EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

描述（由申请人提供）： 在UPR-RP校园的CNS要求200万美元用于建设21,120平方米。英尺28万平方米的实验室空间。英尺分子科学复合体。 用于神经科学、蛋白质研究和药物化学教师的资金将大大有助于CNS实现以下目标：1）增加妇女和少数民族科学家的数量; 2)促进神经科学、蛋白质研究和药物化学的研究; 3）使研究成果为社会服务。 该项目的具体目标是吸引、支持和留住一支能够进行尖端研究的科学家队伍，并为有才华的理科学生提供最先进的研究设施。 CNS是全国第四大理学学士（B.S.）毕业生。获得博士学位的学生在化学方面，第一个是获得博士学位的女毕业生。在化学。 90%的UPR-RP科学毕业生获得博士学位。在美国大陆的大学里这样做。 CNS是少数民族博士的主要生产者。在科学领域。 博士学位自1990年以来，有52名毕业生在PR的学院和大学任教; 62名毕业生在PR和美国大陆的工业或学院和大学工作。 CNS拥有最强的博士学位。在波多黎各的研究项目 它打算有一个研究计划，将与那些在美国大陆的竞争。 美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）少数民族机构研究中心（RCMI）的翻新和设备资金使CNS发展成为一个研究机构的重要阶段。 已经招募了从事研究的科学家，在同行评审的期刊上发表的文章和校外基金大幅增加。 中枢神经系统已准备好吸引更多以研究为导向的教职员工，增加在高影响力期刊上的出版物，从更具竞争力的领域寻求资金，并吸引更多、准备更充分的科学家并使其毕业。 需要高质量的研究空间。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The CNS at UPR-RP campus requests $2 million for construction of 21,120 sq. ft. of laboratory space in the 280,000 sq. ft. Molecular Sciences Complex. The funds to house faculty members in Neuroscience, Protein Studies, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry will significantly contribute to CNS achieving the following objectives: 1) increase the number of women and minority scientists; 2) improve research in neuroscience, protein studies, and pharmaceutical chemistry; and 3) make the results of research available to serve society. The specific aims of the project are to attract, support, and retain a cadre of scientists capable of cutting-edge research and to provide state-of-the-art research facilities for talented science students. CNS is fourth in the nation in graduating Bachelor of Science (B.S.) students who attain Ph.D. in chemistry and first in graduating women who attain Ph.D. in Chemistry. Ninety percent of UPR-RP's science graduates who earn a Ph.D. do so at mainland U.S. universities. CNS is the leading producer of minority Ph.D. in the sciences. Of Ph.D. graduates since 1990, 52 teach in colleges and universities in PR; and 62 work in industry or colleges and universities in PR and the mainland United States of America (USA). CNS has the strongest Ph.D. and research programs in Puerto Rico. It intends to have a research program that will be competitive with those in the mainland of USA. National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) funds for renovations and equipment have brought CNS to an important stage in its evolution to a research institution. Research-oriented scientists have been recruited and publications in peer-reviewed journals and extramural funds have increased dramatically. CNS is ready to attract more research-oriented faculty members, increase publications in high-impact journals, seek funds from more competitive arenas, and attract and graduate more and better-prepared scientists. High quality research space is needed.