KY-IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

描述(由申请人提供)：路易斯维尔大学将与肯塔基大学合作，领导肯塔基州卓越生物医学研究基础设施(KY-INBRE)的发展。这项KY-INBRE提案的目标是在现有KY-Brin、其基础设施及其生物医学研究人员网络的成功基础上，增加肯塔基州的研究能力。该计划是建立一个研究核心，将为11名研究人员提供必要的支持，以便在5年内成为独立联邦资金的竞争对手。研究核心将由北肯塔基大学、西肯塔基大学、东肯塔基大学和莫尔黑德州立大学4所公立综合性大学的10名研究人员组成，路易斯维尔大学有1名初级研究员，并将包括为西肯塔基大学招聘一名神经科学教员。这个核心最初将包含7个基因组学和4个神经科学研究项目的组合。研究核心将通过进一步发展路易斯维尔大学和肯塔基大学的集中基因组学和生物信息学设施来支持。这些设施包含开放获取工具和资源，这些工具和资源对于肯塔基州研究机构作为一个整体在追求卓越研究方面的成功至关重要。一个指导委员会将指导KY-INBRE的发展，教师导师将指导私人投资机构的职业发展目标，一个外部专家咨询委员会将提供INBRE-PROCESS的批评。外展核心将为KY-Brin的13个附属机构的本科生提供暑期研究机会。这个核心将继续发展从本科院校到生物医学研究研究生水平项目的管道，它将补充研究核心的活动，在那里，学生将从事研究，它的兴奋，它的挑战和它的有益的职业机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Louisville, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky, will lead the development of the Kentucky Infrastructure for Biomedical Research excellence (KY-INBRE). The goal of this KY-INBRE proposal is to build on the successes of the existing KY-BRIN, its infrastructure and its network of biomedical researchers, to increase the capacity for research in Kentucky. The plan is to build a research core that will provide 11 researchers with the necessary support to become competitive for independent federal funding within 5 years. The research core will consist of 10 researchers in the 4 public comprehensive universities, Northern Kentucky University, Western Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University and Morehead State University, one junior researcher at the University of Louisville, and will include the recruitment of a neuroscience faculty member to Western Kentucky University. This core will initially contain a portfolio of 7 genomics and 4 neuroscience research projects. The research core will be supported through further development of the centralized genomics and bioinformatics facilities at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. These facilities contain open access tools and resources that are critical to the success of Kentucky research institutions as a whole in their pursuit of research excellence. A steering committee will guide the development of the KY-INBRE, faculty mentors will guide the career development goals of the PIs, and an external advisory committee of experts will provide critique of the INBRE-progress. An outreach core will provide opportunities in summer research for undergraduate students in the 13 affiliated institutions of the KY-BRIN. This core will continue to develop the pipeline from undergraduate institutions to the graduate level programs in biomedical research, and it will complement the activities of the research core, where students will become engaged in research, its excitement, its challenges and its rewarding career opportunities.