Mentoring Vision Research In Oklahoma

描述（由申请人提供）：COBRE项目第二个五年的总体目标是继续提高俄克拉何马大学健康科学中心（OUHSC）视觉研究的质量和数量，通过项目调查员和早期职业调查员（ecl）的指导，增加俄克拉何马州NIH竞争性资金的长期收购，为OUHSC招募高级调查员，并为我们的视觉研究项目的基础设施提供支持。该项目得到了OUHSC和Dean A. McGee眼科研究所（DMEI）领导的大力支持。本次COBRE更新申请的具体目标是：A.通过经验丰富、敬业的高级研究人员对项目研究人员的指导，加强和扩大机构生物医学研究在视觉研究方面的能力。B.通过为第二个研究项目提供支持，扩大早期职业研究者的研究和指导能力。C.通过招募四名视力调查员来增加OUHSC视力研究人员的临界质量。D.加强对扩大俄克拉何马州视觉研究至关重要的基础设施。E.继续促进COBRE研究人员与其他科学家之间的合作关系。F.监督将确保COBRE项目成功的成果里程碑和期望。G.制定和实施一项“退出战略”，以确保在COBRE的第二个5年支持之后，COBRE倡议的连续性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall objectives for the second five years of our COBRE program are to continue to improve the quality and quantity of VISION RESEARCH at the University of Oklahoma Hearth Sciences Center (OUHSC), to increase the long-term acquisition of NIH competitive funding in Oklahoma through the mentoring of project investigators and early career investigators (ECls), to recruit senior investigators to the OUHSC, and to develop support for the infrastructure of our vision research programs. This program is strongly supported by the leadership of the OUHSC and the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute (DMEI). The specific aims of this COBRE renewal application are: A. To strengthen and to augment institutional biomedical research capabilities in vision research through the mentoring of project investigators by experienced, dedicated senior investigators. B. To broaden the research and mentoring capabilities of early career investigators by providing support for a second research project. C. To increase the critical mass of vision researchers at the OUHSC by recruiting four vision investigators. D. To enhance the infrastructure critical for expanding vision research in Oklahoma. E. To continue to foster collegial and collaborative relationships between COBRE investigators and other scientists. F. To oversee outcome milestones and expectations that will ensure the success of the COBRE program. G. To develop and implement an "exit strategy" that will ensure continuity of the COBRE initiatives after the second 5 years of COBRE support.