OFFICE OF SPONSORED RESEARCH IN HEALTH-RELATED SCIENCES

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）： 弗吉尼亚州立大学健康相关科学（OSRHS）赞助研究 大学（VSU）将 提供 科学系 和 学生 从 少数 在生物医学和 行为科学的机会，以提高他们的参与 研究和培训项目。该项目将直接 由校外助理，博士Shobha Sriharan，谁参加了 暑期学院（Extramural Associates Summer Institute，1993年） 的 职业健康及安全管理局局长由一名兼职秘书及一名 学生助理。 拟议的职业安全和健康及安全办公室主任被指派到 教务副校长办公室协助 改善现有的拨款程序 并为以下联邦政府准备一本手册 指导方针和政策。 农学院院长 科学和技术司司长将监督职业安全和生殖健康司司长。 一个 咨询委员会成员 VSU的科学教师和研究 管理人员将在以下方面向OSRHS主任提供指导： 制定所有方案决策，并将评估OSRHS的 并评估职业安全健康和安全制度对加强其他 校园少数民族项目以及更普遍的机构 改进. OSRHS主任的职责包括： 以下：采购赠款出版物;编写通讯，事实 表;组织赠款申请准备讲习班;提供 在美国国立卫生研究院拨款申请的概述;开发用户手册， 赠款和合同跟踪系统;协助制定政策 发展合规问题，协助教师使用 赞助计划信息网络-互联网与图书馆 医学，并编写赞助研究计划手册。 在项目的第二年和第三年， OSRHS将包括赞助试点研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): The Office of Sponsored Research in Health-Related Sciences (OSRHS) at Virginia State University (VSU) will provide science faculty and students from minority groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral sciences the opportunity to enhance their participation in research and training programs. The project will be directed by the Extramural Associate, Dr. Shobha Sriharan, who participated in the Extramural Associates Summer Institute (1993). The Director of OSRHS will be assisted by a part-time secretary and a student assistant. The proposed Director of OSRHS is assigned to the Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs to assist in improving the existing procedures in the preparation of grant applications and to prepare a handbook for following federal guidelines and policies. The Dean, School of Agriculture, Science, and Technology, will supervise the Director of OSRHS. An Advisory Committee composed of VSU's science faculty and research administrators will provide guidance to the Director of OSRHS in making all programmatic decisions and will evaluate OSRHS's effectiveness and assess OSRHS's impact on enhancement of other campus minority programs as well as more general institutional improvement. The duties of the Director of OSRHS will include the following: procure grant publications; prepare newsletter, fact sheets; organize workshops on grant application preparation; provide overview of grant applications at the NIH; develop user's Manual on Grants and Contracts Tracking Systems; assisting in policy development on compliance issues, assisting faculty in using Sponsored Programs Information Network- Internet with Library of Medicine, and preparing of Sponsored Research Programs Handbook. During the second and third year of the project, the activities of OSRHS will include sponsoring pilot research projects.