Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Adv Physiol Educ. 2022 Sep 1;46(3):443-452. doi: 10.1152/advan.00075.2021. Epub 2022 Jun 6.
The Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) provides a formalized mentoring program and grant awards to new and early-stage faculty throughout Oklahoma. The OK-INBRE Research Project Investigator (RPI) award program has supported 30 faculty from both research-intensive universities and primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) over the past 15 yr. To examine the impact of this program, we assessed the career trajectory of OK-INBRE RPI awardees and compared their productivity with a control group of applicants who applied for but did not receive an RPI award. A mixed-methods approach was employed to assess longitudinal programmatic impact. Regression analyses were conducted to estimate the effect of an RPI award on faculty productivity, controlling for institutional affiliation. Key informant interviews were conducted to capture qualitative information about satisfaction and additional outcomes. OK-INBRE RPI awardees had a higher number in total and mean number of publications. In achieving extramural funding, RPI awardees were 12.5 times ( = 0.005) as likely to receive a grant award of any type and 4.5 times ( = 0.06) as likely to receive a subsequent federal grant as those in the control group. Many RPI awardees attributed their career success to OK-INBRE, but they also helped to identify barriers to advancement or productivity associated with their specific home institutions. The combined data indicate that OK-INBRE plays a significant role in launching new and early-stage investigators on a path toward independent research careers, which will in turn have a positive impact on the future of the biomedical research enterprise in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) has been offering a formalized mentoring program and grant awards to new and early-stage faculty throughout Oklahoma for the past 15 yr. The program has been shown to play a significant role in launching participants on a path toward productive research careers, which will in turn be impactful on the biomedical research enterprise in Oklahoma.
过去 15 年，俄克拉荷马州生物医学卓越研究网络（OK-INBRE）向俄克拉荷马州的新教师和早期教师提供正式的指导计划和资助。OK-INBRE 研究项目调查员（RPI）奖助金计划已经支持了来自研究密集型大学和主要本科院校的 30 名教师。为了评估该计划的影响，我们评估了 OK-INBRE RPI 奖助金获得者的职业轨迹，并将他们的生产力与一组申请但未获得 RPI 奖助金的对照组进行了比较。采用混合方法评估了方案的长期影响。进行回归分析以估计 RPI 奖助金对教师生产力的影响，同时控制机构隶属关系。进行了关键知情人访谈，以获取有关满意度和其他结果的定性信息。OK-INBRE RPI 奖助金获得者的出版物总数和平均数量更多。在获得外部资助方面，RPI 奖助金获得者获得任何类型资助的可能性是对照组的 12.5 倍（=0.005），获得后续联邦资助的可能性是对照组的 4.5 倍（=0.06）。许多 RPI 奖助金获得者将自己的职业成功归因于 OK-INBRE，但他们也帮助确定了与他们特定的母机构相关的晋升或生产力障碍。综合数据表明，OK-INBRE 在引导新的和早期的研究人员走上独立研究职业道路方面发挥了重要作用，这反过来又将对俄克拉荷马州的生物医学研究企业的未来产生积极影响。过去 15 年，俄克拉荷马州生物医学卓越研究网络（OK-INBRE）一直向俄克拉荷马州的新教师和早期教师提供正式的指导计划和资助。该计划在引导参与者走上富有成效的研究职业道路方面发挥了重要作用，这反过来又将对俄克拉荷马州的生物医学研究企业产生影响。
