# Scientific Communication Advances Research Excellence (SCOARE) 2.0

> **NIH NIH R25** · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · 2022 · $235,849

## Abstract

Project Summary
 The objective of the proposed program renewal is to develop capacity of biomedical research trainees
and their commitment to research careers by providing their mentors with linguistically informed and evidence-
based knowledge, skills, and resources for mentoring scientific communication (SciComm). “SCOARE 2.0”
builds on the existing program “Scientific Communication Advances Research Excellence” (NIH-NIGMS,
R25GM125640, 2017-2022), and will expand its reach, augment its curriculum, and ensure its sustainability.
Formal evaluations and preliminary research findings of the original SCOARE program suggest that providing
mentors with the relevant knowledge and skills about SciComm development results in a variety of important
and measurable benefits for their mentees and themselves. The specific aims of SCOARE 2.0 are to 1)
Broaden availability of the existing SCOARE workshops and facilitator training; 2) Adapt the workshop for
future-faculty audiences and add 3 new modules that provide deep dives on giving quality feedback and on
working with mentees of different cultural and linguistic, and ability, backgrounds; 3) Increase impact and
sustainability of the program by translating it to a hybrid asynchronous format. The expected outcomes for this
program include continued delivery of the existing face-to-face program nationally to a minimum of 300
participants (faculty, administrators, and future faculty) as well as train approximately 80 new facilitators;
development and delivery of the new content modules; development and launch of an enduring asynchronous
version of the workshops, freely available online; and external evaluation of all new components. The
innovation of the work is that it is grounded in linguistic and social-cognitive evidence that leverages the
powerful links between language, motivation, and identity and that, to our knowledge, it is the first mentor
training curriculum to address SciComm skill development and its deeper influence on mentee career
intentions. The impact of this program will be to help mentors build a diverse research workforce possessing
superior training and high professional commitment, thus and aligning with the NIH’s goals providing a return
on its investment. The investigators are ideally positioned to carry out this project because of their experience
collaborating on the design, delivery, and evaluation of the existing SCOARE program.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10507594
- **Project number:** 2R25GM125640-06
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
- **Principal Investigator:** Carrie A. Cameron
- **Activity code:** R25 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $235,849
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2017-09-19 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10507594

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10507594, Scientific Communication Advances Research Excellence (SCOARE) 2.0 (2R25GM125640-06). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10507594. Licensed CC0.

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