Development of Research and Human Resources Infrastructure

波多黎各州的刺激竞争性研究实验计划（EPSCoR）将提高在7个研究集群中工作的约70名教师的研究竞争力。选定的研究领域：(1)海洋生物技术中心的发展：生物相互作用、反应和生产的分子调控；(2)寄生虫类群分子生物学；(3)神经系统再生组细胞分子机制研究；(4)计算数学组；(5)建设工程基础设施研究中心；(6)材料研究中心建设；(7)建立一个跨学科研究小组，研究金属团簇的结构、键合和反应性。每个项目都确定了短期、中期和长期目标（到2000年），并制定了战略：达到国家和国际卓越水平；加强科学与工程学科的人力资源，包括培养两名新的博士学位，并让四年制院校的教师和学生参与他们的研究项目；成立由杰出研究人员组成的咨询委员会，指导项目发展；与国内和国际团体和实验室建立合作协议；并在EPSCoR提供的基础上积极寻求额外资金。已与工业/大学/研究中心（INDUNIV）、热带资源技术开发公司（TROPICO）和波多黎各科学界理事会（SCC）签订了合作协议，以促进和倡导加强科学与电子社区以及私营和政府部门的研发发展。对EPSCoR的机构承诺包括：普遍定期审议从英联邦基金捐款450万美元，免除间接费用210万美元；并承诺逐步聘用35名新的终身职位标准与电子研究人员。私营部门从TROPICO获得了90万美元，从INDUNIV获得了45 000美元，以对方案科的努力作出贡献。

The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) in the state of Puerto Rico will enhance the research competitiveness of approximately 70 faculty working in 7 research clusters. The selected research areas: (1) Development of a Marine Biotechnology Center: Molecular Regulation of Biotic Interactions, Response, and Production; (2) Molecular Biology of Parasites Group; (3) Research in Cellular and Molecular Mechanism of Nervous System Regeneration Group; (4) Computational Mathematics Group; (5) Development of an Engineering Infrastructure Research Center; (6) Development of a Materials Research Center; and (7) Development of an Interdisciplinary Group of Research on Metal Clusters: Their Structure, Bonding, and Reactivity. Each of the projects have identified short, intermediate, and long range goals (up to the year 2000) and devised strategies to: achieve national and international levels of excellence; strengthen human resources in S&E, including the development of two new Ph.D.s, and provide for the involvement of four- year institutions faculty and students in their research project; create advisory councils of distinguished researchers to guide project development; establish collaborative agreement with national and international groups and laboratories; and vigorously seek additional funds to build on the base provided by EPSCoR. Collaborative agreements have been made with the Industry/University/Research Center (INDUNIV), the Corporation for the Technological Development of Tropical Resources (TROPICO), and the Puerto Rico Scientific Community Council (SCC) to promote and advocate for the strengthening of the S&E community and the development of R&D in the private and government sectors. Institutional commitments to EPSCoR include, $4.5 million contributed by UPR from Commonwealth funds, a waiver of indirect cost amounting to $2.1 million; as well as commitments to incrementally hire 35 new tenure-track S&E researchers. From the private sector $900,000 from TROPICO, and $45,00 from INDUNIV were secured to contribute to EPSCoR efforts.