ENHANCEMENT OF EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AT UPR RP

波多黎各大学（UPR）成立于1903年， 波多黎各第一所公立高等教育机构。里奥彼德拉斯 （UPR-RP）是三个UPR校园与研究生课程之一。UPR-RP有一个 招生21，385名学生，约占普遍定期审议所有学生的三分之一 学生UPR-RP提供生物学，化学和化学博士课程 物理学，卡内基理事会将UPR-RP归类为博士II 机构。超过99%的学生来自波多黎各。学院 自然科学学院，也就是这个提议的中心，有2,698名本科生， 1998- 1999年，有299名研究生，约占所有学生的14 在大学里。其中，生物系有1,154人，化学系有 303人，物理19人，普通科学和医学预科770人。生物学57 硕士生和47名博士生，而化学有45名和55名， 分别学院129名全职教师中有近70%是 波多黎各人。在过去的五年里，这些教师发表了 或提交了728篇文章，并在全国和 国际科学会议，平均每年仅发表1篇论文， 教师。MBRS计划集中在生物学系， 化学，分别有38名和34名全职教师。从1996年到 1998年，化学有89篇出版物，其中61篇来自MBRS计划。 在同一时期，生物学有217种出版物，其中只有19种来自 MBRS计划。在过去的三年里，MBRS研究人员在所有 部门有192篇发表的文章或手稿提交（其中53 已提交）。

The University of Puerto Rico (UPR) was established in 1903 as Puerto Rico's first public institution of higher education. Rio Piedras (UPR-RP) is one of three UPR campuses with graduate programs. UPR-RP has an enrollment of 21,385 students, comprising about one-third of all of the UPR students. UPR-RP offers doctoral programs in biology, chemistry, and chemical physics, and the Carnegie Council classifies UPR-RP as a Doctoral II institution. Over 99 percent of the students are from Puerto Rico. The College of Natural Sciences, where this proposal is centered, had 2,698 undergraduates and 299 graduate students in 1998-99, about 14 percent of all of the students at the university. Of these, the Department of Biology has 1,154, Chemistry has 303, Physics has 19, and General Sciences and Pre-Med has 770. Biology has 57 master's and 47 doctoral students, whereas Chemistry has 45 and 55, respectively. Nearly 70 percent of the 129 full-time faculty at the College are Puerto Ricans. Over the last five years, these faculty members have published or submitted 728 articles and gave 905 presentations at national and international scientific meetings, an average of just over 1 paper per year per faculty. The MBRS program is centered in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry, with 38 and 34 full-time faculty respectively. From 1996 through 1998, Chemistry had 89 publications of which 61 came from the MBRS program. Over the same period, Biology had 217 publications of which only 19 were from the MBRS program. During the last three years, MBRS investigators in all departments have 192 published articles or manuscripts submitted (53 of these are submitted).