Developmental Funds: New Investigators

根据我们的经验，每个新的调查员需要大约150万美元来建立一个 独立研究计划，并在最初三年内获得外部支持。研究所 保证支持新研究人员的研究计划，直到他们获得独立的支持。我们 鼓励新的研究人员招募博士后研究员或研究生，他们通常得到以下方面的支持： 在收到个人研究金或其他支助之前提供研究所资金。 在过去五年（2003-2007年）中，索尔克研究所投资了650多万美元（不包括 发展基金从CCSG）建立新的研究人员在癌症的研究计划 中心(This金额不包括额外的启动资金承诺，但尚未支出的最近 任命人员）来自CCSG发展基金的支持，虽然只是所需总额的一部分， 在当前的资助期内，帮助新任命的人员建立和发展他们的独立性， 快速有效地研究方案。 我们预计，我们将招募一个或两个新的研究人员每年到癌症中心（这已经 这是过去几年的平均水平）。如果每个调查员需要两年时间才能实现独立 由于经费有限，每年将需要至多4名调查员的发展支助。我们要求资金提供 CCSG每年为两名调查员提供部分支助。 由于对过去两年研究所的研究方案进行了广泛审查， 已被确定为新的教师招聘的高度优先事项：生物光子学（先进成像），先天 免疫、干细胞生物学、代谢和炎症生物学。这些领域将扩大和加强 我们的癌症研究项目我们预计，两到三个新的教师任命将在每个 这些领域在未来几年内，这些新的教师中的大多数将成为成员 癌症中心

Based on our experience, each new investigator requires approximately $1.5 million to establish an independent research program and obtain external support over an initial three-year period. The Institute guarantees to support the research programs of new investigators until they achieve independent support. We encourage new investigators to recruit postdoctoral fellows or graduate students, who are usually supported by Institute funds pending receipt of individual fellowships or other support. During the past five years (2003-2007) The Salk Institute invested more than $6.5 million (not including developmental funds from the CCSG) to establish the research programs of new investigators in the Cancer Center. (This amount does not include additional startup funds committed but not yet expended by recent appointees.) Support from CCSG developmental funds, although it was only a portion of the total required, was crucial in helping new appointees during the current funding period to establish and develop their independent research programs quickly and effectively. We anticipate that we will recruit one or two new investigators per year into the Cancer Center (this has been the average for the past several years). If each investigator requires two years to achieve independent funding, up to four investigators will require developmental support each year. We request funds to provide partial support for two investigators per year from the CCSG. As a result of an extensive review of Institute research programs over the past two years, several areas have been identified as high priorities for new faculty recruitment: biophotonics (advanced imaging), innate immunity, stem cell biology, metabolism, and inflammation biology. These areas will broaden and strengthen our cancer research program. We anticipate that two to three new faculty appointments will be made in each of these areas over the next several years, and that most of these new faculty members will become members of the Cancer Center.