MBRS-SCORE Program at Universidad Central del Caribe

描述(由申请人提供)：中央加勒比大学医学院(UCC-SM)继续致力于发展强大的研究能力，并激励少数族裔教职员工和学生参与相关的生物医学研究。作为这一长期目标的一部分，我们正在提交我们的竞争续签申请，以继续我们的MBRS-SCORE计划。UCC-SM成立于1976年，是一所私立非营利性医学院，其医学和研究生课程获得当地和/或国家机构的认可。此外，我们还与邻近的几个机构建立了联合体，为大批本科生和研究生提供服务。UCC-SM的MBRS SCORE倡议接受了国家MBRS计划的使命，即“寻求为代表不足的少数民族提供更多选择和参与生物医学研究职业的机会，并培养具有竞争力的生物医学研究科学家，他们也是少数民族。”UCC-SM的MBR计划的具体目标与国家计划的目标一致：(1)为计划的运作以及相关的发展和评估活动提供行政支持和必要的环境。(2)每年在国家和/或专门会议上的发言次数增加10%。(3)每年增加10%的同行评议出版物数量。(4)到周期结束时，将向校外资金提交建议的教职员工数量增加50%，到第三年结束时，至少有25%的SCORE调查人员提交R型申请。UCC-SM的MBRS-SCORE计划将通过继续和扩大以下拟议的具体活动来实现这些目标：(1)教职员工发起科学功勋研究；(2)将提供必要支持的积极发展计划。最后，根据国家卫生研究院和机构的要求，我们正在为评估所有具体的可衡量目标提出一个全面的计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The School of Medicine of the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC-SM) is continuing with its commitment to develop strong research capabilities, and to motivate both minority faculty and students to participate in relevant biomedical research. As part of this long-term goal, we are submitting our competitive renewal application for the continuation of our MBRS-SCORE Program. UCC-SM was founded in 1976 as a private non-profit Medical School, and its medical and graduate studies program accredited by local and/or national agencies. Furthermore, we have established consortiums with several neighboring institutions serving a large population of undergraduate and graduate minority students. MBRS SCORE initiative at UCC-SM embraces the mission of the national MBRS Program of "seeking to provide expanded opportunities for underrepresented minorities to choose and participate in biomedical research careers and developing competitive biomedical research scientists who are also ethnic minorities." The specific goals of the MBRS Program at UCC-SM, which are consonant to the goals of the National Program, are: (1) To provide administrative support and necessary environment for operation of the Program and related developmental and evaluation activities. (2) To increase the number of presentations at national and/or specialized meetings by 10 percent each year. (3) To increase the number of peer-reviewed publications by 10 percent each year. (4) To increase the number of faculty submitting proposals to extramural funds by 50 percent by the end of the cycle, with at least 25 percent of our SCORE investigators submitting R-type applications by the end of year 3. The MBRS-SCORE Program at UCC-SM will achieve these objectives, via the continuation and expansion of the following proposed specific activities: (1) faculty initiated scientifically meritorious research and (2) an aggressive developmental program that will provide the necessary support. Finally, following both NIH and Institutional requirements, we are proposing a comprehensive plan for the evaluation of all specific measurable objectives.