RCMI Investigator Development Core

摘要 科学界为改善健康差距而持续努力的成功 人口的增长在很大程度上取决于我们在激励和培养新一代科学家方面的投资， 在未来几年里，创造性地解决这些重要而复杂的公共卫生问题。因此我们 建议建立一个研究者发展核心（IDC），以加强这一研究的科学影响。 休斯顿大学（UH）新提议的少数民族机构研究中心（RCMI）， 为下一代研究人员确定并提供机会、支持和指导， 进行大胆和突破性的研究，解决成瘾和癌症预防方面的差异。的 IDC的主要特点是试点赠款计划，每年将资助3-5个种子奖，以支持创新 解决吸毒成瘾和癌症预防方面差距的项目。我们会积极接受申请， 这些关键的科学课题从呃学术界，鼓励和指导研究人员 来参加这个项目IDC有一个严格的塑造， 评估、审查和资助流程，确保试点赠款符合联邦要求， 帮助博士后研究员和助理教授利用这些资源来支持他们的新兴项目 of research研究in health健康-equity公平science科学.为此，试点申请人和调查人员也将获得实际操作 辅导，以产生一个新的管道的健康差距研究人员从社区代表不足， 健康科学IDC的长期目标是利用创新试点赠款和实践 为博士后研究员和助理教授提供就业机会的导师制 奖励或发展适当的研究赠款，促进他们走向独立。 国际数据中心将作为区域协调机制的独特研究资源，促进和加强区域协调机制的创新。 这将加强少数民族健康和健康差距方面的地方和国家劳动力发展。

ABSTRACT The success of the scientific community’s ongoing efforts to enhance health outcomes for health disparities populations depends greatly on our investment in inspiring and developing a new generation of scientists who work creatively on these important, complex public health problems over the coming years. Accordingly, we propose to establish an Investigator Development Core (IDC) that will enhance the scientific impact of this newly proposed Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) at the University of Houston (UH) by identifying and providing opportunities, support, and mentoring for the next generation of researchers to pursue bold and groundbreaking research addressing disparities in addictions and cancer prevention. The IDC’s primary feature is a Pilot Grant Program that will fund 3-5 seed awards annually to support innovative projects addressing disparities in addictions and cancer prevention. We will actively solicit applications on these critical scientific topics from the UH academic community, encouraging and mentoring investigators from underrepresented backgrounds to participate in this program. The IDC has a rigorous shaping, evaluation, review, and funding process that will ensure the pilot grants comply with Federal requirements and help postdoctoral fellows and assistant professors leverage these resources to support their emerging programs of research in health-equity science. To that end, pilot applicants and investigators will also receive hands-on mentoring to generate a new pipeline of health disparities researchers from communities underrepresented in the health sciences. The long-term goal of the IDC is to leverage innovative pilot grants and hands-on mentorship that support opportunities for postdoctoral fellows and assistant professors to secure career awards or developmentally appropriate research grants that facilitate their pathway towards independence. The IDC will facilitate and enhance the innovation of the RCMI by serving as a unique research resource in the region that will enhance local and national workforce development in minority health and health disparities.