Supplement to Idaho BRIN Program--P20 RR16454-01

描述(由申请人提供)：爱达荷州人民认识到科学和技术培训的必要性。他们进一步认识到生物医学研究对国家经济和他们的整体生活质量的重要性。NIH布林计划为爱达荷州提供了一个机会来建设其基础设施网络，并使爱达荷州的生物医学研究与其对该州公民的重要性保持一致。爱达荷州布林计划的设计围绕三个核心：管理核心、生物信息学核心和研究核心。自布林奖学金授予爱达荷州以来的五个月里，爱达荷州三所大学的教职员工之间建立了前所未有的合作关系。通过合作，我们已经在每一个核心方面取得了重大进展。 我们关于补充资金的建议有两个主要目标。首先，我们将扩展目前由爱达荷大学(UI)、爱达荷州立大学(ISU)和博伊西州立大学(BSU)组成的网络，将爱达荷州的六所本科学院包括在内。其目标是为这些大学的学生和教职员工提供研究机会，并为最优秀的本科生进入爱达荷州的研究生项目创造渠道。补充请求的第二个目标是将研究基础设施资金按照它们产生新NIH支持的可能性的比例进行引导。因此，提出了一个三级系统，以支持布林的倡议。第一级包括那些最有可能在12-18个月内成功获得NIH赠款支持的倡议。第二级是针对那些为在2-4年内实现中期投资回报而设计的计划。第三级计划包括一项长期投资，在未来4至10年内产生红利。补编要求为所有三个层次提供支助，但资金是根据它们在短期内产生新资金的可能性进行分配的。 总而言之，最初的布林拨款使爱达荷州能够在大学之间建立一个前所未有的网络，明智地利用资源来改善研究基础设施。该补充将使我们能够扩大网络并创造更多的研究机会，同时保持对Brin的主要目标的明确关注：增加爱达荷州的NIH支持。伊利诺伊州立大学、北卡罗来纳州立大学和ISU合作设想有一天，我们将获得更多的NIH研究资金，不再需要来自布林等基础设施项目的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The people of the State of Idaho recognize the need for training in science and technology. They further realize the importance of biomedical research to the State's economy and the overall quality of their lives. The NIH BRIN Program offers the State of Idaho an opportunity to build its infrastructure network, and to align biomedical research in Idaho with its importance to the citizens of the State. The design of the Idaho BRIN Program centers around three cores: an Administrative Core, a Bioinformatics Core and a Research Core. In the five months since the BRIN grant was awarded to the State of Idaho, there has developed a collaborative link between the faculty of Idaho's three universities that is unprecedented. Working cooperatively we have already made significant progress in each of the cores. Our proposal for supplementary funding has two principal objectives. First, we will extend the network that now consists of the University of Idaho (UI), Idaho State University (ISU) and Boise State University (BSU) to include the six undergraduate colleges in Idaho. The goal is to provide research opportunities for students and faculty from these colleges, and to create a pipeline for the best undergraduate students into Idaho's graduate programs. The second objective of the supplement request is to direct research infrastructure funds in proportion to their likelihood of generating new NIH support. Thus a three-tier system is proposed for the support of initiatives by BRIN. Tier 1 consists of those initiatives that are most likely to achieve success in receiving NIH grant support within 12 - 18 months. Tier 2 is directed at those programs designed for an intermediate return on investment within 2 - 4 years. Tier 3 programs consist of a long-term investment yielding dividends 4 to 10 years into the future. Support for all three tiers is requested in the Supplement, but funds are apportioned according to their likelihood of generating new NIH funding in the short-term. Taken together, the initial BRIN grant has enabled Idaho to develop an unprecedented network among its universities, using resources judiciously to improve research infrastructure. The supplement will allow us to extend the network and create greater opportunities for research while retaining a clear focus on the primary goal of BRIN: to increase NIH support in Idaho. The UI, BSU and ISU working cooperatively envision a time when we will be receiving much more NIH research funding, and support from infrastructure programs such as BRIN will no longer be necessary.