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（CSULB）于2001年秋季在其校园内建立了一个MBRS（少数民族生物医学研究支持）SCORE（持续研究卓越支持）项目，有五名主要研究者。另外增加了5名PI，并提交了补充申请。校园建议继续其SCORE计划与8个持续的研究项目和12个新的调查人员（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，以提高生物科学和化学与生物化学系内教师的研究能力，并提供必要的基础设施，以支持高生产力和竞争力的研究。为了扩大校园计划，包括两名来自物理学和心理学系的新调查员。目标一：提高研究技能和能力，以及参与教师的生产力，使他们成为R01或同等赠款更具竞争力。继续PI的将达到一定的生产力水平，这将使他们有竞争力申请R01赠款，而新的研究人员将提高生产力，使他们有竞争力继续SCORE支持，并可能，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，以支持和维持教师在更高水平的研究需求。将进行后续研究（重点小组和调查），以评估向行政人员提出的改善关键领域基础设施支助的建议的效力。目标3：通过每年为SCORE PI和其他研究人员举办至少四次社区建设活动来增加研究人员社区的建设。 教师调查人员的拟议项目涵盖了广泛的生物医学和行为研究，无论是在基础和应用领域。提供所需的时间，资源和机构支持进行研究，参与者将成为更有成效和竞争力的主流赠款。这将大大加强参与部门内的生物医学和行为研究，促进其他教职员工参与更高层次的研究，并与NIH的目标一致，为生物医学和行为研究中代表性不足的少数民族提供更多的机会。

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.