KY-IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence

描述（由申请人提供）：路易斯维尔大学与肯塔基州大学合作，将领导肯塔基州生物医学研究卓越基础设施（KY-INBRE）的发展。该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，提高肯塔基州的研究能力。该计划是建立一个研究核心，将提供11名研究人员必要的支持，成为独立的联邦资金在5年内的竞争力。研究核心将由北方肯塔基州大学、西方肯塔基州大学、东方肯塔基州大学和莫尔黑德州立大学4所公立综合大学的10名研究人员组成，路易斯维尔大学将有一名初级研究人员，并将包括为西方肯塔基州大学招聘一名神经科学教员。该核心最初将包含7个基因组学和4个神经科学研究项目。研究核心将通过进一步发展路易斯维尔大学和肯塔基州大学的集中基因组学和生物信息学设施得到支持。这些设施包含开放获取的工具和资源，这些工具和资源对肯塔基州研究机构整体追求卓越研究的成功至关重要。指导委员会将指导KY-INBRE的发展，教师导师将指导PI的职业发展目标，外部专家咨询委员会将对INBRE-progress提供评论。外联核心将为KY-BRIN的13个附属机构的本科生提供夏季研究的机会。该核心将继续发展从本科院校到生物医学研究研究生课程的管道，并将补充研究核心的活动，学生将参与研究，其兴奋，挑战和有益的职业机会。

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.