Combining Knowledge, Applied Skills with Mentorship and a Systems Approach to Strengthen Research Administration Capacity at a Leading HIV-Research Institution in LIC Country of Uganda

 描述(由申请人提供)：在乌干达等资源有限的环境中建立和维持研究能力取决于培训当地研究人员制定创新的可资助提案，以及建设赠款和财政管理能力，以便能够成功地支持赠款提交和获奖后活动。MUJHU CARE有限公司是乌干达坎帕拉的一家当地研究实体，成立于1988年，最初是约翰·霍普金斯大学(JHU)和Makerere大学医学院的临床研究人员之间的合作。多年来，MUJHU CARE有限公司在开展艾滋病毒预防研究方面取得了非常成功的记录。近年来，它一直致力于在国立卫生研究院的赠款申请中发挥主导作用，目前已有一些成功的赠款直接资助给MUJHU。在管理这些赠款时，联大和联大的领导人都认识到有必要进一步加强赠款和资助行政基础设施，包括赠款支助软件和对赠款管理和财务工作人员的进一步培训。这项G11培训申请的总体目标是：1)标准化和加强使用MUJHU CARE有限公司从事赠款和财务管理的各种工作人员的赠款和财务管理培训计划；2)开发一本“赠款和行政支持办公室”手册，作为培训和参考工具，以协助MUJHU CARE有限公司的调查人员和支持人员；3)为MUJHU CARE有限公司的研究人员和行政人员提供“动手”培训和指导，包括赠款提交和获奖后管理；4)利用这一增加的赠款管理知识和MUJHU CARE有限公司工作人员的能力，然后在其他乌干达和非洲区域研究机构的赠款管理中担任专家导师/培训员。这项提议的预期产出包括：对MUJHU CARE有限公司的一名管理人员进行长期培训，以获得约翰霍普金斯大学克里格艺术与科学学院的研究管理硕士学位；对MUJHU的一名助学金和管理人员进行中级培训，以获得JHU医学院提供的研究管理证书；以及在赠款撰写和管理方面的短期培训；MUJHU具有凝聚力的“赠款团队”，由MUJHU行政/财务/监管工作人员与从事拨款申请的研究人员折衷；以及获奖后活动；在3年的资助期内提交4份或更多NIH类型的赠款；编写一本赠款管理手册，培训赠款管理人员，对乌干达和东非的其他研究小组有用。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Building and sustaining research capacity in resource limited settings such as Uganda depends on training local researchers to develop innovative fundable proposals as well as building grants and finance administration capacity to be able to successfully support grants submissions and post award activities. MUJHU CARE LTD is a local research entity in Kampala, Uganda which began in 1988 as a collaboration between clinical investigators from Johns Hopkins U. (JHU) and Makerere U. School of Medicine. Over the years MUJHU CARE LTD has had a highly successful track record in carrying out HIV prevention research. In recent years, it has focused its efforts on taking a leading role in NIH grant submissions with a number of successful grants now funded directly to MUJHU. In administering these grants, the leaders at both MUJHU and JHU have recognized the need to further strengthen grants and finance administration infrastructure, including grant support software and further training of grants administration and finance staff. The overall aims of this G11 training application are: 1) To standardize and strengthen a grants and finance management training program using a variety of staff engaged in grants and finance management at MUJHU Care LTD; 2) To develop a "Grants & Administration Support Office" handbook for use as a training and reference tool to assist investigators and support staff at MUJHU CARE LTD.; 3) To provide MUJHU CARE LTD researchers and administrative staff with "hands on" training and mentorship for both grants submissions and post-award management; and 4) To leverage this increased grants management knowledge and capacity of MUJHU CARE LTD staff to then serve as experts mentors / Train of Trainers in grants administration to other Ugandan and regional African research institutions. Expected outputs from this proposal include long term training of one MUJHU CARE LTD administrator to receive a Master's Degree in Research Administration from Johns Hopkins University Krieger School of Arts and Sciences; an intermediate training of one of the Grants and Management Officer at MUJHU for a certificate of research administration program offered by JHU School of Medicine; and short term trainings in grants writing and administration; cohesive MUJHU "grants teams" compromised of MUJHU administrative/finance/regulatory staff with researchers working on grant applications; and post award activities; with submission of 4 or more NIH type grants during the 3 year grant period; and development of a grants management handbook for training of grants management staff useful to other research groups in Uganda and East Africa.