SPAD at Kennesaw State University

针对RFA-RM-19-004：赞助项目管理开发(SPAD)，我们 建议在肯纳索州立大学(KSU)设立SPAD项目。堪萨斯州立大学是一个快速的 正在成长中的佐治亚州大学系统中的第三大大学(USG)，主要 为来自不同阶层的本科生(约35,000人)提供服务，他们的社会经济地位较低 (约36%的学生具有佩尔资格)背景。在其发展的初级阶段，KSU的 研究企业规模较小(过去三个财年，NIH RPG资助总额约为168万美元)； 然而，通过NIH桥梁到博士课程和其他最近的规划，KSU 在对主要是本科生的研究产生影响的能力方面，显示出惊人的前景。 基于对KSU面临的研究挑战的深入自我评估， KSU的SPAD计划是及时的、相关的和具有战略意义的。我们建议：a)发展 代表不足的少数族裔(URM)教职员工和学生教授生物医学的能力 研究；b)发展我们的赞助计划和多样性基础设施，以支持 大学对研究的重视程度日益提高；以及c)在以下方面发展联系和合作 国家和地区提高我们在生物医学研究方面的竞争力。要实现这些目标 目标，我们已经确定了KSU SPAD计划提议启动的28项活动，其中包括 来自指导委员会的战略和意图指导，代表KSU的关键导师 有抱负的机构和专家顾问。这些活动的范围从制定 赠款管理的最佳实践程序和政策、明确的指导和 为城市管理教职员工和学生开展研究开发活动，以加强重点 生物医学研究方面的区域和国家伙伴关系。南卡罗来纳州州立大学SPAD的成功 该计划将在改变KSU的研究文化方面起到变革性的作用。我们期待着积极的 影响研究开发的增长，并制定坚实和可持续的赠款 行政管理基金会。教职员工和学生，特别是URM，将被授权 进行具有相关性的研究，该机构将建立强大的内部 基础设施以及整个州和地区的联系和合作，以增加我们的 生物医学研究的竞争力。

In response to RFA-RM-19-004: Sponsored Programs Administration Development (SPAD), we propose to establish the SPAD at Kennesaw State University (KSU) program. KSU is a rapidly growing and the 3rd largest university in the University System of Georgia (USG), primarily serving undergraduates (~35,000) from diverse (>35% URM), and lower socioeconomic status (~36% of students are Pell-eligible) backgrounds. In its nascent stage of development, KSU’s research enterprise is small (~$1.68M in total NIH RPG funding over the past three fiscal years); yet through the NIH Bridges to the Doctorate program and other recent programming, KSU shows amazing promise in its ability to impact research with primarily undergraduate students. Based on an in-depth self-assessment of the research challenges faced by KSU, the goals of the SPAD at KSU program are timely, relevant, and strategic. We propose to: a) develop capacity for both under-represented minority (URM) faculty and students to conduct biomedical research; b) develop our sponsored programs and diversity infrastructures to support the growing research emphasis of the university; and c) develop linkages and collaborations across the state and region to increase our competitiveness in biomedical research. To achieve these goals, we have identified 28 activities that the SPAD at KSU program proposes to launch, with strategic and intentional guidance from a Steering Committee, key Mentors representing KSU aspirational institutions, and expert consultants. These activities range from development of best practice procedures and policies for grants management, to explicit mentoring and research development activities for URM faculty and students, to the strengthening of key regional and national partnerships in biomedical research. The success of the SPAD at KSU program will be transformative in changing the research culture at KSU. We expect to positively impact the growth of research development and to develop a solid and sustainable grants administration foundation. Faculty and students, particularly URM, will be empowered to conduct research with relevance, and the institution will have built a strong internal infrastructure as well as linkages and collaborations across the state and region to increase our competitiveness in biomedical research.