Investigator Development Core

摘要 BBRC RCMI建议创建一个调查员发展核心(IDC)，其目的是促进 BBRC RCMI调查员在所有职业生涯阶段的卓越表现，特别关注早期调查员 (ESI)。国际数据中心的目标将是创造一种导师、支持和研究卓越的文化 BBRC RCMI，鼓励ESI提交校外赠款，并为BBRC RCMI提供机会 调查人员将为该中心赞助的试点项目寻求种子资金。它的创新方面 方法包括(1)向任何职业阶段的所有BBRC RCMI调查人员提供支持；和(2) =“成功”模式，包括大学内多个利益攸关方的承诺、方案、 以及外部层面，以确保BBRC RCMI调查人员的持续支持。借鉴最佳实践和 从发现并解决了中心成功的关键障碍的其他RCMI那里学到的教训，BBRC RCMI建议IDC的活动包括：(1)指导高级博士后研究员和ESI，包括 NIGMS资助的国家研究指导网络(NRMN)的参与；(2)赠款撰写培训 对于BBRC RCMI调查人员；(3)向ESI提供课程发布，以换取使用受保护的时间进行写作 并提交外部资金建议；(4)为ESI提供竞争种子资金的机会 努力获得初步数据，以准备更大规模的竞争性赠款申请；以及(5)机会 高级博士后研究员和高级调查人员分别获得短期启动资金或过渡性资金， 在他们研究生涯的关键转折点。预计UTEP和UTEP的协同投资 各级组织的BBRC RCMI将成功地创建一支充满活力和生产力的劳动力队伍，持续 一个贯穿于早期、中期和高级调查人员职业发展轨迹的支持结构，并促进 优秀研究产品的产生有助于我们了解少数群体的健康差距 在边境地区。

ABSTRACT The BBRC RCMI proposes to create an Investigator Development Core (IDC), the purpose of which is to foster excellence of BBRC RCMI investigators at all career stages, with a special focus on Early Stage Investigators (ESI). The goals of the IDC will be to create a culture of mentorship, support and research excellence within the BBRC RCMI, incentivize the submission of extramural grants by ESI, and to offer opportunities for BBRC RCMI investigators to seek seed funding for pilot projects sponsored by the center. The innovative aspects of this approach include (1) extending support to all BBRC RCMI investigators of any career stage; and (2) a “synergy = success” model which incorporates the commitments of multiple stakeholders at the university, programmatic, and external levels to ensure a sustained support of BBRC RCMI Investigators. Drawing from best practices and lessons learned from fellow RCMIs that have identified and addressed key barriers to center success, the BBRC RCMI proposes IDC activities to include: (1) mentorship of senior postdoctoral fellows and ESI, including involvement of the NIGMS-funded National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN); (2) training on grant writing for BBRC RCMI investigators; (3) course release offers to ESI in exchange for using the protected time to write and submit proposals for extramural funding; (4) opportunities for ESI to compete for seed funds to jumpstart efforts to secure preliminary data for preparation of larger competitive grant submissions; and (5) opportunities for senior postdoctoral fellows and senior investigators to secure small-term starter or bridge funds, respectively, at critical transition points in their research career. It is anticipated that the concerted investment of UTEP and the BBRC RCMI at all levels of organization will succeed in creating a dynamic and productive workforce, sustain a support structure throughout the career trajectories of early-, mid-, and senior-level investigators, and facilitate the generation of outstanding research products that contribute to our understanding of minority health disparities in the border region.