California State University San Marcos MBRS SCORE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：CSU圣马科斯MBRS SCORE计划补充将促进艺术与科学学院四名教师的职业发展。该计划的扩展版本将包括九个项目和十名教师。这一补充请求对以下领域的研究活动提供试点项目支持：阿片类药物作用的精神药理学、快速变异病毒的新型疫苗的设计和开发、整个动物衰老和细胞对氧化应激的反应以及儿童肥胖的文化因素。教师的职业发展将伴随着学生的参与，他们将发展研究知识和技能，为先进的生物医学研究职业做好准备。我们的计划有七个主要目标和可衡量的目标，包括：目标1：增加25%的参与SCORE教师的出版活动。目标2：增加参与SCORE教师的赠款提案活动25%。目标3：将SCORE教师的专业演讲数量增加25%。目标4：加强参与该计划的部门的教师的多样性，以便在整个项目的过程中，至少有一名来自代表性不足的种族或族裔群体的科学家将被任命为每个学术单位的终身教职。目标5：将所有SCORE助理教授和副教授的学术等级提高一级。目标6：将参加SCORE教师实验室研究的学生人数增加25%。目标7：根据定量调查工具，将大学的研究环境改善25%。我们的评估计划为每个项目目标提供形成性和总结性评估。国家SCORE计划的目标和CSUSM战略计划是完全一致的。区域少数民族人口的增长，校园对多样性的承诺，项目总监的丰富经验，现有的CSU圣马科斯MBRS RISE，MARC-U* 星星和桥梁计划，以及配备现代科学仪器和强大的教学资源的新科学建筑，共同使CSUSM成为成功和扩大MBRS SCORE计划的理想地点。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CSU San Marcos MBRS SCORE Program Supplement will advance the career development of four faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences. The expanded version of the program will include nine projects and ten faculty. This supplement requests pilot project support for research activities in areas that include psychopharmacology of opiate actions, design and development of novel vaccines for rapidly mutating viruses, whole animal aging and cellular responses to oxidative stress, and cultural factors in childhood obesity. The career development of faculty will be accompanied by involvement of students who will develop research knowledge and skills to prepare them for advanced biomedical research careers. Our program has seven major goals and measurable objectives including: Goal 1: Increase the publication activity of the participating SCORE faculty by 25%. Goal 2: Increase the grant proposal activity of the participating SCORE faculty by 25%. Goal 3: Increase the number of professional presentations of the SCORE faculty by 25%. Goal 4: Enhance diversity of the faculty in the departments participating in the program so that at least one scientist from an underrepresented racial or ethnic group will be appointed as a tenure track faculty to each of these academic units during the course of the overall project. Goal 5: Advance the academic rank of all SCORE assistant and associate professors by one level. Goal 6: Increase the number of students participating in research in the laboratories of SCORE faculty by 25%. Goal 7: Enhance the research environment of the university by 25% as measured by quantitative survey instruments. Our evaluation plan provides formative and summative assessment for each project goal. The national SCORE Program's goals and the CSUSM strategic plan are in perfect alignment. The regional minority population growth, the campus commitment to diversity, the extensive experience of the program director, the existing CSU San Marcos MBRS RISE, MARC-U*STAR and Bridges Programs, and the new science buildings equipped with modern scientific instruments and powerful instructional resources collectively make CSUSM an ideal location for a successful and expanded MBRS SCORE Program.