Expansion of Research Infrastructure at Stephens College

简介（由申请人提供）：申请第三阶段资助的目的，是为了进一步提升斯蒂芬斯学院的研究能力，支持以下活动：(1)增加教师在生物医学和行为领域进行研究的机会，为试点项目提供资金，用于竞争国家认可的科学研究和培训补助金，并在竞争的基础上每年为两名教师提供释放时间；(2)通过每年访问NIH和其他政府机构，增加OSP主任对新NIH和相关机构的研究和培训机会的认识；(3)扩大OSP的能力，通过每年举办资助写作研讨会，以及在我们的在线资助作者手册中继续发展程序和政策，继续培训教职员工在研究和培训资助申请和准备方面的能力，特别关注修订我们的IRB指南和表格，并承担和完成机构能力评估；(4)继续努力与密苏里大学、林肯大学和癌症研究中心开展合作研究活动，撰写合作基金和进行合作研究；(5)通过我们的研究实习项目为学生提供指导和教师的研究机会，邀请演讲嘉宾，并鼓励学生在主要研究机构的夏季学习REU经验，增加学生对研究的参与，进而提高他们追求科学和研究事业的愿望；(6)继续扩展我们的技术，从而获得机会寻求为生物医学和行为研究及培训项目提供财政支持的联邦和非联邦资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this application for phase III funding is to further enhance the research capabilities at Stephens College by supporting the following activities: (1) increase the opportunities for faculty to conduct research in the biomedical and behavioral areas by providing funds for pilot projects to be used to compete for nationally recognized grants in science research and training, and to provide release time on a competitive basis to two faculty per year; (2) increase the awareness of the OSP Director of new NIH and related agencies' research and training opportunities by traveling to NIH and other government agencies annually; (3) expand the abilities of the OSP to continue to train faculty and staff in research and training grant application and preparation by offering grant writing workshops annually as well as the continued development of procedures and policies within our online grant writers handbook, with a special focus on revising our IRB guidelines and forms and to undertake and complete the institutional capability assessment; (4) continue to expand our efforts to create research collaborative activities with the University of Missouri, Lincoln University, and the Cancer Research Center by writing collaborative grants and conducting collaborative research; (5) increase student participation in research, and subsequently their desire to pursue careers in science and research, by providing student mentoring and research opportunities with faculty through our research internship program, bringing in guest speakers, and by encouraging students to pursue REU experiences in the summer at major research institutions; (6) to continue to expand our technologies thereby gaining opportunities to seek Federal and non-Federal resources which provide financial support to biomedical and behavioral research and training programs. A number of grant opportunities already exist specifically designed to enhance the research opportunities for underrepresented minorities in biomedical and behavioral sciences, like the RISE, SCORE, MARC and BRIDGES grants. However, Stephens College, as a tradition women's institution, does not qualify for any of these special opportunities. This requires Stephens College to be competitive with larger and well-established schools for funds. Continuation of this grant will serve to further the goal of the college to increase our competitiveness for external funding and improve our excellence in research training.