MBRS/SCORE PROGRAMS AT UNIV OF PUERTO RICO AT MAYAGUEZ

MBRS/SCORE计划在UPRM（波多黎各大学，马亚圭斯）的广泛目标是，首先，通过更多地参与MBRS/SCORE，提高UPRM科学和工程部门的竞争力。由于98%的UPRM入学率和72%的教师是少数民族美国公民，这些目标与MBRS的目标是一致的，即通过支持少数民族服务机构的教师进行科学价值和生物医学相关研究，增加代表性不足的少数民族进行生物医学研究的数量。这些目标也与UPRM公布的教师发展和支持竞争性研究的目标一致。具体目标是1）研究人员成功实现了针对UPRM的每个MBRS研究项目的具体目标，2）增加MBRS研究人员在UPRM上的同行评审出版物数量，3）增加MBRS的数量MBRS相关演讲在国家（美国）研究会议上由MBRS搜索者在UPRM，4）促进UPRM的MBRS/SCORE研究人员向主流研究资金（如R 01奖或其他机构的资金）过渡，5）增加作为我们机构提案的一部分提交给MBRS/SCORE计划的项目数量，以及6）增加在UPRM MBRS项目中发挥重要作用的合作研究者数量。除第一个目标外，所有目标都有具体的、量化的目标，与现有的基线相联系，将根据这些基线对每个项目、研究人员和项目主任的绩效进行评估。第一个目标是质量目标。七个参与部门，生物，化学，海洋科学，数学，物理，农学和化学工程，产生了16个项目，提交了本提案。来自这些部门的22名教师作为主要研究者或助理研究者参与，至少付出25%的努力。这16个重点狭窄的研究项目结合在一起，涵盖了广泛的生物医学相关基础研究。研究领域从疾病过程的数学模拟到物理化学，分子生物学，生物化学，天然产物化学，药物管理方法，分子进化和动物行为。这些项目的成功实施和具体计划目标的完成将提高我们的研究人员和部门的竞争力。

The broad goals of the MBRS/SCORE Program at UPRM (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez) are, first, to increase the competitiveness of UPRM science and engineering departments through greater participation in MBRS/SCORE. As 98% of UPRM enrollment and 72% of faculty are minority US citizens, these goals are consistent with the MBRS objective of increasing the number of underrepresented minorities conducing biomedical research through support of scientifically meritorious and biomedically relevant research by faculty members at minority serving institutions. The goals are also consistent with the published UPRM objectives of faculty development and support of competitive research. The specific goals are 1) Show success by investigators at meeting specific aims of each MBRS research project aimed at UPRM, 2) Increase number of peer-reviewed publications by MBRS researchers at UPRM, 3)Increase number of MBRS of MBRS-related presentations at national (US) research meetings by MBRS searchers at UPRM, 4) Promote transition of MBRS/SCORE investigators at UPRM to mainstream research funding such as R01 awards or funding from other agencies, 5) Increase the number of projects submitted as part of our institutional proposal to the MBRS/SCORE Program, and 6) Increase number of collaborating investigators with significant roles on UPRM MBRS projects. All goals but the first have specific, quantitative objectives tied to the existing baseline against which the performance of each project and investigator, and the program director will be evaluated. The first goal has qualitative objectives. Seven participating departments, Biology, Chemistry, Marine Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Agronomy, and Chemical Engineering, have generated the 16 projects that are submitted with this proposal. Twenty-two faculty members from these departments are participating as principal investigators or associate investigators with a minimum of 25% effort. The 16 narrowly focused research projects combined to cover a wide range of biomedically relevant basic research. Areas of study ranges from mathematical simulation of disease processes to physical chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry, natural products chemistry, methods of drug administration, molecular evolution, and animal behavior. The successful undertaking of these projects and the completion of the specific program goals will increase the competitiveness of our researchers and departments.