Developing a Bio-medical and Behavioral Research Center

(申请人提供：加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校(CSU)位于加利福尼亚州首府，在23个校区的CSU系统中排名第六。CSU的招生人数为28,529人。CSU坚定地致力于多元化、教师奖学金和学生参与研究的目标。大约67%的学生是女性，51%的本科生来自不同的背景。该机构致力于通过生物医学和行为研究为提高生活质量所必需的学生和教职员工提供更多的研究机会。这项申请的目标是继续前几年通过建立研究金计划为EARDA提供资金所取得的成功。在这些年里，取得了以下成就：1)建立了一个有10名教员和65名学生参与试点研究项目的学院研究员计划；2)与一个研究密集型机构(加州大学戴维斯癌症中心)签署了合作协议和谅解备忘录；3)向学生和教职员工提供了18个赠款研讨会和2个主要研究会议；4)与研究办公室和赞助项目建立了合作关系，以增加外部资金，NIH提交的材料数量，教职员工的出版物和会议演示效率，以及促进拨款管理过程。未来3年资助的有效性将通过比较基线和年度结果进行评估，具体情况如下：1)参与研究和参与研究员计划的代表性不足/女性学生和教职员工的百分比，2)获得外部资助的代表性不足和女性教职员工的数量，3)NIH提交/资助的申请数量，4)外部资助的美元金额，5)有研究报告和出版物的研究员数量，以及6)与研究密集型机构的合作项目的数量和结果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant: California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is located in the capital of California and is the sixth largest university in the 23-campus CSU system. CSUS has an enrollment of 28,529 students. CSUS is strongly committed to the goals of pluralism, faculty scholarship, and the involvement of students in research. Approximately 67 % of students are female and 51 % of undergraduate students are from diverse backgrounds. The institution is committed to enhancing research opportunities for students and faculty members necessary to improve the quality of life through biomedical and behavioral research. The goal of this application is to continue the success achieved in previous years of EARDA funding with the establishment of the Research Fellows Program. During those years the following achievements occurred: 1) a Faculty Research Fellows program was established involving 10 faculty and 65 students in pilot research projects, 2) a collaborative agreement and memorandum of understanding was signed with a research intensive institution (University of California Davis Cancer Center), 3) 18 grantsmanship seminars and 2 major research conferences were offered to students and faculty members, 4) a collaborative relationship with the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects was developed to increase amounts of extramural funding, numbers of NIH submissions, publication and conference presentation productivity of faculty members, as well as facilitate the grants management process. The effectiveness of the next 3 years of funding will be evaluated by comparing baseline to yearly outcomes in terms of 1) percent of under-represented / female students and faculty members involved in research and participating in the Research Fellows Program, 2) number of under-represented and female faculty members with extramural funding, 3) number of NIH applications submitted / funded, 4) dollar amounts of extramural support, 5) number of Research Fellows with research presentations and publications, and 6) number and outcomes of cooperative ventures with research intensive institutions.