Multidisciplinary Mentoring Programs to Enhance Junior Faculty Research Grant Success.

ABSTRACT:

Problem

Junior faculty face challenges in establishing independent research careers. Declining funding combined with a shift to multidisciplinary, collaborative science necessitates new mentorship models and enhanced institutional support.

Approach

Two multidisciplinary mentorship programs to promote grant success for junior faculty were established at the Duke University School of Medicine beginning in 2011. These four-month programs-the Path to Independence Program (PtIP) for National Institutes of Health (NIH) R applicants and the K Club for NIH K applicants-use multiple senior faculty mentors and professional grant-writing staff to provide a 20-hour joint curriculum comprising a series of lectures, hands-on workshops, career development counseling, peer groups, and an in

SUBMITTER: Freel SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589470 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature