'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)目前拥有约180个研究项目，资助总额为28亿克朗(3880万美元)。在没有专门的中央办公室和接受过赠款管理培训的人员的情况下管理这些项目是一项艰巨的挑战。该研究所的愿景是在促进高质量健康方面成为领先的卓越中心。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。秘书处有两个部门，一个负责行政和财务，另一个负责研究和培训。为了弥合秘书处这两个部门之间的差距，并根据KEMRI的十年发展计划，最近设立了研究发展办公室。该办公室将由首席调查员领导，首席调查员将常驻KEMRI总部，负责人将直接向研究所首席执行官报告。在接受这笔培训支持赠款时，我们研发奖的主题将是ENDELEZA。这是斯瓦希里语的一个词，意思是“前进”。在推进研究发展办公室方面，我们将寻求：i)发展和能力建设一个中央办公室，负责管理科研补助金的授予前后和财务管理，并通过促进赠款和赠款管理方面的培训促进能力建设；ii)建立开放的渠道，通过与南南和北南合作中的类似机构建立网络，及时获取关于研究补助金可获得性的信息；以及iii)与KEMRI一起发起一个筹款单位，与我们的基金筹集和创收委员会密切合作，创新性地从当地和国际慈善捐助者那里寻求资金。我们的总体产出将是通过开发一个广泛的数据库，增加研究所的研究人员提供信息的机会，并通过奖励前赠款的编写支持，改进赠款方式。此外，我们将简化赠款的财务管理，与类似的机构建立联系，并建立一个潜在的本地和国际慈善捐赠者数据库。最后，ORD将监督和管理KEMRI内的一项捐赠研究。

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.