PHASE II SPONSORED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：办公室 弗吉尼亚州健康相关科学赞助研究(OSRHS) 大学(VSU)将为理科教师和学生提供 从在生物医学和医疗领域代表性不足的少数群体 行为科学有机会提高他们的参与度 在研究和培训计划方面。该项目将被指导 由校外助理Shobha Sriharan博士主持，他参与了 在校外助理暑期学院(1993)。这个 OSRHS主任将由一名兼职秘书和一名 学生助理。拟议的OSRHS主任被分配到 负责学术事务的副校长办公室协助 改善现行拨款编制程序 申请，并准备一本手册，供以下联邦政府使用 指导方针和政策。农业学院院长， 科学和技术部将监督OSRHS主任。一个 由VSU理科教员和研究人员组成的咨询委员会 管理员将在#年向OSRHS主任提供指导 制定所有方案决策，并将评估OSRHS 有效性和评估OSRHS对加强其他 校园少数民族项目以及更一般的机构 进步。OSRHS总监的职责将包括 以下：采购赠款出版物；编写通讯，事实 表格；举办有关准备拨款申请的工作坊；提供 美国国立卫生研究院赠款申请概览；编制用户手册 赠款和合同跟踪系统；协助制定政策 在合规问题上的发展，帮助教师使用 赞助节目信息网-互联网与图书馆 医学，以及资助研究项目的准备手册。 在该项目的第二年和第三年期间， 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.