Enhancing Research Participation at Mary Baldwin College

描述（由申请人提供）：EARDA的目标是为服务不足的人群增加研究机会，因此通过FRESP I和II的资金建立了赞助项目和研究发展办公室（OSP/RD），并增加了玛丽鲍德温学院的联邦资金和学生研究机会。玛丽鲍德温学院是一所私立女子文理学院，少数族裔入学率为33%。这一项目的过渡资金将继续支持MBC的教师和学生在公共卫生相关领域和其他科学领域的研究，并为OSP/RD提供持续的行政支助。自2001年成立以来，OSP/RD主任Lydia Petersson对玛丽鲍德温学院的知识分子文化产生了切实的影响。2001财政年度，联邦政府资助的项目为零。自2002财政年度以来，学院已获得1,230,692美元的联邦研究和赞助项目奖励，包括来自NOAA和美国教育部以及NIH的资助。迄今为止，OSP/RD在拨款期间共促进了62项价值超过870万美元的申请，并从联邦和州机构以及私人基金会获得了349.9万美元的研究和赞助项目支持。然而，尽管有明显的增加，机构资金和间接费用回收目前还不能完全构成项目事务处/研发处的预算。为了保持在MBC增加教师和学生研究机会方面的进展，该项目将包括进一步支持研究倡议基金的资金，这是MBC教师的试点赠款基金，允许教师通过提供夏季/释放时间支持，设备，用品和学生研究助理的资金来启动与公共卫生相关的研究项目。OSP/RD主任负责增加外部资助的教师项目，助理主任负责监督联邦研究法规的遵守情况，如《动物福利法》。还寻求对支持实验室设施的人员的进一步支持，通过减轻目前完全由科学教师承担的实验室和设备管理的一些负担，使科学教师能够增加研究时间。该项目将继续在教学环境中为妇女，包括有色人种妇女提供与公共卫生有关的科学研究机会，加强国家对熟练公共卫生研究人员的供应。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): EARDA's goal of increasing research opportunities for underserved populations has resulted in the establishment, through FRESP I and II funding, of an Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Development (OSP/RD) and increased federal funding and student research opportunities at Mary Baldwin College, a private women's liberal arts college, with a 33% minority enrollment. Transitional funding for this project will continue to support faculty and student research in public health related and other scientific fields at MBC, as well as provide for continuity of administrative support for OSP/RD. Since its inception in 2001, the OSP/RD, Lydia Petersson, Director, has had a tangible impact on the intellectual culture at Mary Baldwin College. Federal funding for sponsored programs was zero in FY 2001. Since FY 2002, the College has received $1,230,692 in federal awards for research and sponsored programs, including grants from NOAA and the U.S. Department of Education as well as NIH. In all, 62 applications valued at more than $8.7 million have been facilitated by OSP/RD during the grant period to date, and $3.499 million has been awarded in research and sponsored programs support from federal and state agencies and private foundations. Despite this marked increase, however, institutional funds and indirect costs recovery cannot at present fully constitute the budget of the OSP/RD. In order to maintain the progress toward increased faculty and student research opportunities at MBC, this project will include funds for further support of the Research Initiative Fund, a pilot grant fund for MBC faculty that allows faculty to initiate public-health related research projects by providing funds for summer/release time support, equipment, supplies, and funding for student research assistants. Additional funds are requested for partial salary support for the Director of OSP/RD, who leads the effort to increase externally funded faculty projects, and the Assistant Director, who oversees compliance with federal research regulations, such as the Animal Welfare Act. Further support is also sought for personnel in support of laboratory facilities, allowing science faculty increased research time by lifting some of the burden for laboratory and equipment management, at present fully borne by them. This project will continue to provide scientific, public-health related, research opportunities for women, including women of color, in a teaching setting, strengthening the nation's supply of skilled public health research personnel.