Mentored Training to Increase Diversity among Faculty in the Biomedical Sciences:  The NHLBI Summer Institute Programs to Increase Diversity (SIPID) and the Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-related Research (PRIDE)

Rice, Treva; Jeffe, Donna B.; Boyington, Josephine; Jobe, Jared B.; Dávila‐Román, Víctor G.; Gonzalez, J. E.; Fuentes, Lisa de las; Makala, Levi; Sarkar, Rita; Ogedegbe, Gbenga; Taylor, Anne L.; Czajkowski, Susan M.; Rao, D. C.; Pace, Betty S.; Jean-Louis, Girardin; Boutjdir, Mohamed

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“…Studies of biomedical research grant writing interventions are scarce in the literature. Published reports typically focus on evaluations of single-institution approaches and/or programs that embed proposal writing activities and mentoring within more comprehensive training models [25][26][27][28]. Our results offer promising early outcomes data for an innovative group coaching approach to grant writing that was implemented nationally in six variations, all aimed at the longer term goal of reducing race/ethnicity and gender disparities in NIH proposal (re)submission and award rates.…”

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Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network’s Grant Writing Coaching Programs

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Background A diverse research workforce is essential for catalyzing biomedical advancements, but this workforce goal is hindered by persistent sex and racial/ethnic disparities among investigators receiving research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In response, the NIH-funded National Research Mentoring Network implemented a Grant Writing Coaching Program (GCP) to provide diverse cohorts of early-career investigators across the United States with intensive coaching throughout the proposal development process. We evaluated the GCP’s national reach and short-term impact on participants’ proposal submissions and funding outcomes. Methods The GCP was delivered as six similar but distinct models. All models began with an in-person group session, followed by a series of coaching sessions over 4 to 12 months. Participants were surveyed at 6-, 12- and 18-months after program completion to assess proposal outcomes (submissions, awards). Self-reported data were verified and supplemented by searches of public repositories of awarded grants when available. Submission and award rates were derived from counts of participants who submitted or were awarded at least one grant proposal in a category (NIH, other federal, non-federal). Results From June 2015 through March 2019, 545 investigators (67% female, 61% under-represented racial/ethnic minority, URM) from 187 different institutions participated in the GCP. Among them, 324 (59% of participants) submitted at least one grant application and 134 (41% of submitters) received funding. A total of 164 grants were awarded, the majority being from the NIH (93, 56%). Of the 74 R01 (or similar) NIH research proposals submitted by GCP participants, 16 have been funded thus far (56% to URM, 75% to women). This 22% award rate exceeded the 2016–2018 NIH success rates for new R01s. Conclusion Inter- and intra-institutional grant writing coaching groups are a feasible and effective approach to supporting the grant acquisition efforts of early-career biomedical investigators, including women and those from URM groups.

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Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network’s Grant Writing Coaching Programs

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“…In an effort to increase the competitiveness of investigators underrepresented in the biomedical sciences and reduce the racial/ ethnic funding gap in R01s, the NIH has established a number of training programs focused on developing strong grantsmanship skills, including, but not limited to, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) [7][8][9][10] ; Resource Writing Accountability Groups -Thorpe et al for faculty research development. 7 Obesity Health Disparities (OHD) PRIDE is an intensive research training and mentoring program funded by NHLBI, designed to support research-oriented earlycareer URM faculty at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and other teaching-intensive institutions in their effort to become established as independent biomedical scientists.…”

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Writing Accountability Groups Are a Tool for Academic Success: The Obesity Health Disparities PRIDE Program

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Introduction: The current hypercompetitive extramural funding environment in the United States emphasizes the critical need for effective research training programs that focus not only on grantsmanship, but on skill development across the full range of research activities, culminating in writing research results for publication. Using Writing Accountability Groups (WAG), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) funded Obesity Health Disparities (OHD) PRIDE is one of the few research training and mentoring programs that places an equal focus on scientific writing and grant writing. This article reports on the utility of WAGs for OHD PRIDE mentees.Method: Participants included 14 of 26 individuals who were fellows in the OHD PRIDE research training and mentoring program. A typical WAG has between four and eight members who meet for one hour each week over a 10-week period and commit a priori to attend at least 70% of the sessions. Summary statistics were produced to characterize number of peer-reviewed publications, grants, years in academic rank, and category of current academic rank, barriers to frequency of writing, and duration of writing. Results from pre- and post-WAG surveys were compared to determine the overall impact of the WAG. The study period discussed in this article took place between January and December 2017 and included data from three 10-week cycles beginning in February, May, and September.Results: Fifty-three percent of OHD PRIDE participants successfully completed at least one 10-week WAG cycle. The WAGs did not have a statistically significant impact on either the frequency of writing or the duration of writing. However, the majority of the participants who successfully completed at least one WAG cycle reported that they either maintained or increased their frequency or duration of writing.Conclusion: By providing a structured approach to developing and/or enhancing a practice of consistent writing, time management skills, and collaborative relationships, the WAG has promise for enhancing scientific writing skills for many trainees and early-career faculty. Longer term follow-up is needed to more fully assess the potential impact of WAGs. Ethn Dis. 2020;30(2):295- 304; doi:10.18865/ed.30.2.295

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“…Each of the seven training programs, funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), specialize in individual areas of research priorities of the NHLBI mission, utilize similar eligibility criteria for potential mentees, and are supported by a Coordination Core. 9,10 The Obesity Health Disparities program (OHD PRIDE) is the only PRIDE site that seeks to identify, recruit and engage with mentees who are graduates of, or early career faculty at HBCUs. Mentors identified for this program have successful scholarly track records, experience in working in HBCUs and other teaching-intensive environments, and knowledge and practice in guiding underrepresented minority faculty in the development of productive research careers.…”

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Person-Environment Congruence: A Call for Increased Precision in Matching Research Mentors and Mentees

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Mentored Training to Increase Diversity among Faculty in the Biomedical Sciences: The NHLBI Summer Institute Programs to Increase Diversity (SIPID) and the Programs to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-related Research (PRIDE)

Cited by 25 publications

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Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network’s Grant Writing Coaching Programs

Grant application outcomes for biomedical researchers who participated in the National Research Mentoring Network’s Grant Writing Coaching Programs

Writing Accountability Groups Are a Tool for Academic Success: The Obesity Health Disparities PRIDE Program

Person-Environment Congruence: A Call for Increased Precision in Matching Research Mentors and Mentees

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