Enhancing Research Participation at Mary Baldwin College

描述(由申请人提供)：在FRESP第一阶段，玛丽·鲍德温学院和首席调查员达到或超过了机构计划中概述的目标。里程碑包括：1)建立学院第一个赞助方案和研究发展办公室，由学院负责学术事务的副校长/院长领导；2)成立学院第一个教职员工管理委员会，负责监督和倡导与研究有关的问题，即研究、奖学金和创新活动特设委员会；3)定期举办一系列应用开发讲习班和赞助方案和研究发展办公室的网站；4)在2003-04年度设立学院的第一个研究倡议基金，以支持先导研究；5)学生和教职员工参加本科生研究相关会议的人数增加，包括学生获得旅行奖励；6)启动与弗吉尼亚大学的合作；7)向联邦机构和研究相关基金会提出成功申请的人数增加。在FRESP I奖颁发时，该学院没有现行的联邦奖项，而PI的FRESP I是有史以来第一次从国家卫生研究院获得资助。从那时起，该学院获得了美国国家儿童健康和人类发展研究院的地区资助，以及来自国家科学基金会、国家海洋和大气管理局和美国教育部的重大资助。 在第二阶段，学院和首席调查员打算在这一进展的基础上，更充分地将赞助方案和研究发展办公室及其支持的智力活动制度化。拟议的活动包括：1)扩大研究倡议基金，以支持试点研究、学生研究和认可以及卫生职业指导；2)增加对研究合规的支持；3)增加行政援助支持，重点是信息传播和获奖后监测。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): During FRESP Phase I, Mary Baldwin College and the Principal Investigator have met or exceeded the goals outlined in the Institutional Plan. Milestones have included: 1) establishment of the College's first Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Development, under the Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the College; 2) Formation of the first faculty-administrative committee for oversight and advocacy of research-related issues at the College, the Ad Hoc Committee on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity; 3) institution of a regular series of application development workshops and a web site for the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Development; 4) establishment in 2003- 04 of the College's first Research Initiative Fund, to support pilot research studies; 5) increased attendance among students and faculty in undergraduate research-related conferences, including students receiving travel awards; 6) initialization of a collaboration with The University of Virginia; 7) an increase in successful applications to federal agencies and research-related foundations. At the time of the FRESP I award, the College had no current Federal awards and the Pi's FRESP I was the first grant ever received from the National Institutes of Health. Since then, the College has received an AREA grant from the National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development as well as major grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Department of Education. During Phase II, the College and the Principal Investigator intend to build on this progress to more fully institutionalize the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Development and the intellectual activities it supports. Among the proposed activities are: 1) expansion of the Research Initiative Fund to support pilot studies, student research and recognition, and health professions mentorship; 2) increased support for research compliance; and 3) increased administrative assistance support, focused on information dissemination and post-award monitoring.