Benedict College EARDA Program

描述(由申请者提供)：本尼迪克特学院EARDA计划的目标是加强和加强该机构在生物医学研究和研究培训方面的参与。通过这一竞争性的继续申请，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EARDA/FRESP支持开始以来，EA勤奋地制定了实施计划、咨询委员会，并成功地管理了赞助生物医学研究办公室。我们的研究能力显著扩大，外部资金和教师生产率的增加证明了这一点。获得第二阶段FRESP奖的主要成就包括资助MBRS Rise计划，以及通过南卡罗来纳州EPSCoR/INBRE合作研究计划与南卡罗来纳大学(USC)医学院继续合作研究。过去三年，学生参加了试点研究，并出席了少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议并发表了演讲。通过增加拨款提交、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。通过修订后的竞争延续，我们计划资助试点研究，以促进和增加少数族裔教职员工和学生在生物医学研究和研究培训中的参与。此外，我们还计划扩大和加强学生研究、访问科学家研讨会计划和资助写作研讨会。随着第二位PI的采用，他是负责赞助项目的协理副总裁，团队将加强本尼迪克特学院的研究管理基础设施。两个绩效指标将共同努力，实施领导力发展计划。根据EARDA计划的目标和最初提案的成果，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医科大学霍林斯癌症中心合作开展研究项目和提案。这项提议将通过增加参与的教职员工和学生的数量以及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使用现有资源，并最有效地为学生提供研究培训。因此，我们的学生将在科学和研究领域取得成功。咨询委员会将利用申请书中提出的标准，利用正式的评估工具，对该方案进行会议和评估。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后扩大能力建设。 公共卫生相关性：本尼迪克特学院通过修改后的申请，请求为EARDA计划提供两年的过渡性支持。该机构致力于为其研究基础设施和能力创造良好的环境，这一点已经通过扩大最近成立的赞助项目和研究办公室得到了证明。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，以便与其他研究密集型机构/组织进行合作和建立伙伴关系。该办公室致力于制定和执行一项体制/领导能力发展计划，以便提供必要的支助，以加强这一项目，并将其延长到供资期限之后。

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.