关系。根据FIRST RFA的定义，UMSOM是一个资源丰富的机构（HRI），在过去三年中，NIH的资金平均为1.4亿美元，UMBC是一个资源有限的机构（LRI），在过去三年中，NIH的资金平均为750万美元。UMSOM是位于巴尔的摩市中心的马里兰州巴尔的摩大学（UMB）校园的六所专业学校之一。UMBC酒店位于巴尔的摩郊区，距离UMB仅有8英里。UMB和UMBC自1966年UMBC成立以来，通过提案中所述的各种互动和关系，一直保持着密切的联系。我们将“建立”在UMBC的丰富声誉，作为一个公立研究型大学生产能力强，竞争力强的本科生和研究生学者在一个多元化的环境。我们将结合联合收割机我们的经验，通过有效的博士后和预教授课程与UMB-SOM在生产非常成功的生物医学研究人员的恒星声誉聘请多元化的教师。这种新模式将寻求聘请三批代表性不足的学者，他们致力于学院的多样性，并为这些学者在UMBC成功的终身职位做好准备。此外，该计划将有助于鼓励和支持部门和计划，努力通过增加研究，教学和服务中的不同观点的代表性来丰富他们的知识界。队列将被招募到癌症生物学，神经科学和微生物学/传染病的广泛主题领域，这些领域都是两家机构的重要优势领域。将从代表性不足的群体中招募10名新教师，其中6名主要隶属于UMSOM，4名主要隶属于UMBC。所有新入职人员将在其他机构获得第二次任命，并将作为一个群体进行教师发展和其他项目活动。 在这一举措中提出的一般方法是联合收割机的经验和我们两个机构的优势，通过利用现有的计划和新的举措注入教师，特别是代表性不足的少数民族，到部门文化的结构，从而影响制度变革的无偏见的招聘和指导。最重要的是机构的政策和程序，编纂了一个多样化的教授的重要性，并提供了一个可持续的基础设施，它建立和发展。

Modified Project Summary/Abstract Section The overarching goal of the University of Maryland FIRST program is to create a comprehensive model that is dedicated to ensuring a diverse, scholarly environment and encouraging outstanding individuals to enter the academic profession through a commitment to inclusive excellence. This proposal represents a Partnership between the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). As defined by the FIRST RFA, the UMSOM is a Highly Resourced Institution (HRI) with an average of $140 million in NIH funding over the last three years and UMBC is a Limited-Resourced Institution (LRI) with an average of $7.5 million in NIH funding over the last three years. The UMSOM is one of six professional schools on the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB) campus located in downtown Baltimore. UMBC is located in the Baltimore suburbs, just 8 miles away from UMB. UMB and UMBC have been closely linked ever since the 1966 founding of UMBC through a variety of interactions and relationships as described in the proposal. We will “build” upon UMBC’s rich reputation as a public research university for producing highly capable and competitive undergraduate and graduate scholars in a diverse setting. We will combine our experience in hiring a diverse faculty through effective post-doctoral and pre-professoriate programs with the stellar reputation of UMB-SOM in producing highly successful biomedical researchers. This new model will seek to hire three cohorts of underrepresented scholars, who are committed to diversity in the academy and to prepare those scholars for successful possible tenure track appointments at UMBC. In addition, the program will serve to encourage and support departments and programs in their efforts to enrich their intellectual communities through the increased representation of diverse perspectives in research, teaching, and service. Cohorts will be recruited into broadly themed areas of cancer biology, neuroscience, and microbiology/infectious diseases, which are all areas of significant strength at both institutions. Ten new faculty members from underrepresented groups will be recruited, with six recruits being primarily affiliated with the UMSOM and four recruits primarily affiliated with UMBC. All recruits will have secondary appointments in the other institution and will undergo faculty development and other program activities as a cohort. The general approach proposed in this initiative is to combine the experiences and strengths of our two institutions through leveraging existing programs and new initiatives to infuse the unbiased hiring and mentoring of faculty, especially underrepresented minorities, into the fabric of departmental culture and thereby affect institutional change. Of primary importance are institutional policies and procedures that codify the importance of a diverse professoriate and provide a sustainable infrastructure for it to establish and grow.