EXTRAMURAL RES FACIL CONST: SENSORY, MOTOR & COMMUNICATION SCI PROJECTS

描述（由申请人提供）：调查人员要求1，147，298美元完成19，954平方米。英尺在WMU的新CHHS大楼的研究实验室和办公空间。WMU和国家为该项目提供了75%的配套资金。该学院致力于卓越的研究，培养未来几代生物医学和相关健康学者，并提供科学胜任的生物医学劳动力，以满足密歇根州卡拉马祖市和密歇根州西南部农村地区的医疗保健和康复需求。该学院目前分散在三个校区，位于1939年至1969年建造的七座建筑物中，用于非研究用途。195，000平方米英尺大楼将通过提供最新设施来促进研究。这将促进学术互动，激发更大的生产力和合作。所要求的资金将用于完成第四层，这将容纳感官，运动和通信科学的研究和研究培训。在这个楼层进行的研究旨在实现2010年健康人的目标，即提高生活质量，增加包括残疾人在内的所有人公平获得健康未来的机会。这些项目得到了美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）R01奖1，927，867美元的支持，沿着2，595，274美元的额外奖励。这些设施将取代不足的研究空间（在盲人康复方面，没有研究空间）。研究人员已经记录了现有设施如何限制他们的研究工作，以及他们的研究成果的质量和数量将如何通过所要求的设施来提高。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The investigators request $1,147,298 to complete 19,954 sq. ft. of research laboratory and office space in WMU's new CHHS building. The WMU and the State have dedicated 75 percent of matching funds for this project. The faculty are committed to excellence in research, training future generations of biomedical and allied health scholars, and providing a scientifically competent biomedical workforce to serve the health care and rehabilitation needs of Kalamazoo, MI and the rural areas of southwest Michigan. The college currently is scattered across three campuses and housed in seven buildings constructed between 1939 and 1969 for non-research uses. The 195,000 sq. ft. building will advance research by providing updated facilities. This will facilitate scholarly interactions, sparking greater productivity and collaboration. The requested funds will be used to complete the fourth floor, which will house research and research training in sensory, motor, and communication sciences. Research conducted on this floor is aimed at meeting the Healthy People 2010 goals of improving quality of life and increasing equitable access to healthy futures for all, including people with disabilities. The projects are supported by $1,927,867 in National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 awards along with $2,595,274 in additional awards. The facilities will replace inadequate research spaces (in the case of blind rehabilitation, no research space exists). The researchers have documented how current facilities limit their research efforts, and how the quality and quantity of their research output will be enhanced by the requested facilities.