ARFMP: Renovation of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Research Facility

这项由研究设施办公室颁发的学术研究设施现代化计划(ARFMP)奖为佛罗里达农工大学提供资金，用于修复和翻新琼斯大厅，琼斯大厅是该机构在生物、化学和物理方面的研究和研究培训活动的所在地。这座建筑建于1940年，最后一次翻修是在1974年。受资方提供的600,000美元和771,320美元的ARFMP赠款作为费用分摊，将用于使这些研究和研究培训设施现代化。该项目将解决通过升级现有实验室来改善现有研究基础设施的需要，以便它们能够容纳分子遗传学、生态学、生物化学、超导和计算物理的研究。翻修的一个主要重点将是更换供暖、通风和空调(HVAC)系统，以消除电子显微镜、光谱仪、X射线衍射仪和计算机等主要仪器损坏的风险。该奖项通过为开展研究和培养高质量的本科生和研究生提供更好的环境，为科学和工程基础设施做出贡献。拟议的翻修将有利于在一个黑人学生入学率高、发展迅速的机构培养相当数量的少数族裔科学家。佛罗里达A&A&M的强大研究生培养计划将该大学的学士毕业生安置在全国选定的一些主要研究生院，这既有助于满足国家的人力需求，也有助于提高其科学能力。

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to Florida A & M University for the repair and renovation of Jones Hall which houses that institution's research and research training activities in biology, chemistry, and physics. This building was constructed in 1940 and last renovated in 1974. The ARFMP grant of $600,000 and $771,320 provided by the grantee as cost sharing will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by upgrading existing laboratories so that they can accommodate research in molecular genetics, ecology, biochemistry, superconductivity, and computational physics. A major focus of the renovation will be on replacing the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system so as to eliminate the risk of damage to major instruments such as the electron microscope, spectrometers, x-ray diffractometers, and computers. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science and engineering by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research and for the training of quality undergraduate and graduate students. The proposed renovations will be beneficial to the training of a significant number of minority scientists at a rapidly growing institution with an high enrollment of Black students. Florida A & M's strong graduate feeder program which places baccalaureates of the University in a select number of major graduate institutions throughout the nation contributes both to the nation's manpower needs and to its science capabilities.