# Medical Scientist Training Program

> **NIH NIH T32** · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2021 · $75,600

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
This application is being submitted to PA-20-272 in accordance with NOT-GM-21-023.
The Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), supported
by NIGMS T32 GM136611-01, has, over 49 years of continuous funding from the NIH,
established a successful track record of training physician scientist leaders. Research mentor
training is an evidence based and critical component of the training program that enhances
trainee retention and productivity, promotes diversity and inclusion, and supports the career
development of research faculty. This proposal expands the pool of facilitators available to
conduct mentor research training at BCM by supporting facilitator training of one MSTP Co-
Director and two MSTP Faculty Operating Committee faculty members. These three new
certified workshop facilitators will teach the National Research Mentor Network “Entering
Mentoring” curriculum to primary research mentors of MSTP students, enabling compliance with
the program’s new requirement for universal research mentor training. The impact of research
mentor training will be assessed by evaluating program-specific outcomes such as publication
rate, time to degree, and student retention, including comparison of these metrics for students
from underrepresented groups and women. Faculty responses to training and student
perspectives on mentor-mentee interactions will also be longitudinally assessed. This enhanced
research mentor training program is envisioned to be sustainable, as trained facilitators will
continue to provide regular training sessions on a semiannual to quarterly basis including at the
annual MSTP retreat. The program is designed to reach across all 7 programs at the BCM
Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences, and to translate into improvements in all other T32
training programs at BCM.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10394044
- **Project number:** 3T32GM136611-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Sharon E. Plon
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $75,600
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10394044

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10394044, Medical Scientist Training Program (3T32GM136611-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10394044. Licensed CC0.

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