TAMU-Kingsville Biomedical Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该大学的长期研究目标是加强所有科学部门，并成为美国最好的地区性大学之一。咨询委员会支持并肯定RIMI计划的扩展，包括其他科学部门和最近批准的药学院。RIMI计划的扩大将使大学能够培养博士学位。程序.德克萨斯A&M大学金斯维尔分校和德克萨斯A&M大学学院站分校正处于讨论联合博士学位的初步阶段。程序. NIH/RIMI计划将允许该大学通过雇用有资源撰写有竞争力的赠款的教师，在较短的时间内实现其长期目标。一旦药学院完全建立，大学可以开始规划跨学科博士学位。在生物科学的计划。新的RIMI计划的总体目标没有改变，但优先事项是扩展到其他科学领域。该大学已确定心理学/社会学，动物和野生动物科学，生物学，化学，NTRC和药学院的部门将在未来10年内加强这些领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University's long-term research goals are to strengthen all science departments and become one of the best regional universities in the United States. The Advisory Committee supports and affirms the expansion of the RIMI program to include other science departments and the recently approved School of Pharmacy. The expansion of the RIMI program will allow the University to develop Ph.D. programs. Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Texas A&M University in College Station are in the initial stage of discussion of a joint Ph.D. program. The NIH/RIMI program will allow the University to achieve its long-term goals in a shorter period of time by hiring faculty that will have the resources to write competitive grants. Once the School of Pharmacy is fully establish the University can start planning for an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in biological sciences. The overall goals for the new RIMI program have not changed but a priority was set to expand into other areas of science. The University has identified the Departments of Psychology/Sociology, Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, NTRC, and the School of Pharmacy as those areas that will be strengthened over the next 10 years.