Faculty Research Enhancement Support Program For Oakwood

描述(由申请者提供)：奥克伍德学院正在为学院研究增强支持计划第二阶段申请资金，以继续增加教职员工和学生对第一阶段计划启动的生物医学和行为研究以及研究培训的参与。在第一阶段，学院(1)增加了教员撰写相互竞争的申请的可能性，(2)建立了一个机构研究理事会，对所有研究活动和研究政策进行监督，(3)增加了参与生物医学和行为研究的教员人数，(4)通过建立学生同行研究导师计划、研究兴趣小组、年度研究日研讨会和出版研究之声和研究通讯，发展和培育了奥克伍德学院的研究文化，以及(5)增加了与研究密集型机构的研究合作数量。在第二阶段，我们建议透过(1)增加教职员进行研究和进行校内及校外研究训练的机会；(2)增加EA对国立卫生研究院及相关机构的认识；(3)发展教职员的资助金和撰写合约的技巧；(4)成立外部研究顾问局，以(A)协助发展与其他院校的合作，并(B)为研究部提供策略性计划和愿景；及(5)协助增加少数族裔学生参与研究，并鼓励他们追求研究事业。奥克伍德学院继续支持研究部。学院正在向董事会提交申请，申请成立一个研究所，该研究所将由研究部管辖。因此，学院致力于研究部的继续存在，并由EA担任主席。我们相信，第二阶段FRESP是学院完全建立一个研究环境所需要的，这种环境将推动学生在生物医学和行为科学领域的研究生涯，因为教职员工将研究和学习融入到他们与他们的互动中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oakwood College is requesting funding for the Faculty Research Enhancement Support Program Phase II in order to continue to increase the participation of faculty and students in biomedical and behavioral research and research training initiated in the Phase I Program. In Phase I, the College (1) increased the potential for faculty to write competing applications, (2) established an Institutional Research Council to provide oversight for all research activities and research policies, (3) increased the number of faculty participating in biomedical and behavioral research, (4) developed and nurtured a research culture at Oakwood College by instituting Student Peer Research Mentorship Program, Research Interest Groups, the Annual Research Day Symposium and publishing the Research Voice and Research Newsletter, and (5) increased the number of research collaborations with research intensive institutions. In Phase II, we propose to expand on these successes by (1) enhancing faculty opportunities to conduct research and engage in research training, intramurally and extramurally; (2) increasing EA's knowledge of NIH and related agencies; (3) developing skills in grantsmanship and contract writing among faculty; (4) establishing an external research advisory council to (a) aid in developing collaborations with other institutions and (b) provide strategic plans and visions for the Department of Research; and (5) Assisting in increasing minority student participation in research and motivating them to pursue research careers. Oakwood College continues to support the Department of Research. The College is submitting an application to its Board of Trustees for a Research Institute that will come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Research. Thus the College is committed to the continued existence of the Research Department with the EA as Chair. It is our belief that the Phase II FRESP is what the College needs to fully establish a research environment that will propel students into research careers in the biomedical and behavioral sciences as the faculty integrates research and learning into their interactions with them.