MBRS SCORE Program at CA State University, Long Beach

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学长滩分校（CSULB）于2001年秋季在校园内建立了一个MBRS（少数民族生物医学研究支持）SCORE（持续卓越研究支持）项目，共有五名主要研究人员。另外5个PI被添加到一个补充应用程序中。校园建议继续其SCORE计划，包括8个持续的研究项目和12名新调查员（5个试点项目和15个研究项目）。通过这样做，CSULB将进一步实现其目标，即提高生物科学、化学和生物化学系教师的研究能力，并提供必要的基础设施，以支持高效和有竞争力的研究。为了在校园里扩大这个项目，包括了物理系和心理学系的两名新调查员。目标1：提高参与教师的研究技能和能力以及生产力，使他们在R01或同等资助中更具竞争力。持续的PI将达到生产力水平，这将使他们有竞争力申请R01资助，而新的研究者将提高生产力，使他们有竞争力获得持续的SCORE支持，并可能获得R01或同等的支持。PI和他们的学生也将增加在科学会议上的演讲次数。目标2：增加机构基础设施，以支持和维持更高水平的教师研究需求。将进行后续研究（焦点小组和调查），以评估向行政人员提出的关于改善关键领域基础设施支助的建议的效力。目标3：通过每年至少为SCORE PI和其他研究人员举办四次社区建设活动，增加研究人员社区的建设。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) established an MBRS (Minority Biomedical Research Support) SCORE (Support of Continuous Research Excellence) program on its campus in the fall of 2001 with five Principal Investigators. An additional five PI's were added with a supplemental application. The campus proposes to continue its SCORE program with eight continuing research projects and 12 new investigators (five pilot projects and 15 research projects). By doing so, CSULB will further meet its goals to increase the research capabilities of faculty members within the Departments of Biological Sciences and Chemistry and Biochemistry and to provide the infrastructure necessary to support highly productive and competitive research. To expand the program on campus, two new investigators from the Departments of Physics and Psychology are included. Goal 1: Increase the research skills and capabilities as well as productivity of participating faculty members so they become more competitive for R01 or equivalent grants. Continuing PI's will reach a level of productivity that will make them competitive to apply for R01 grants while new investigators will have increased productivity making them competitive for continuing SCORE support and, possibly, R01 or equivalent support. PI's and their students will also increase the number of presentations at scientific meetings. Goal 2: Increase the institutional infrastructure to support and maintain research needs of faculty at a higher level. Follow-up studies (focus groups and surveys) will be conducted to assess the effectiveness of recommendations that have been made to administrators to improve infrastructural support in key areas. Goal 3: Increase the building of a community of researchers by holding at least four community building events each year for SCORE PI's and other researchers. The proposed projects of the faculty investigators cover a wide range of biomedical and behavioral research, both in basic and applied areas. Provided the needed time, resources, and institutional support to carry out research, participants will become more productive and competitive for mainstream grants. This will significantly strengthen biomedical and behavioral research within the participating departments, promote involvement of other faculty members at a higher level of research and, in line with NIH goals, provide expanded opportunities for underrepresented minorities in biomedical and behavioral research.