'Endeleza' Strengthening Research Development and Financing in KEMRI

描述（由申请人提供）：肯尼亚医学研究所（KEMRI）目前主持约180个研究项目，资助总额为28亿肯尼亚先令（3880万美元）。在没有专门的中央办公室和受过赠款管理培训的人员的情况下管理这些项目已经提出了繁重的挑战。该机构的愿景是成为促进优质健康的卓越中心。KEMRI秘书处为研究提供行政和技术支持，并协调研究所的各种其他职能。秘书处有两个部，一个负责行政和财务，另一个负责研究和培训。为了寻求弥合秘书处两个部门之间的差距，并与KEMRI的10年发展计划保持一致，最近成立了研究发展办公室（ORD）。该办公室将由驻KEMRI总部的首席研究员领导，持有人将直接向研究所首席执行官报告。在接受这项培训支持赠款时，我们的研究和发展奖的主题将是ENDELEZA。这是斯瓦希里语，意思是“前进”。在推进研究发展办公室的过程中，我们将力求；I)发展和能力建设一个中央办公室，通过促进资助和资助管理方面的培训，管理研究资助的奖励前后和财务管理以及能力建设；ii)通过与南南合作和北南合作的类似机构建立网络，建立获取有关研究经费可用性的及时信息的开放途径，最后iii)与KEMRI建立一个筹款单位，该单位将与我们的基金筹集和创收委员会密切合作，以创新的方式寻求当地和国际慈善捐助者的资助。我们的整体产出将是增加研究所研究人员获得拨款资料的机会，方法是建立一个广泛的数据库，并在资助前提供拨款书面支持，以改善资助工作。此外，我们将简化拨款的财务管理，与类似机构建立联系，并建立一个潜在本地和国际慈善捐助者的数据库。最后，ORD将监督和管理KEMRI内部的捐赠研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) currently hosts about one hundred and eighty (180)' research projects funded to the tune of KES 2.8 Billion (USD 38.8 Million). Managing these projects without a dedicated central office and personnel trained in grants administration has presented onerous challenges. The Institution's vision is to be a leading center of excellence in the promotion of quality health. The KEMRI Secretariat provides administrative and technical support to research and also co-ordinates the various other functions of the Institute. The Secretariat has two departments, one responsible for Administration and Finance and the other responsible for Research and Training. In seeking to bridge the gap between the two arms of the secretariat and in keeping with KEMRI's 10-year development plan the Office of Research Development (ORD) has recently been set up. This office will be headed by the Principal Investigator who will be based at KEMRI headquarters and the holder will report directly to the Chief Executive of the Institute. In undertaking this training support grant, the theme of our research and development award will be ENDELEZA. This is a Kiswahili word meaning 'advancing'. In advancing the office of research development we will seek to; i) develop and capacity build a central office that will manage pre and post award and financial management for research grants and capacity build by facilitating training in grantsmanship and grant management; ii) establish open avenues of accessing timely information regarding availability of research grants with networking with similar institutions in both South to South and North to South collaborations, and finally iii) initiate a fundraising unit with KEMRI that will work closely with our Fund Raising and Revenue Generation Committee to innovatively seek funding from local and international philanthropic donors. Our overall output will be increased access for research officers in the institute to grant information by the development of a broad database and improved grantsmanship with pre award grant writing support. In addition we will achieve streamlined financial management for grant awards, networking with similar institutions and have a database of potential local and international philanthropic donors. Lastly, the ORD will oversee and management an endowment research within KEMRI.