Team Science: Collaborations in Biomedical Sciences
  • Type Validation
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid

Team Science: Collaborations in Biomedical Sciences

Issued by Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
Authorized by Rutgers University

Team science is a collaborative effort to address a scientific challenge that leverages the strengths and expertise of professionals trained in different fields. The Team Science badge represents that the individual has obtained and applied key skills, abilities, and knowledge of the principles of team science to conduct transdisciplinary, team-based translational research in the biomedical sciences.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid

Skills

Earning Criteria

  • Successful completion of Rutgers course: Team Science: Collaborations in Biomedical Sciences (Course 16:718:512).
  • Mandatory attendance and write-up of 3 NJACTS Team Science Core seminar series (or comparable with prior approval).
  • Capstone project: submission of a proposal that defines a team-based research project within one’s own discipline that incorporates a translational component and demonstrates a clear understanding of the translational research spectrum and how the proposed project advances within biomedical translational research. The proposal includes a technical advisor who serves as a subject matter expert to assess the project’s feasibility, relevance, and impact.
  • Documented completion of 4 contact-hours of relevant experiential learning related to the practice of team science (including interaction with technical advisor, setting, or other subject matter experts relevant to capstone project).
  • Tuition and fees associated with Team Science course.