NIH: Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program

The goal of the Leading Equity and Diversity in the Medical Scientist Training Program (LEAD MSTP) is to develop a diverse pool of highly trained clinician-scientist leaders available to meet the Nation’s biomedical research needs by providing support for dual-degree clinician scientist training at institutions that have historically not been well represented among NIGMS-funded MSTPs.

Donor Name: National Institutes of Health

State: All States

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 01/27/2023

Grant Duration: 5 years

Details:

The National Research Service Award (NRSA) program has been the primary means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral research training programs since enactment of the NRSA legislation in 1974. Each program should provide high-quality research training, mentored research experiences, and additional training opportunities that equip trainees with the following skills:

Technical (e.g., appropriate methods, technologies, and quantitative/computational approaches),
Operational (e.g., independent knowledge acquisition, rigorous experimental design and interpretation of data, conducting research in the safest manner possible), and
Professional (e.g., management, leadership, communication, and teamwork) skills required for careers in the biomedical research workforce.

Program Objective

The Overarching Objective of the program is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained clinician scientists, who have the following technical, operational, and professional skills:
- A broad understanding across biomedical disciplines and the skills to independently acquire the knowledge needed to advance their chosen fields.
- Expertise in a biomedical scientific discipline and the skills to think critically and independently.
- A strong foundation in scientific reasoning, rigorous research design, experimental methods, quantitative and computational approaches, and data analysis and interpretation.
- The skills to conduct research in the safest manner possible, and a commitment to approaching and conducting biomedical research and clinical practice responsibly, ethically, and with integrity.
- Experience initiating, conducting, interpreting, and presenting rigorous and reproducible biomedical research with increasing self-direction.
- The ability to utilize clinical experience and observations to identify important biomedical research questions and to develop impactful research programs that push forward the boundaries of their areas of study.
- The capacity to translate scientific research findings into clinical practice.
- The knowledge, professional skills and experiences required to identify and transition into careers that utilize the dual clinician-scientist degrees.
- The ability to work effectively in teams with colleagues from a variety of cultural and scientific backgrounds, and to promote inclusive and supportive scientific research environments.
- The ability and skills to lead changes that promote health equity, reduce health disparities and improve the health of those medically underserved across diseases, disorders, and conditions.
- The skills to teach and communicate scientific methodologies and findings to a wide variety of audiences (e.g., discipline-specific, across disciplines, and the public).