BUILD Research Mentor Interest Form

California State University, Long Beach

BUILD Program

Spring 2015

MEMORANDUM

TO:Prospective CSULB BUILDResearch Mentors

FROM:Paul Buonora, Ph.D., BUILD Research Enrichment Core Director

Chi-Ah Chun, Ph.D., BUILD Student Training Core Director

SUBJECT:Invitation toFaculty to Participate in the BUILD Program (NIH 1UL1MD009601, 1RL5MD009593, and 1TL4MD009631)

BUILD is a student-training programfunded by the Common Fund of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The program goal is to enhance the size and diversity of the NIH research funded workforce by recruiting and providingtraining opportunities to undergraduate students (particularly those from groupsunderrepresentedin the Biomedical research workforce)leading to their PhD and a successful Biomedical research career. We invite interested faculty research mentors from CSULB and our BUILD Research Partner institutions (UC Irvine, USC, and the Long Beach VA Medical Center) to apply to become BUILD Research Mentors providingCSULB BUILD trainees with inspiration, encouragement, and an excellent research experience.

While we seek a diverse array of mentors, research topics, and laboratory styles, the mentored research of BUILD-funded students must be biomedical in nature. Biomedical research includes basic, applied, and translational approaches to studying health issues facing our communities and nation.Faculty members across a number of disciplines (e.g., engineering and the behavioral, biological, clinical, public health, physical, and social sciences) conduct biomedical research. The BUILD Research Enrichment and Student Training Directors welcome discussions with interested faculty on the fit of their research projects for the BUILD program. Please e-mail questions to .

In addition to working with students who are being trained in the BUILD learning community and in research focused courses to be successful in research careers, BUILD trainees bring with them modest supply money to support their research work, and travel money to support presentation of their research work at professional meetings.The BUILD Program website will post web links or brief descriptions of the BUILD Research Mentors’ specific BUILD research projects to facilitate recruiting of BUILD students to your research program. Of course we also encourage you to send students to apply to become BUILD Trainees.

For more information about BUILD and the opportunities and responsibilities of being a BUILD Research Mentor, visit our website at If you have questions, please email . To apply to become a BUILD Research Mentor, please submit an electronic version of the attached forms by March27, 2015.

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BUILDResearch Mentor Interest Form

Name: ______Date: ______

Title: ______Department: ______

Institution: ____ CSULB _____ UCI _____ USC _____ LBVAMC

I am interested in being a research mentor and advisor to students in the following program components: (Check all that apply)

___ Summer Research Experience Students:These are rising sophomore students participating in a summer shadowing (40 hours over 6-week) program to help them determine if a research career is something they wish to pursue. The students shadow with the faculty member and research group members to experience the life of a researcher. (CSULB Research Mentors Only)

___ BUILD Lower DivisionTrainees: BUILD supports sophomores to perform research and participate in our training activities. These students have reported a strong interest in pursuing research as a career. All BUILD trainees are required to work in research labs beyond that required in any research course they are taking, and are expected to complete a project that will be presented as a poster at the annual BUILD research conference. BUILD Scholars receive tuition assistance and a stipend. BUILD Fellows receive hourly pay; during the academic year they may be compensated for up to 15 h/wk and during the summer they may be compensated up to 40 h/wk.

___ BUILD Upper Division Trainees: All BUILD trainees are required to work in research labs beyond that required in any research course they are taking, and are expected to complete a project that will be presented as a poster at the annual BUILD research conference. They are also expected to complete independent research projects and are to apply for doctoral training programs. BUILD Jr/Sr Scholars are also required to acquire an extramural research experience during at least one summer. BUILD Scholars receive tuition assistance and a stipend. BUILD Fellows receive hourly pay; during the academic year they may be compensated for up to 15 h/wk and during the summer they may be compensated up to 40 h/wk.

Please include the following (Examples of these document are on the csulb.edu/build website):

____ 1. New NIH Biosketch form including in the PERSONAL STATEMENT a discussion of student training activities as well as your research activities.

____ 2. A brief summary of your undergraduate student mentoring philosophy and a training plan.

____ 3. Listing of no more than 10 current and recent (within the past five) years undergraduate students mentored (If possible, include Name, Race/Ethnicity, Program, Training Period, Highest Degree Earned, and Current Status)

____ 4. Five-year history of presentationsat professional meetings by undergraduate students in your group

____ 6. Identify anybiomedical research collaborations you have ongoing, particularly with faculty members at California State University, Long Beach, UC Irvine, the University of Southern California, or the Long Beach VA Medical Center.

Submit your materials to y 6 April 2015.

Confidential Personal Data

To conduct the BUILD program it is necessary to collect information that is used for demographic purposes bythe NIH Diversity Consortium. This information will not be used in the selection of BUILD Research Mentors.

Name: ______Department: ______

Institution: ____ CSULB _____ UCI _____ USC _____ LBVAMC

Gender:  Male  Female  Decline to State

Ethnic/racial background information (please indicate all that apply):

 African American/Black