REGENERATIVE ENGINEERING TRAINING PROGRAM

Become a preceptor for RE-Training

To become a RE-Training Preceptor, please submit to the Program Director Guillermo Ameer at g-ameer@northwestern.edu:

1. Current NIH biosketch
2. Cover letter.

Biosketch: The personal statement in Section A should address how your research is related to and relevant to regenerative engineering and briefly describe why your experience and qualifications make you well-suited for a role as a Preceptor on this training program.  Section A of your NIH biosketch should include relevant collaborations and past training record of predoctoral students (Example: I have served as a primary mentor for X number of predoctoral students over the past X years and X number of my mentees have gone on to establish their own research programs in academia and industry).

Cover letter: Prospective preceptors should describe why they are a fit for the program, their ability to serve as an engineering, life sciences, or clinical (identify one) mentor as part of the 3-member mentor team, and confirm their commitment to graduate training, specifically to convergence research as applied to regenerative engineering. Please provide examples of graduate training opportunities in regenerative engineering research that can take place under their supervision.

Deadline: The training program accepts applications from preceptors until June 30. The RE-Training Executive Committee will evaluate applications after this deadline and make appointments that start September 1, which coincides with the start of the grant year.

Preceptor Expectations

• Undergo mentor training as mandated by the NIBIB or recommended by the RE-Training Program Executive Committee
• Participate and encourage your lab members to participate in CARE-sponsored activities
• Assist with RE-Training instructional activities as needed
• Serve on 3-member Mentor teams
• Assist with the recruitment, mentoring, and retention of students from diverse backgrounds
• Provide regular instruction in experimental rigor and responsible conduct of research and career guidance to trainees
• Agree to provide your research lab as a potential immersion experience for 1 quarter, wherein the trainee can conduct an independent hypothesis-driven research project as it relates to the research in your lab

Preceptor Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion in Research

In order for mentors to continue to receive a second year of support for a trainee in their lab, mentors must agree to the following:

• Help facilitate and allow the trainee to complete the Regenerative Engineering Practice School Experience at a company or national laboratory.
• Invite and host a seminar speaker from an underrepresented background in STEM for the Regenerative Engineering series.
• Host and mentor an undergraduate student from underrepresented backgrounds for a summer research experience and mentoring program (henceforth, all mentors receiving support for their students will be automatically registered to accept students from the SROP and CARE REM programs). Mentoring underrepresented students from NU would also count towards this obligation.

Mentor Training Resources

Northwestern’s Training Grant Support Office offers and compiles resources for faculty mentors across the university.

They organize in-house mentor training programs in collaboration with the Center for Leadership, and CARE highly recommends that all RE-Training preceptors participate in these sessions. From time to time we may share announcements for these sessions and encourage registration.