CONSOLIDATION OF NEUROSCIENCE CLUSTERS: DEMENTIA, COGNITION

神经科学集群的整合：痴呆症、认知

• 批准号: 6794471
• 负责人: JOHN E MAUPIN
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-20 至 2003-09-19
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6794471
• 关键词: biomedical facility; building /facility design /renovation; cognition; dementia; health science research; neurosciences; training; university

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application, in the amount of $3 million, requests funds to renovate four laboratories in the West Basic Sciences Center and to construct an annex to the center. This new two-story 12,948 sq. ft. addition will house three additional laboratories, three faculty offices, and miscellaneous support space. The new construction and renovation proposed in this project is designed to consolidate several investigators from disparate locations into modern laboratories group in clusters based on experimental approach. The investigators expect the productivity of this multidisciplinary group to dramatically increase as the result of: 1) enhanced methodological expertise by physically clustering laboratories; 2) improved mentoring interactions between junior and senior faculty; and 3) greater access to research support services and core facilities. The project will also replace an inadequate research facility. Currently, neuroscience research and research training activities are centered in the Biomedical Sciences Building, a single story facility constructed in 1970 that is no longer suited for state-of-the-art research. The building is at maximum capacity and is in need of extensive renovation in order to meet current building code standards. The College's facility master plan, prepared by the architectural firm of Gresham, Smith and Partners, rated the building as unsatisfactory and recommends its eventual demolition. This application is consistent with, and supports, MMC's strategic efforts to: 1) increase the productivity and competitiveness of investigators through strengthening of the College's research infrastructure; 2) augment and strengthen the College's overall research capacity and expertise through the development of a select number focused thematic interdisciplinary research centers; and 3) increase the number of basic and clinically trained minority research scientists.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请金额为300万美元，要求拨款翻新西部基础科学中心的四个实验室，并建造该中心的附属设施。这个新的两层12,948平方米。另外还将容纳三个额外的实验室，三个教员办公室和其他支持空间。在这个项目中提出的新建设和改造旨在将来自不同地点的几个研究人员整合到基于实验方法的现代实验室集群中。研究人员期望这个多学科小组的生产力显著提高，因为：1)通过物理集群实验室增强了方法专业知识；2)改善了师徒关系；3)更多地获得研究支持服务和核心设施。该项目还将取代一个不足的研究设施。目前，神经科学研究和研究培训活动集中在生物医学科学大楼，这是一座建于1970年的单层建筑，不再适合最先进的研究。该建筑已达到最大容量，需要进行大规模翻新，以满足当前的建筑规范标准。由Gresham， Smith and Partners建筑公司编制的学院设施总体规划将该建筑评为不令人满意，并建议最终拆除。该申请符合并支持MMC的战略努力：1)通过加强学院的研究基础设施来提高研究人员的生产力和竞争力；2)通过发展若干重点突出的专题跨学科研究中心，增强和加强学院的整体研究能力和专业知识；3)增加基础和临床训练的少数民族研究科学家的数量。