MINORITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM AT NCCU

北卡罗来纳州拟议的MBR计划的总体目标 中央大学是：1)大幅改善和加强 理科教师的研究能力和竞争力；2) 增加未被充分代表的少数民族寻求职业发展的人数 在生物医学研究方面。为了实现第一个目标，NCCU的MBR 该计划寻求建立在现有和新兴的研究优势的基础上 这所大学。在这次续签中，提交了五个子项目 生物系，还有一个子项目是从 化学系。该请求包括对6个主体的支持 调查员，17名学生，8名研究技术人员，1名秘书。 在这些项目中，有与健康相关的研究的共同主线 将促进生物医学的合作和共享的问题 研究思路和技术。癌症生物学的覆盖领域， 分子生物学、微生物学、真菌学、环境健康和生物 有机化学。六个次级项目中有四个是新的MBR项目 二是现有MBR项目的竞争性延续。这 计划继续通过跨部门和 机构间合作，促进研究生产力和 帮助缓解少数民族研究人员经常感受到的孤立 和/或非研究密集型机构。提高工作效率将 教职员工/学生出版物的显著增长， 在研讨会和会议上的演讲，专利，教师研究 荣誉，以及获得额外的非MBR资金以支持 研学研修培训活动。这一计划将是 通过拟议的MBRS研讨会系列丰富了内容。第二个广度 目标包括加强学生参与计划。通过 确保适当的指导和指导，学生应该提高 他们的工作效率、可见性和责任感。学生们将成为 参与最新的研究项目，展示他们的数据 在研讨会和会议上，在共同撰写的出版物中，在 与参与其他课程的学生和教职员工建立联系 NCCU和合作机构的研究计划和预期 结果是，该计划将继续激励更多的少数族裔 学生攻读生物医学研究的终极学位和职业。

The overall objectives for the proposed MBRS program at North Carolina Central University are: 1)to substantially improve and strengthen the research capabilities and competitiveness of science faculty; and, 2) to increase the number of underrepresented minorities seeking careers in biomedical research. To fulfill the first objective, NCCU's MBRS program seeks to build upon existing and emerging research strengths of the University. In this renewal, five subprojects are submitted from the Department of Biology, and one subproject is submitted from the Department of Chemistry. The request includes support for 6 Principal Investigators, 17 students, 8 research technicians, and 1 secretary. Among these projects are common threads of health related research problems which will foster collaborations and sharing of biomedical research ideas and technologies. The cover areas of cancer biology, molecular biology, microbiology, mycology, environmental health and bio organic chemistry. Four of the six subprojects are new MBRS projects and two are competitive continuations of existing MBRS projects. This program continues to be enriched by interdepartmental and interinstitutional collaborations that foster research productivity and assist in alleviating isolation often felt by researchers at minority and/or non research-intensive institutions. Improved productivity will be made evident y measurable increases in faculty/student publications, presentations at seminars and meetings, in patents, faculty research honors, and the acquisition of additional non-MBRS funding to support research and research training activities. This program will be enriched by the proposed MBRS seminar series. The second broad objective involves enhancing the student participation program. By insuring appropriate mentoring and guidance, students should improve their productivity, visibility, and accountability. Students will be involved in state-of-the-are research projects, in presenting their data in seminars and at meetings, in co-authoring publications, and in establishing linkages with students and faculty involved in other research programs at NCCU and at collaborating institutions and expected outcome is that this program will continue to motivate more minority students to pursue terminal degrees and careers in biomedical research.