COBRE Phase III: Transitional Center for Research on Processes in Evolution

爱达荷大学生物医学进化过程研究卓越研究中心是在生物信息学和进化研究所(IBEST)的赞助下组织的。在过去的10年里，科博尔基金使IBEST的研究人员能够在计算和进化生物学领域进行前沿的跨学科研究，并指导早期教师开发具有国家竞争力的、独立资助的研究项目。毕业于独立资助的教职员工仍留在IBEST高度协作的社区中。作为Cobre的一部分，计算资源核心和基因组资源核心设施为研究人员提供了各种先进的仪器和计算资源，以及技术支持。这些核心设施目前支持28个资助项目。因此，Cobre基金产生了预期的效果，加强了该机构的生物医学研究能力，并培养了具有竞争力的外部资金所需的支持性研究环境。其中许多项目是生物学家和数学家、统计学家或计算机科学家之间的跨学科合作，需要这两个核心设施的资源。第三阶段有三个具体目标： 1.完成这两个研究核心，并以一种将继续支持IBEST研究的方式将它们转变为可持续发展。 2.支持研究试点项目计划、技术准入补助金以及旅行和合作补助金。前两个项目将使教师能够生成初步数据，使他们在外部资金方面更具竞争力，第三个项目将使他们能够发起和/或发展支持研究的合作。 3.通过一项新的战略计划，通过在IBEST内部的频繁互动以及与外部科学界的广泛互动，确定科学机会。 Cobre Funding的这一最后阶段，以及对IBEST作为战略研究所的机构投资，将确保我们的自我可持续性，并保持基础设施、气候、环境和人力资源，并为专注于进化过程的充满活力的生物医学研究计划所需的人员提供资金。

The Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Research on Processes in Evolution at the University of Idaho is organized under the auspices of the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST). For the past 10 years, COBRE funding enabled IBEST investigators to conduct leading-edge interdisciplinary research in computational and evolutionary biology and to mentor early faculty to develop nationally competitive, independently-funded research programs. Faculty who graduate to independent funding remain in the highly collaborative community of IBEST. The Computational Resources Core and Genomics Resources Core facilities established as part of this COBRE provide a diverse array of advanced instrumentation and computational resources, as well as technical support to investigators. These core facilities currently support 28 funded projects. Thus, COBRE funding has had the intended effect of strengthening the institution's biomedical research capabilities and cultivating the supportive research environment needed to be competitive for external funding. Many of these projects are interdisciplinary collaborations between biologists and mathematicians, statisticians or computer scientists, and require the resources of both core facilities. Phase III has three Specific Objectives: 1. To complete these two research cores and to transition them to sustainability in a way that will continue to support the research of IBEST. 2. To support a Research Pilot Project Program, Technology Access Grants, and Travel and Collaboration Grants. The first two programs will enable faculty to generate preliminary data that will make them more competitive for external funding, and the third will enable them to initiate and/or develop collaborations that support research. 3. Through a new Strategic Plan, identify scientific opportunities through frequent interactions within IBEST and extensive interactions with the external scientific community. This final phase of COBRE funding, along with institutional investments in IBEST as a strategic Institute, will ensure our self-sustainability and maintain the infrastructure, climate, funding an personnel needed for a vibrant biomedical research program focused on processes of evolution.