Chaminade University BRAD Program

 描述（由申请人提供）：查米纳德大学是一个联邦指定的少数民族服务，夏威夷土著和太平洋岛民服务机构服务夏威夷和美国附属太平洋。教师和学生参与研究推进我们的使命减少在健康，司法和教育机会的差距为土著和弱势群体的太平洋。在过去的十年中，Chaminade在支持这一使命的关键领域经历了转型增长。这些措施包括通过奖学金的教师标准，重大设施改造，以支持研究，建立数百万美元的仪器核心，从R1机构招聘新教师，并在自然科学领域发展充满活力的本科研究文化。重大的体制挑战仍然存在，具体而言：（1）依赖校外资金来实现增长和使命在一个学费依赖的机构服务代表性不足和弱势学生，（2）缺乏教师补助金-寻求文化超越快速增长的自然科学司，（3）缺乏能力，在当前的赞助研究办公室奖前和奖后的支持。Chaminade大学布拉德提案通过三个具体目标解决这些挑战：目标1。为赞助项目制定和实施机构发展计划;目标2。提供一个奖励前教师发展管道，促进从生物医学和行为学科相关的NIH使命在查米纳德教师的赠款寻求行为和竞争成功;目标3。为受资助人和资助机构提供良好的奖后服务环境。在布拉德赠款期结束时，查米纳德大学将处于一个更有利的地位，在生物医学和行为科学领域提供以任务为中心的研究和计划活动。布拉德的资金将创造一种环境，使我们能够有效地教育和授权下一代夏威夷和太平洋岛民学生作为研究人员和从业人员，他们可以解决他们家乡社区的健康，社会正义和机会方面的差距。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Chaminade University is a Federally-designated Minority-serving, Native Hawaiian- and Pacific Islander-serving institution serving Hawaii and the US-affiliated Pacific. Faculty and student participation in research advances our mission of reducing disparities in health, justice and educational opportunity for indigenous and disadvantaged peoples of the Pacific. Over the last decade Chaminade has undergone transformational growth in key areas that support this mission. These include adoption of faculty standards for scholarship, major facilities renovation to support research, establishing multi-million dollar instrumentation cores, recruitment of new faculty from R1 institutions, and development of a vibrant undergraduate research culture in the Natural Sciences. Significant institutional challenges remain, specifically; (1) the dependence on extramural monies to achieve growth and mission in a tuition-dependent institution serving under-represented and disadvantaged students, (2) lack of a faculty grant- seeking culture beyond the rapidly growing Natural Sciences Division, and (3) lack of capacity for pre- and post-award support in the current Office of Sponsored Research. The Chaminade University BRAD proposal addresses these challenges through three Specific Aims: Aim 1. Develop and implement an Institutional Development Plan for sponsored programs; Aim 2. Provide a pre-award faculty development pipeline that promotes grant seeking behaviors and competitive success in Chaminade faculty from biomedical and behavioral disciplines relevant to the NIH mission; Aim 3. Provide an excellent post-award service environment for grantees and granting agencies. At the conclusion of the BRAD grant period, Chaminade University will be in a significantly stronger position to deliver mission-centered research and programmatic activities in the areas of biomedical and behavioral sciences. BRAD funding will create a climate in which we can effectively educate and empower the next generation of Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students as researchers and practitioners who can address disparities in health, social justice and opportunity in their home communities.