Enhancing Faculty Research and Support at Albany State University

描述(由申请人提供)：奥尔巴尼州立大学(亚利桑那州立大学)建议通过建立研究发展办公室来加强其教职员工研究和开发支持基础设施。拟议的办公室将把所有研究工作整合到一个领域，并作为大学所有研究、补助金撰写和教师发展活动的协调中心。目标是增加亚利桑那州立大学的研究活动。该办公室将向教职员工提供有关资助机会和资助编写过程中的技术援助的信息；为潜在的私人投资机构参加由资助机构举办的技术援助研讨会提供资金；每年至少为教职员工举办两次赠款编写研讨会；为教职员工启动试点研究项目提供资金；促进亚利桑那州立大学教职员工与研究密集型机构之间的合作；简化申请传递和授予后的程序。 该办公室将在为亚利桑那州立大学提供资源和基础设施方面发挥重要作用，以提高教师在申请写作、生物医学研究活动、科学演示和在参考期刊上发表文章方面的生产率。因此，这将有助于加强亚利桑那州立大学的整体学术和研究环境。更大的影响将是为生物医学和行为科学的研究生院和专业学校增加学术准备的少数民族学生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Albany State University (ASU) is proposing to enhance its faculty research and development support infrastructure by creating an Office of Research Development. The proposed office will consolidate all research efforts into one area and serve as the focal point for all research, grant writing and faculty development activities for the university. The goal is to increase the research activities at ASU. The office will provide faculty with information on funding opportunities and technical assistance in the grant writing process; provide funds for potential PI's to attend Technical Assistance Workshops conducted by the funding agencies; conduct grant-writing workshops for faculty and staff at least twice a year; provide funds for faculty to initiate pilot research projects; facilitate collaborations between ASU faculty and research intensive institutions; streamline the application transmittal and post award processes. The office will play a major role in providing resources and infrastructure at ASU to improve faculty productivity in terms of application writing, biomedical research activities, scientific presentations and publications in refereed journals. As a result it will help to strengthen the overall academic and research environment at ASU. The greater impact will be an increase in the pool of academically prepared minority students for graduate and professional schools in the biomedical and behavioral sciences.