Planning: Mississippi EPSCoR RII Track-1 Planning Grant

在一年的时间里，这项规划补助金将侧重于解决四个目标，以成熟选定的项目概念和研究团队，使用协作，包容性的方法。首先，规划赠款旨在严格审查和记录密西西比现有的研究和开发基础设施，建立一个区域生物技术中心。第二，该项目将在选定的研究专题范围内确定未来的研究、开发和能力建设需求，这些需求可以通过多学科、全管辖范围的协调加以解决。第三，研究团队将制定符合研究和生物技术行业需求的劳动力发展计划。第四，该项目还将为一个跨学科、全面综合的合作研究项目建立一个强有力的框架，以扩大参与并确保管辖范围内能力建设投资的可持续性。主要项目活动包括研讨会、项目范围会议和逻辑模型开发。这个规划项目从密西西比州立大学有潜力发展所需的未来EPSCoR研究基础设施改善轨道1建议的主题“工程聚合物纳米材料的生物医学应用”，这是正确的对齐与密西西比的科学和技术计划的州内团队合作。该计划将先进材料和生物医学/医疗保健领域的新兴技术确定为未来STEM卓越的焦点。聚合物纳米材料项目旨在确定具有最小免疫原性反应的新递送机制;建立新型非侵入性技术;并从根本上提高现有技术的递送效率。对纳米生物学和免疫工程的关注将促进该州四所研究型大学跨学科，多机构材料研究计划的规划：杰克逊州立大学，密西西比州立大学，密西西比大学，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的评估来支持。影响审查标准。

Over a one-year period, this planning grant will focus on addressing four goals to mature a selected project concept and research team, using a collaborative, inclusive approach. First, the planning grant seeks to critically review and document the existing research and development infrastructure in Mississippi necessary for establishing a regional biotechnology hub. Second, the project will identify future research, development, and capacity-building needs within the selected research topic that could be addressed through multi-disciplinary, jurisdiction-wide coordination. Third, the research team will develop a workforce development plan aligned with research and biotechnology industry needs. Fourth, the project will also establish a robust framework for an interdisciplinary, fully-integrated, collaborative research project that broadens participation and secures the sustainability of the capacity-building investments within the jurisdiction. Key project activities include workshops, project-wide meetings, and logic-model development. This planning project from Mississippi State University has the potential to develop the intrastate teamwork needed for a future EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 proposal on the topic of “Engineering Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications,” which is properly aligned with Mississippi’s Science and Technology Plan. The plan identifies emerging technologies in Advanced Materials and Biomedical/Healthcare as foci for future STEM excellence. The polymeric nanomaterials project aims to identify new delivery mechanisms with minimal immunogenic responses; establish novel, non-invasive technologies; and radically improve delivery efficiency over existing technologies. The focus on nanobiology and immunoengineering will catalyze the planning of an interdisciplinary, multi-institution materials research program across the state’s four research universities: Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.