Research Infrastructure at Benedict College

描述(由申请者提供)：本尼迪克特学院已经制定了一项建设机构研究能力的战略。这一方法将提高本尼迪克特学院生物医学研究人员的竞争力，以开发可持续的研究项目，并增强学院学生在生命科学和物理科学方面的教育体验。将建立支持核心和设施，作为生物医学研究人员进行研究、发表他们的发现和竞争校外拨款的基础，以及让学生体验生物医学研究并接受培训，以便更有竞争力地进入生物医学科学研究生课程。除行政核心外，重点领域是(I)学院核心、(Ii)研究支持核心、(Iii)学生活动核心、(Iv)赞助生物医学研究办公室(OSBR)和(V)发展/合作研究核心。将聘请一名新的助理教授和两名博士后助理(一名为前半部分，一名为后半部分的补助金)，以补充两名新近聘用的助理教授和更资深的教员的研究兴趣。生物医学研究人员将占用和利用新建成的最先进的教师和核心实验室设施。在这些研究实验室最近购买的最先进的设备上将增加额外的仪器。一名技术人员将维护一个动物护理设施。实验室经理将维护集中的核心实验室，协助教职员工购买和进行实验，并培训学生在教职员工实验室工作。健康职业顾问将监督学生的实验室经历，组织和监督门户科学课程学生的辅导，以及为参加研究生入学考试和申请研究生院而进行的正式培训，并组织博士后助理教学经验，使他们在就业市场上更具竞争力。OSBR负责人和一名赠款干事将协助申请外部赠款。将有两个生殖生物学的研究子项目，每个子项目都将涉及本尼迪克特学院生物和物理科学系的一名教员和南卡罗来纳大学医学院细胞生物学和神经科学系的一名教员之间的合作。两所学校之间的更多互动将增强研究体验。一个咨询委员会和外部评估员将为该计划提供咨询和评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Benedict College has developed a strategy to build institutional research capacity. This approach will increase the competitiveness of biomedical researchers at Benedict College to develop sustainable research programs and enhance the educational experience of the College's students in the life and physical sciences. Support cores and facilities will be established as a foundation for biomedical researchers to conduct research, publish their findings, and compete for extramural grant funding as well as for students to experience biomedical research and be trained to be more competitive for matriculation into graduate programs in the biomedical sciences. In addition to an Administrative Core, areas of emphasis are (I) Faculty Core, (II) Research Support Core, (III) Student Activities Core, (IV) Office of Sponsored Biomedical Research (OSBR), and (V) Developmental/Collaborative Research Core. One new assistant professor and two postdoctoral associates (one for the 1st half and one for the 2nd half of the grant) will be hired to complement the research interests of two recently hired assistant professors and more senior faculty members. Biomedical researchers will occupy and utilize newly completed state-of-the-art faculty and core laboratory facilities. Additional instrumentation will be added to the recently purchased state-of-the-art equipment in these research laboratories. A technician will maintain an animal care facility. A Lab Manager will maintain centralized core laboratories, assist faculty members in purchasing and conducting experiments, and train students to work in faculty laboratories. A Health Careers Advisor will monitor student laboratory experiences, organize and oversee tutoring of students in gateway science courses and formal training of students in preparation for taking the Graduate Record Examination and applying to graduate school, and organize postdoctoral associate teaching experience to make them more competitive in the job market. The Head of the OSBR and a Grants Officer will assist in the application for extramural grants. There will be two research subprojects in reproductive biology each of which will involve collaboration between a faculty member in the Department of Biological and Physical Sciences at Benedict College and a faculty member in the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Additional interactions between the two schools will enhance the research experiences. An advisory committee and external evaluator will be advisory and evaluate the program.