Opportunities and Innovation Fund Component

机遇与创新基金组成部分摘要 投资于下一代研究人员对于培养训练有素、富有创造力和多样化的研究人员至关重要。 有能力解决儿童健康结果的劳动力，这是ECHO计划和 更广泛的NIH议程。ECHO CC机会和创新基金（OIF）部分将管理奖项 早期研究人员进行研究，这将促进他们的职业发展，支持创新 为ECHO计划引入新工具和技术并促进合作的项目。这将 DCRI在建立征求、收集和审查科学信息的系统方面的丰富经验， 应用和实施小型，高效，有影响力的儿科研究。法语国家组织的具体目标 ECHO CC的一个组成部分，由琳达埃德尔博士和张俊峰博士领导，将1）提供基础设施， 征集，审查和奖励过程的工具，将支持研究由一个不同的群体的早期 研究者;和2）提供支持，以确保高质量的研究操作和及时完成， 传播研究成果和促进获奖者的职业发展。法语国家组织的组成部分将有效地 管理五个OIF资助周期超过七年，由CC教师领导的两个团队，经验丰富 项目负责人。一个小组将制定科学重点领域，以指导法语国家组织的申请， 分发申请请求（RFA），通过高级别跟踪管理意向书和申请 软件;组织高素质的评审小组评估应用程序，并与NIH合作， 他们的融资决定。申请征集过程将特别关注以下策略： 提高申请人的多样性。第二个小组将侧重于资助项目的行政管理， 包括监督遵守的所有方面，有效管理预算， 获得资助的年轻调查员的进度报告，以及对职业发展活动的支助。后者将 包括每年为法语国家组织早期调查人员举办10次法语国家组织网络和发展网络研讨会， 对早期调查人员进行教育，使他们了解可获得的欧洲人道主义事务办公室伊拉克情报办公室支持服务，包括欧洲人道主义事务办公室 出版物委员会过程;与数据分析中心和其他CC组件合作;以及 利益攸关方参与的机会; 2）通过介绍 正在进行的工作; 3）加强职业发展和赠款技能，包括如何撰写成功的职业生涯 开发应用程序，发展和培养多样化的研究团队，建立研究组合。OIF 早期的调查人员将得到专门的项目负责人的个性化支持， 研究协议，确定挑战并实施解决方案来克服它们。

OPPORTUNITIES AND INNOVATION FUND COMPONENT ABSTRACT Investing in the next generation of researchers is essential to develop a well-trained, creative, and diverse workforce capable of addressing the child health outcomes that are the focus of the ECHO Program and the broader NIH agenda. The ECHO CC Opportunities and Innovation Fund (OIF) Component will manage awards to early investigators to conduct research that will promote their career development, support innovative projects that introduce new tools and technologies to the ECHO Program, and promote collaborations. This will be facilitated by DCRI's extensive experience in establishing systems to solicit, collect and review scientific applications and implementing small, efficient, impactful pediatric studies. The specific aims of the OIF component of the ECHO CC, led by Drs. Linda Adair and Junfeng Zhang are to 1) provide infrastructure and tools for solicitation, review, and an award process that will support research by a diverse group of early investigators; and 2) provide support to ensure high quality study operations and timely completion and dissemination of research results and career development for awardees. The OIF Component will effectively manage five OIF funding cycles over seven years with two teams led by CC Faculty and highly experienced project leaders. One team will develop scientific focus areas to guide OIF applications, prepare and widely disseminate requests for applications (RFA), manage letters of intent and applications with high level tracking software; organize highly qualified review panels for evaluation of applications, and work with NIH to inform their funding decisions. The application solicitation process will include special attention to strategies to enhance diversity among applicants. A second team will focus on the administration of funded projects, including oversight of all aspects of compliance, effective management of budgets, solicitation and review of progress reports from funded young investigators, and support for career development activities. The latter will include a series of 10 OIF Networking and Development webinars each year for OIF early investigators to 1) educate early investigators on the ECHO OIF support services available to them including the ECHO publications committee process; working with the Data Analysis Center and other CC Components; and opportunities for stakeholder engagement; 2) foster peer learning and collaboration through presentations of work in progress; 3) enhance career development and grant skills including how to write successful career development applications, develop and nurture diverse research teams and establish a research portfolio. OIF early investigators will receive individualized support from dedicated project leaders assigned to oversee their research protocol and identify challenges and implement solutions to overcome them.