Duke KURe Program — KRATOS by Agora

Summary

The Duke KURe program provides structured mentoring, customized research training, and individualized career development for postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty committed to independent research careers in benign urology.

What they want

The program aims to identify and recruit diverse scholars, provide individualized mentoring and career development support, foster multidisciplinary research, strengthen inter- and cross-disciplinary collaboration within the broader benign urology research community (CAIRIBU), and prepare scholars to lead multidisciplinary research teams and become future mentors. Scholars are appointed for one year, renewable annually for up to four years, receiving one-on-one executive/leadership coaching, intense hands-on research, structured mentoring, and courses/activities to increase five core competencies.

Deliverables

Publication in peer-reviewed journals by scholars
Obtainment of independent funding by scholars

Technical requirements

Mentors possess expertise in Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction, Urinary Tract Infection/Inflammation, Pediatric Urology, Stone Disease, and Reconstructive Urology/Regenerative Medicine and Neurourology
Mentors guide Scholars using Basic/Translational Research, Clinical Research, Health Services Research, and Systems Biology approaches
Scholars develop competencies in Responsible Conduct of Research, Scientific Writing, Experimental Design/Methods, Data Management/Statistics, and Leadership

Key personnel

KURe Scholars (postdoctoral fellows and early career faculty)
KURe core mentors (2 per scholar)
PD/PI
Advisory Committee (AC)

How they evaluate

Scholars' progress monitored by PD/PI and Advisory Committee
Program improvements based on feedback from mentors and Scholars
Program improvements based on recommendations by the Advisory Committee
Program improvements based on results from an independent external mixed methods longitudinal evaluation

Risks & flags

Incumbent: Duke (University)