P20 RR16457-01-Supplemental

描述(由申请人提供)：本补充申请寻求额外资金，以扩大授予URI的RI-BRIN，以在罗德岛州建立一个有效的研究基地。RI-BRIN提供了发展研究人员网络的手段，该网络横跨罗德岛州的七所高等教育机构，以竞争NIH的资金，并获得进行生物医学研究的最先进的仪器。RI-BRIN的主要重点是让本科生机构参与生物医学研究，并帮助培训和产生一支多元化的劳动力队伍，以服务于该州不断增长的制药和生物技术行业。在这个网络形成和建立之后，人们认识到需要更多的支持来实现国际扶轮--布林网的目标和加强国家的研究能力。请拨补充资金以扩大现有网络，使其包括新的初级调查员，购置以前未申请的设备，满足生物信息学核心和指导活动的需要，并完成实验室空间的翻新。这些努力将进一步加强现有调查人员的竞争力，并提供一批新的调查人员来申请NIH的资金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This supplemental application seeks additional funding to expand the RI-BRIN awarded to the URI to build an effective research base in the State of Rhode Island. The RI-BRIN has provided the means to develop a network of investigators, spanning seven Rhode Island institutions of higher education, to compete for NIH funding as well as acquire state-of-the-art instrumentation to conduct biomedical research. A primary focus of the RI-BRIN is to involve undergraduate institutions in biomedical research, and to help train and generate a diverse workforce that could serve the growing pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry in the State. Following the formation and establishment of this network, it was recognized that more support was needed to achieve the goals of the RI-BRIN and to enhance the research capacity of the State. The supplemental funding is requested to expand the current network to include new junior investigators, acquire equipment not previously requested, meet the needs of the bioinformatics core and mentoring activities, and complete the renovation of laboratory space. These efforts would further strengthen the competitiveness of existing investigators as well as provide a pool of new investigators to apply for NIH funding.