Benedict College EARDA Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本尼迪克特学院EARDA计划的目标是提高和加强该机构在生物医学研究和研究培训的参与。通过这种竞争性的延续申请，我们寻求EARDA的持续支持，以进一步加强和扩大我们正在进行的生物医学科学研究活动和学生培训。自2001年秋季本尼迪克特学院ERDA/FRESP支持开始以来，EA一直在努力制定实施计划，咨询委员会，并成功管理赞助生物医学研究办公室。我们的研究能力已经扩大了显着增加外部资金和教师生产力证明。获得第二阶段FRESP奖的主要成就包括MBRS RISE计划的资助，以及通过南卡罗来纳州EPSCoR/INBRE合作研究计划与南卡罗来纳州大学（USC）医学院继续合作研究。学生参加了试点研究，并出席了过去三年的少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议。通过增加赠款提交，合作和资金，EARDA计划大大加强了本尼迪克特学院的生物医学研究基础设施。有了这个修订后的竞争延续，我们计划资助试点研究，这将促进和增加少数民族教师和学生在生物医学研究和研究培训的参与。此外，我们计划扩大和加强学生的研究，访问科学家研讨会计划和赠款写作研讨会。随着第二个PI的通过，他是赞助项目的副总裁，该团队将加强本尼迪克特学院的研究管理基础设施。这两个PI将共同努力，实施领导力发展计划。与EARDA计划的目标和初步提案的成就一致，本尼迪克特学院与南加州大学医学院，南加州大学公共卫生学院和南卡罗来纳州医科大学霍林斯癌症中心合作研究计划和提案。该提案将通过增加参与教师和学生的数量并加强我们的研究基础设施来继续加强这些合作。这一安排将使我们能够最明智地利用现有资源，并最有效地为学生提供研究培训。因此，我们的学生将成功地实现科学和研究事业。咨询委员会将使用申请中提出的标准，通过正式的评估工具对该计划进行评估。通过新成立的赞助项目和研究办公室，学院致力于在资助期外扩大能力建设。 公共卫生相关性：通过修订后的申请，本尼迪克特学院请求为EARDA计划提供两年的过渡支持。该机构致力于为研究基础设施和能力创造环境，这一点已经通过扩大最近成立的赞助计划和研究办公室得到证明。该项目将支持更多的教师和学生的研究，并建立必要的联盟，与其他研究密集型机构/组织的合作和伙伴关系。该办公室致力于制定和执行一项机构/领导能力发展计划，以便提供必要的支持，加强该项目并将其延长到供资期之后。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Benedict College EARDA Program is to enhance and strengthen the participation of the institution in biomedical research and research training. With this competing continuation application we seek continued EARDA support to further enhance and expand our on-going research activities and student training in biomedical sciences. Since the start of the Benedict College EARDA/FRESP support in the fall of 2001, the EA has diligently developed the implementation plan, the advisory committee and successfully administered the office of sponsored biomedical research. Our research capacity has expanded significantly as evidenced by increased external funding and faculty productivity. The major accomplishments that have resulted in Phase II FRESP award include funding of the MBRS RISE Program and continued collaborative research with the University of South Carolina (USC) School of Medicine through the South Carolina EPSCoR/INBRE collaborative research program. Students participated in pilot studies and attended and presented at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students for the last three years. Through increased grant submission, collaboration and funding, the EARDA Program has significantly strengthened the biomedical research infrastructure at Benedict College. With this revised competing continuation we plan to fund pilot studies that will promote and increase participation of both minority faculty and students in biomedical research and research training. Additionally we plan to expand and strengthen student research, the visiting scientist seminar program and grant writing workshop. With the adoption of the second PI, who is the Associate Vice President for Sponsored Programs, the team will strengthen the research administration infrastructure at Benedict College. The two PIs will work together and implement the leadership development plan. Consistent with the goals of the EARDA program and accomplishments of the initial proposal, Benedict College has collaborative research programs and proposals with USC School of Medicine, USC School of Public Heath and the Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina. This proposal will continue to strengthen these collaborations by increasing the number of participating faculty and students and strengthening our research infrastructure. This arrangement will enable us to use available resources most judiciously and offer research training to our students most efficiently. Thus, our students will be successful in achieving careers in science and research. The Advisory Committee will meet and evaluate the Program with formal assessment tools using the criteria as proposed in the application. Through the newly established office of Sponsored Programs and Research the college is committed to expand capacity building beyond the funding period. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Through this revised application Benedict College requests two years of transitional support for the EARDA Program. The institution is committed in enabling its environment for research infrastructures and capacity that has been demonstrated by expanding the recently established Office of Sponsored Programs and Research. This project will support more faculty and student research and build necessary alliances for collaboration and partnership with other research intensive institutions/organizations. This office is committed to develop and implement an institutional/leadership development plan in order to provide necessary support to strengthen and extend this project beyond the funding period.