Research Administration Modernization Program at UNCG

北卡罗来纳大学格林斯伯勒分校是一所综合性的博士研究机构， 3,890万美元的赞助研究资助，目前为16,238名本科生和3,083名本科生提供服务 研究生。在这些学生中，超过三分之一是在联合国儿童基金会生物医学系注册的，而 大多数人来自在生物医学学科中代表性不足的群体。 联合国开发计划署已将健康和健康确定为一个独特的领域，其计划涵盖所有 教育水平，获得令人印象深刻的全国排名，包括通过 奖励和荣誉，并产生大量的外部资金。联合国开发计划署已作出具体承诺， 在未来五年增加卫生和健康领域的研究经费。 联合国开发计划署生物医学研究企业的发展需要强有力和高效的研究 管理基础设施。在过去的五年中，研究经费增长了28%，推动了 国家卫生研究院和联合国开发计划署的研究任务，但这也给现有的赞助项目管理带来了压力 (SPA)能力受到三个主要问题的阻碍：创建 效率低下和错误；对SPA工作人员的专业培训机会不足，包括 集中和分散的工作人员；以及需要更多的研究开发和项目启动 支持生物医学研究人员。我们关于提案提交和获奖率的数据表明，这些障碍 可能会特别影响我们快速增长的教职员工数量，这些教职员工来自在 生物医学领域。 为了加强联合国开发计划署的赞助项目管理，特别是为筹备 计划将重点放在生物医学研究的增长上，我们建议研究管理现代化 计划(RAMP UNG)包括三个目标：1.加强赞助计划的基础设施，以增加 法规遵从性，减少管理负担，并提供访问企业范围的研究 通过分阶段实施商业时代系统提供行政数据；2.促进 通过执行脚手架来发展赞助方案的能力和管理 为研究行政人员提供以能力为本的专业发展和辅导课程，以 确保所有研究支持人员拥有必要的知识和技能，以提供高效的前期和后期研究 奖励服务；3.通过有针对性的实施促进生物医学研究和研究培训 支持来自传统上在生物医学领域代表性不足的群体的教师的战略 科学和国立卫生研究院的资助。香港国际机场发展局的成功，在吸引和留住人才方面，潜力巨大。 来自不同背景的有才华的科学家和学生参与上海国际大学的生物医学研究和培训 企业，最终为国家建立多样化的生物医学劳动力做出贡献。

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) is a comprehensive doctoral research institution, with $38.9 million in sponsored research funding support, currently serving 16,238 undergraduates and 3,083 graduate students. Of these students, more than 1/3 are enrolled in biomedical departments at UNCG, and the majority are from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical disciplines. UNCG has identified health and wellness as an area of distinction, with programs that span all educational levels, garner impressive national rankings, and include faculty who are recognized through awards and honors and generate significant external funding. UNCG has made a specific commitment to increase research funding in areas of health and wellness over the next five years. Growth in the biomedical research enterprise at UNCG requires robust and efficient research administration infrastructure. A 28% growth in research funding over the last five years has advanced the research mission of NIH and of UNCG, but it has also strained the existing sponsored projects administration (SPA) capabilities which are hampered by three primary issues: a legacy eRA system that creates inefficiencies and errors; inadequate professional training opportunities for SPA staff which includes both centralized and de-centralized staff; and a need for additional research development and project startup support for biomedical researchers. Our data on proposal submission and award rates suggests these barriers may especially impact our rapidly growing number of faculty from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical fields. In order to strengthen UNCG’s sponsored projects administration, specifically in preparation for the planned emphasis on growth in biomedical research, we propose the Research Administration Modernization Program (RAMP UNCG) which includes three aims: 1. Enhance sponsored programs infrastructure to increase regulatory compliance, decrease administrative burden, and provide access to enterprise-wide research administration data through the phased implementation of a commercial eRA system; 2. Facilitate the development of sponsored programs capacity and administration through the implementation of a scaffolded curriculum of competency-based professional development and mentorship for research administration staff to ensure that all research support staff have the requisite knowledge and skills to provide efficient pre- and post- award services; 3. Promote biomedical research and research training through the implementation of targeted strategies in support of faculty from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in Biomedical Sciences and NIH funding. The success of RAMP UNCG has enormous potential for attracting and retaining talented scientists and students from diverse backgrounds to UNCG’s biomedical research and training enterprise, ultimately contributing toward the national imperative for a diverse biomedical workforce.