ARFMP: Modernization of Research Facilities for Chemistry, Physics, and Computer Science

这项由研究设施办公室颁发的学术研究设施现代化计划(ARFMP)奖为塔斯基吉大学提供资金，用于修复、翻新和重新配置最近腾出的约翰·A·安德鲁医院综合体，以取代目前用于容纳生物、化学和计算机科学系的研究和研究培训活动的设施。这个建筑群的主要部分将被改造，建造于1970年，自那时以来一直没有翻修过。更换和搬迁是完全合理和具有成本效益的。受赠方提供的950,000美元和1,300,000美元的ARFMP赠款作为费用分摊，将用于使这些研究和研究培训设施现代化。该项目将解决改善现有研究基础设施的需要，方法是重新配置空间，安装足够的供暖、通风和空调(HVAC)和其他建筑系统，并提供必要的固定设备，如实验室橱柜、通风柜和冷藏室。将生物、化学和计算机科学结合在一起，并更接近相关活动，有望加强合作，提高设施的使用效率，并提高正在进行的研究的质量和数量。该奖项通过为开展研究和培养本科生和研究生提供更好的环境，为科学基础设施做出贡献。该项目将在帮助塔斯基吉大学在指导、激励和培训合格的黑人学生和女学生方面发挥重要作用，并成为将他们带入科学领域人力资源管道的重要资源。

This Academic Research Facilities Modernization Program (ARFMP) award from the Research Facilities Office provides funds to Tuskegee University for the repair, renovation, and reconfiguration of the recently vacated John A. Andrew Hospital complex as a replacement for the facilities currently used to house the research and research training activities of the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Computer Science. The main portion of this complex to be modified was constructed in 1970 and has not been renovated since that time. The replacement and relocation are fully justified and cost-effective. The ARFMP grant of $950,000 and $1,300,000 provided by the grantee as cost sharing will be used to modernize these research and research training facilities. This project will address the need to improve the current research infrastructure by reconfiguring the space, installing adequate heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and other building systems, and providing needed fixed equipment such as laboratory casework, fume hoods, and cold rooms. Bringing biology, chemistry, and computer sciences together and also in closer proximity to related activities can be expected to enhance collaborations, the efficiency of the use of the facilities, and the quality and quantity of ongoing research. This award contributes to the infrastructure of science by providing an improved environment for the conduct of research and for the training of undergraduate and graduate students. This project will play a significant role in helping Tuskegee University to remain a demonstrated leader in the direction, inspiration, and training of qualified black students and women students and an important resource for bringing them into the human resources pipeline in scientific fields.