MBRS SCORE Program at CA State University, Long Beach

描述(由申请者提供)：加州州立大学长滩分校(CSULB)于2001年秋季与五名首席研究员在其校园内建立了MBRS(少数民族生物医学研究支持)持续卓越研究支持(SCORE)计划。我们现在建议在家长助学金的补充申请中增加13名教职员工作为研究调查员-1 S06 GM63119-01。通过这样做，我们将进一步实现我们的目标，即提高化学与生物化学和生物科学系教职员工的研究能力，并提供必要的基础设施，以支持高生产率和竞争性的研究。目标1：提高参与研究的教职员工的研究技能和能力以及生产率，使他们在R01或同等资助金方面更具竞争力。补充助学金的具体可衡量目标将包括：1)提高发表率--50%的补充助学金第二年年底将至少有一份稿件被接受出版；100%的补充助学金将在第三年底至少有一份稿件被接受；以及2)至少40%的参与教职员工将在拟议的助学金期间撰写和提交R01或同等申请；至少40%的助学金将在下一次竞争性分数助学金申请时将申请作为继续助学金。目标2：增加机构基础设施，以支持和维持更高层次教职员工的研究需求。一项自我研究正在进行中，以评估系、学院和大学对PL的支持和需求，并将为向大学管理部门建议如何在关键领域改进提供基础。可衡量的结果将包括提高对支持教职员工开发和维持竞争性研究计划的需求的认识和承诺。补充申请中的PI将包括在这项正在进行的研究中。 学院研究人员提出的项目涵盖了基础和应用领域的广泛生物医学研究。如果提供开展研究所需的时间、资源和机构支持，参与者将在主流赠款方面变得更有生产力和竞争力。这将大大加强自然科学和数学学院内的生物医学研究，促进其他教员参与更高水平的研究，并与NIH的目标保持一致，为未被充分代表的少数族裔提供更多参与生物医学研究的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Califomia State University, Long Beach (CSULB) established an MBRS (Minority Biomedical Research Support) Support of Continuous Research Excellence (SCORE) program on its campus in the fall of 2001 with five Principal Investigators. We now propose to add an additional 13 faculty members as research investigators in a supplemental application to our parent grant - 1 S06 GM63119-01. By doing so, we will further meet our goals to increase the research capabilities of faculty members within the Departments of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Biological Sciences and to provide the infrastructure necessary to support highly productive and competitive research. Goal 1: Increase research skills and capabilities as well as productivity of participating faculty members so they will be more competitive for R01 or equivalent grants. Specific measurable objectives for the Pl's on the supplemental grant will include: 1) an increased publication rate - 50% will have at least one manuscript accepted for publication by the end of year 2 of the supplement; 100% will have at least one manuscript accepted by the end of year 3; and 2) at least 40% of the participating faculty members will write and submit R01 or equivalent applications during the period of the proposed grant; at least 40% of the Pl's will write applications as continuing Pl's on the next competitive SCORE grant application. Goal 2: Increase the institutional infrastructure to support and maintain research needs of faculty members at a higher level. A self study is underway to evaluate department, college, and university support and needs of Pl's and will provide the basis for recommendations to the University administration for ways to improve in key areas. Measurable outcomes will include an increased awareness of and commitment to support the needs of the faculty to develop and maintain competitive research programs. PI's in the supplemental application will be included in this on-going study. The proposed projects of the faculty investigators cover a wide range of biomedical research, both in basic and applied areas. Provided the needed time, resources, and institutional support to carry out research, participants will become more productive and competitive for mainstream grants. This will significantly strengthen biomedical research within the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, promote involvement of other faculty members at a higher level of research, and in line with NIH goals, provide expanded opportunities for underrepresented minorities in biomedical research.