Strengthening of MBRS-SCORE Program at Savannah State University

描述(由申请人提供)：萨凡纳州立大学(SSU)正在提交一份竞争性的续签MBRS-SCORE申请，以继续和加强其生物医学研究计划。该提案是多学科的，涉及化学和生物学的一个研究项目和三个试点研究项目，涵盖血液学、生物化学和有机化学领域。近年来，SSU的科学与技术学院(COST)通过联邦和州拨款改善研究基础设施，并通过NIH/EARDA项目的种子资金来启动教师研究，购买了几台现代设备。SCORE计划的目的是进一步发展和增加从事生物医学研究的教师人数，特别是代表人数较少的少数族裔。建议的SCORE计划的主要目标是：(1)激励和参与教师进行有竞争力的和先进的生物医学研究，(2)加强教师正在进行的生物医学研究能力，(3)增加教师为研究寻求有竞争力的资金的机会，以及(4)改善SSU和其他研究密集型机构之间的合作。为此，SCORE计划将：(1)提供最先进的设备和用品，以提高教师在生物医学研究方面的技能；(2)为参与计划的教师提供从教学职责中解脱出来的时间；(3)通过科学会议上的互动和与其他研究人员的合作，帮助教师提高生物医学研究的质量和数量；以及(4)帮助教师完成SSU的使命和成本研究目标。参加SCORE计划的教职员工都是高素质的科学家，在研究出版物方面有着令人印象深刻的记录。萨凡纳州立大学将在建议期的四年内为参与教师提供所需的资源和批准的释放时间，以支持SCORE计划。如果获得资助，拟议的计划将通过扩大教师资助努力，通过将他们的努力与最近获得资助的MARC U*STAR计划、NSF-HBCU本科计划和预期的MBRS-Rise计划整合起来，使少数族裔本科生参与生物医学研究，并通过提高他们进入生物医学研究支持的一般竞争池的竞争技能，显著加强SSU的生物医学研究基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Savannah State University (SSU) is submitting a competing renewal MBRS-SCORE application to continue and strengthen its biomedical research program. The proposal is multidisciplinary in nature and involves one research project and three pilot research projects from chemistry and biology, encompassing areas of hematology, biochemistry, and organic chemistry. In recent years, the College of Sciences and Technology (COST) at SSU has acquired several pieces of modern equipment through federal and state grants to improve research infrastructure and through seed money from the NIH/EARDA project to initiate faculty research. The purpose of the SCORE program is to further develop and increase the number of faculty, especially underrepresented minorities, professionally engaged in biomedical research. The primary goals of the proposed SCORE program are to: (1) motivate and involve faculty to conduct competitive and advanced biomedical research, (2) strengthen ongoing faculty biomedical research capabilities, (3) enhance opportunities for faculty to seek competitive funding for research, and (4) improve collaboration between SSU and other research-intensive institutions. To this end, the SCORE program will: (1) provide the state-of-the-art equipment and supplies to enhance faculty skills in biomedical research; (2) provide release time from teaching duties for participating faculty; (3) assist faculty in improving the quality and quantity of biomedical research through interactions at scientific meetings and collaborations with other investigators; and (4) assist faculty in fulfilling the mission of SSU and the research goals of COST. Faculty members participating in the SCORE program are highly qualified scientists and have an impressive record of research publications. Savannah State University will support the SCORE program by providing required resources and approved release time for participating faculty during the four years of the proposal period. If funded, the proposed program will significantly strengthen SSU's biomedical research base by broadening faculty grantsmanship efforts; by integrating their efforts with the recently funded MARC U*STAR Program, NSF-HBCU Undergraduate Program and anticipated MBRS-RISE Program for undergraduate minority students to participate in biomedical research; and by increasing their competitive skills for entrance into the general pool of competition for biomedical research support.