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

爱达荷大学生物医学卓越研究中心是在生物信息学和进化研究研究所（IBEST）的主持下组织的。在过去的10年里，COBRE的资助使IBEST的研究人员能够在计算和进化生物学方面进行前沿的跨学科研究，并指导早期的教师开发具有全国竞争力的独立资助的研究项目。获得独立资助的毕业生仍然留在IBEST的高度协作社区中。作为COBRE的一部分建立的计算资源核心和基因组学资源核心设施为研究人员提供了各种先进仪器和计算资源，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的资助起到了预期效果，加强了该机构的生物医学研究能力，并培养了对外部资金具有竞争力所需的支持性研究环境。这些项目中的许多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，需要两个核心设施的资源。第三阶段有三个具体目标：

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.