UTSA MBRS SCORE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：UTSA MBRS SCORE计划的总体目标和使命是发展教师的生物医学研究能力，并显着增加积极从事生物医学研究的少数民族人数。为了实现我们的目标和使命，已经建立了以下目标：（1）显著增加同行评审期刊上的出版物数量;（2）显著增加提交和资助的校外，个人，非MBRS赠款的数量和规模;（3）显著增加至少有一名少数民族学生的教师的百分比;（4）增加SCORE教师在同行评审活动中的参与，例如担任期刊和赠款的裁判;（5）保持教师与其他实验室合作的活动，导致推荐的出版物或赠款申请;（6）增加SCORE教师受邀演讲的数量;（7）保持每年至少一次在国家/专业学会会议上进行研究演讲的活动。为了实现和监测我们的目标，MBRS SCORE咨询委员会，外部科学咨询委员会（ESAC），MBRS SCORE执行委员会和项目评估员将定期进行评估，并与MBRS SCORE教师合作，通过向每位研究人员提供建议，以高级科学家的“指导”形式实现这些目标。ESAC将对教师能力的发展和生物医学研究的进展提供“定性”评估。这些评估将由所有委员会进行审查，并将改进建议（如需要）传达给每位MBRS SCORE研究者。UTSA在新教师，学生入学和基础设施方面经历了非凡的增长。UTSA现在是全国五大拉美裔教育家之一，有七个不同的学位课程。事实上，UTSA在授予西班牙裔学生生物科学本科学位的数量上领先于所有美国大学。随着大多数少数民族入学率（58%; 45.6%西班牙裔），UTSA的定位是成为卓越的西班牙裔在硕士和博士水平的教育国家中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal and mission of the UTSA MBRS SCORE Program is to develop the biomedical research capability of the faculty and to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minorities actively engaged in biomedical research. To accomplish our goal and mission, the following objectives have been established: (1) Significantly increase the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals; (2) Significantly increase the number and size of extramural, individual, non-MBRS grants submitted and funded; (3) Significantly increase the percent of faculty with at least one minority student; (4) Increase the participation of SCORE faculty in peer-reviewed activities such as serving as a referee for journals and grants; (5) Maintain the activity of faculty collaborations with other laboratories that result in a referred publication or grant application; (6) Increase the number of invited presentations by SCORE faculty; and (7) Maintain the activity of at least one research presentation per year at national/professional society meetings. To accomplish and monitor our objectives, the MBRS SCORE Advisory Committee, The External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC), The MBRS SCORE Executive Committee and Program Evaluator will regularly conduct evaluations and work with MBRS SCORE faculty to meet these objectives by providing advice to each investigator in the form of "mentoring" by senior scientists. The ESAC will provide "qualitative" assessments on the development of faculty capabilities and progress in biomedical research. These assessments will be reviewed by all committees and recommendations for improvement (if needed) will be communicated to each MBRS SCORE investigator. UTSA has experienced extraordinary growth in terms of new faculty, student enrollments and infrastructure. UTSA is now among the nation's top five educators of Hispanics in the country for seven different degree programs. In fact, UTSA leads all U.S. Universities in the number of undergraduate degrees granted to Hispanic Students in the biological sciences. With a majority minority enrollment (58%; 45.6% Hispanic), UTSA is positioned to become a national center of excellence for the education of Hispanics at the master's and doctoral levels.