Pilot Projects Program

迫切需要增加研究的多样性，以改善服务不足群体的保健。 西班牙裔，妇女和无代表的少数民族（URM）的早期阶段和新的调查人员正处于 从国家卫生研究院获得资金的不利条件。试点项目（PPP） 西班牙裔临床和转化研究联盟（联盟）的核心是一个关键组成部分， 临床和转化研究机构发展奖（IDEA-CTR）。很长的- PPP的长期目标是增加临床和转化研究中URM科学家的数量 研究影响西班牙裔人口的健康状况。PPP的目标是增加 URM独立研究者骨干，从事针对健康状况的临床和转化研究 影响波多黎各医疗服务不足的西班牙裔人口，重点是 社区参与。这将通过以下方面的持续合作和协调来实现： 临床和转化研究活动，提出了以下目标：1）促进发展 创新和跨学科的合作临床和转化研究的健康状况影响 西班牙裔人口通过初级教师的支持（早期阶段和新的研究人员），并建立 研究人员通过试点项目; 2）促进社区参与转化研究试点项目， 社区健康研究;以及3）促进临床和转化领域有竞争力的研究人员的发展 通过与专业发展核心（PDC）合作设计一个量身定制的职业生涯 提供所需技能和初步数据的发展计划。回顾联合国的成就， 在当前的公私伙伴关系中，联盟公私伙伴关系的活动建立在我们成功的基础上，同时寻求解决这些挑战 鉴定因此，PPP将：1。每年资助6个试点项目，并在有充分理由的情况下扩大 2年以上; 2。与其他联盟核心协调飞行员监控（例如，PDC，社区 参与和外联核心[CoE]，生物统计学，流行病学和研究设计，以及跟踪和 评价核心），以确保遵守出版物和赠款提交的要求; 3.进行 模拟学习课程，研究者可以在审查过程中保持沉默; 4.参与 联盟的年度科学会议，其中生产力奖将给予试点项目获奖者; 5。 安排与导师的会议，讨论导师/学员可能遇到的指导风格和问题 体验; 6.与欧洲委员会合作，在题为 “市政厅会议与科学家：科学与健康”和7。建立跨学科和机构间的 工作组，以确保多样性的研究人员，合作和研究课题的支持。联盟 PPP核心将增加URM独立调查员的队伍，并将促进进一步的健康研究 西班牙裔人口的状况，从而改善福祉。

There is an urgent need to increase diversity in research in order to improve health care for underserved groups. Hispanics, women and unrepresented minorities (URM) early stage and new investigators are at a disadvantage in obtaining funding from the National Institutes of Health. The Pilot Project Program (PPP) Core of the Hispanic Alliance for Clinical and Translational Research (Alliance) is a critical component to this Institutional Development Award in Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR) application. The long- term goal of the PPP is to increase the number of URM scientists in clinical and translational research dedicated to the study of health conditions affecting a Hispanic population. The objective of the PPP is to increase the cadre of URM independent investigators in clinical and translational research addressing health conditions prevalently affecting the medically underserved Hispanic population Puerto of Rico with an emphasis on community engagement. This will be accomplished through sustained collaboration and coordination of clinical and translational research activities as proposed in the following aims: 1) advance the development of innovative and interdisciplinary collaborative clinical and translational research on health conditions affecting the Hispanic population through the support of junior faculty (early stage and new investigators) and established investigators via pilot projects; 2) promote community engagement translational research pilot projects for the studies of community health; and 3) foster the development of competitive researchers in clinical and translational research by designing in collaboration with the Professional Development Core (PDC) a tailor-made career development plan for providing the needed skills and preliminary data. Reflecting on the accomplishments of the current PPP, the activities of the Alliance's PPP build on our success's while seeking to address those challenges identified. As a result, the PPP will: 1. Fund 6 pilot projects per year and with adequate justification expand funding up to 2 years; 2. Coordinate Pilot monitoring with other Alliance cores (e.g., PDC, Community Engagement and Outreach Core [CoE], Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design, and Tracking and Evaluation Core) to assure compliance with the requirements of publications and grant submission; 3. Conduct mock study sessions where the investigator can be a silent observant of the review process; 4. Participate in the Alliance's Annual Scientific Meeting where a productivity award will be given to Pilot Project awardees; 5. Schedule meetings with mentors to discuss mentoring styles and problems mentors/mentees may be experiencing; 6. Collaborate with CoE in disseminating scientific information to the community in the activity titled “Town Hall Meeting with a Scientist: Science & Health” and 7. Establish an interdisciplinary and interinstitutional working group to assure diversity in the investigators, collaborations, and research topics supported. The Alliance PPP Core will increase the cadre of URM independent investigators and will foster further research on health conditions of the Hispanic population leading to improved wellbeing.