TAMU-Kingsville Biomedical Research Program

描述(由申请者提供)：该大学的长期研究目标是加强所有科学系，成为美国最好的地区性大学之一。咨询委员会支持并肯定扩大RIMI方案，将其他科学系和最近批准的药学院包括在内。RIMI项目的扩展将使该大学能够发展博士项目。德克萨斯农工大学-金斯维尔分校和德克萨斯农工大学大学站正处于联合博士项目的初步讨论阶段。NIH/RIMI计划将允许大学在较短的时间内实现其长期目标，方法是雇佣有资源撰写竞争性补助金的教职员工。一旦药学院完全建立，该大学就可以开始规划生物科学的跨学科博士项目。新的RIMI计划的总体目标没有改变，但优先考虑的是扩展到其他科学领域。该大学已将心理学/社会学、动物和野生动物科学系、生物学、化学、NTRC和药学院确定为未来10年将加强的领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University's long-term research goals are to strengthen all science departments and become one of the best regional universities in the United States. The Advisory Committee supports and affirms the expansion of the RIMI program to include other science departments and the recently approved School of Pharmacy. The expansion of the RIMI program will allow the University to develop Ph.D. programs. Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Texas A&M University in College Station are in the initial stage of discussion of a joint Ph.D. program. The NIH/RIMI program will allow the University to achieve its long-term goals in a shorter period of time by hiring faculty that will have the resources to write competitive grants. Once the School of Pharmacy is fully establish the University can start planning for an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in biological sciences. The overall goals for the new RIMI program have not changed but a priority was set to expand into other areas of science. The University has identified the Departments of Psychology/Sociology, Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, NTRC, and the School of Pharmacy as those areas that will be strengthened over the next 10 years.