Mentored Experience in Research, Instruction, and Teaching (MERIT) Program

研究、指导和教学 (MERIT) 项目的指导经验

• 批准号: 8501537
• 负责人: LISA M. SCHWIEBERT
• 金额: $ 34.92万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8501537
• 关键词: Alabama; Biomedical Research; Collaborations; Communities; Development; Development Plans; Educational process of instructing; Elements; Environment; Ethics; Evaluation; Goals; Institution; Instruction; Interview; Laboratories; Lead; Leadership; Measurable; Mentors; Minority-Serving Institution; Mission; Modeling; Monitor; Process; Qualifying; Radial; Research; Research Training; Schools; Scientist; Students; Surveys; Training; Underrepresented Minority; Universities; base; career; college; experience; programs; skills; success; undergraduate student

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Mentored Experiences in Research, Instruction, and Teaching (MERIT) Program is to provide experiences in both teaching and research that will permit a diverse community of postdoctoral scholars to become tomorrow's leading academicians. The immediate objective of the MERIT Program is to enhance the research backgrounds and teaching experiences of developing scientists to conduct high quality research in an academic environment. Long-term objectives for this program are three-fold: i) to enhance research oriented teaching at minority serving institutions; ii) to further promote interactions between research-intensive universities and minority serving institutions that will lead to collaborations in research and teaching; and iii) to increase the number of well qualified underrepresented minority students entering competitive careers in biomedical research. The MERIT Program will be facilitated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in partnership with Miles College and Stillman College; all schools are located within a 50 mile radius. The proposed MERIT Program will include 3 years of concurrent research training and teaching instruction. The research component will incorporate laboratory-based instruction together with ethics training and professional skills development. The teaching component will include four key elements: i) teaching-related coursework; ii) one-on-one mentoring of an undergraduate student; iii) course development; and iv) classroom teaching experience. At the start of both the research and teaching components, each MERIT Scholar will devise personal development plans in order to determine his/her research- and teaching-related goals; these plans will be utilized to chart the progress of each MERIT Scholar toward these goals. Evaluation of the MERIT Program, which will be based upon a traditional Context, Input, Process, Product Model, will be critical to the Program's success. Through surveys, one-on-one interviews, and alumni monitoring, measurable values for MERIT Scholars as well as the participating institutions will be assessed. Results of all evaluations and assessments will be provided to the MERIT Program leadership for review and action. Because of its successes in the biomedical arena, UAB has a unique opportunity and responsibility to provide these experiences in a manner that will enhance research oriented teaching at minority serving institutions within Alabama.

描述（由申请人提供）：研究、教学和教学指导经验 (MERIT) 计划的使命是提供教学和研究经验，使多元化的博士后学者群体成为未来的领先院士。 MERIT 计划的直接目标是增强培养科学家的研究背景和教学经验，以便在学术环境中进行高质量的研究。该计划的长期目标有三个：i）加强少数族裔服务机构的研究型教学； ii) 进一步促进研究密集型大学和少数族裔服务机构之间的互动，从而实现研究和教学方面的合作； iii) 增加合格的、代表性不足的少数族裔学生进入生物医学研究领域竞争性职业的数量。 MERIT 项目将由阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校 (UAB) 与迈尔斯学院和斯蒂尔曼学院合作推动；所有学校均位于 50 英里半径范围内。拟议的 MERIT 计划将包括 3 年的并行研究培训和教学指导。研究部分将把基于实验室的教学与道德培训和专业技能发展结合起来。教学部分将包括四个关键要素： i) 与教学相关的课程作业； ii) 对本科生进行一对一的指导； iii) 课程开发； iv) 课堂教学经验。在研究和教学部分开始时，每位 MERIT 学者将制定个人发展计划，以确定他/她的研究和教学相关目标；这些计划将用于绘制每位优秀学者实现这些目标的进度。 MERIT 计划的评估将基于传统的背景、输入、流程、产品模型，这对该计划的成功至关重要。通过调查、一对一访谈和校友监测，将评估优秀学者以及参与机构的可衡量价值。所有评价和评估的结果将提供给 MERIT 计划领导层进行审查和采取行动。由于其在生物医学领域的成功，阿拉巴马大学拥有独特的机会和责任，以加强阿拉巴马州少数族裔服务机构的研究型教学的方式提供这些经验。