MINORITY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH SUPPORT PROGRAM AT NCCU

北卡罗来纳州拟议MBRS计划的总体目标 中央大学是：1）大幅改善和加强 科学学院的研究能力和竞争力;以及，2） 增加寻求职业的少数民族人数 在生物医学研究中。 为了实现第一个目标，NCCU的MBRS 该计划旨在建立在现有的和新兴的研究优势， 大学。 在这次更新中，提交了五个子项目， 生物学系，一个子项目是从提交的 化学系。 该请求包括支持6名主要 调查员、学生17人、研究技术人员8人、秘书1人。 在这些项目中，有一些与健康相关的研究 促进生物医学合作和共享的问题 研究理念和技术。 包括癌症生物学， 分子生物学、微生物学、真菌学、环境卫生和生物学 有机化学 六个子项目中有四个是新的MBRS项目 两个是现有MBRS项目的竞争性延续。 这 该计划继续通过跨部门和 促进研究生产力的机构间合作， 帮助缓解少数民族研究人员经常感到的孤立 和/或非研究密集型机构。 提高生产力将 通过教师/学生出版物的可衡量的增加， 在研讨会和会议上的演讲，专利，教师研究 荣誉，并获得额外的非MBRS资金，以支持 研究和研究培训活动。 该计划将 通过拟议的MBRS研讨会系列丰富。 第二开阔 目标是加强学生参与计划。 通过 确保适当的指导和指导，学生应该提高 他们的生产力、知名度和责任感。 学生将 参与最先进的研究项目， 在研讨会和会议上，在共同编写出版物中， 建立与学生和教师参与其他联系 在NCCU和合作机构的研究计划，并预计 结果是，该计划将继续激励更多的少数民族 学生追求终端学位和职业生涯中的生物医学研究。

The overall objectives for the proposed MBRS program at North Carolina Central University are: 1)to substantially improve and strengthen the research capabilities and competitiveness of science faculty; and, 2) to increase the number of underrepresented minorities seeking careers in biomedical research. To fulfill the first objective, NCCU's MBRS program seeks to build upon existing and emerging research strengths of the University. In this renewal, five subprojects are submitted from the Department of Biology, and one subproject is submitted from the Department of Chemistry. The request includes support for 6 Principal Investigators, 17 students, 8 research technicians, and 1 secretary. Among these projects are common threads of health related research problems which will foster collaborations and sharing of biomedical research ideas and technologies. The cover areas of cancer biology, molecular biology, microbiology, mycology, environmental health and bio organic chemistry. Four of the six subprojects are new MBRS projects and two are competitive continuations of existing MBRS projects. This program continues to be enriched by interdepartmental and interinstitutional collaborations that foster research productivity and assist in alleviating isolation often felt by researchers at minority and/or non research-intensive institutions. Improved productivity will be made evident y measurable increases in faculty/student publications, presentations at seminars and meetings, in patents, faculty research honors, and the acquisition of additional non-MBRS funding to support research and research training activities. This program will be enriched by the proposed MBRS seminar series. The second broad objective involves enhancing the student participation program. By insuring appropriate mentoring and guidance, students should improve their productivity, visibility, and accountability. Students will be involved in state-of-the-are research projects, in presenting their data in seminars and at meetings, in co-authoring publications, and in establishing linkages with students and faculty involved in other research programs at NCCU and at collaborating institutions and expected outcome is that this program will continue to motivate more minority students to pursue terminal degrees and careers in biomedical research.