UTSA MBRS SCORE Program

描述(由申请者提供)：UTSA MBRS SCORE计划的总体目标和使命是发展教师的生物医学研究能力，并显着增加积极参与生物医学研究的少数族裔人数。为了实现我们的目标和使命，我们已经确定了以下目标：(1)显著增加同行评议期刊的发表数量；(2)显著增加提交和资助的校外、个人和非MBRS资助的数量和规模；(3)显著增加至少有一名少数族裔学生的教职员工的比例；(4)增加计分教师参与同行评议活动，如充当期刊和助学金的推荐人；(5)保持教职员工与其他实验室的合作，从而导致提交出版物或拨款申请；(6)增加SCORE教师的受邀报告数量；以及(7)保持每年至少在国家/专业学会会议上进行一次研究报告的活动。为了实现和监督我们的目标，MBRS评分咨询委员会、外部科学咨询委员会(ESAC)、MBRS评分执行委员会和项目评估员将定期进行评估，并与MBRS评分教职员工合作，以资深科学家“指导”的形式向每位研究人员提供建议，以实现这些目标。ESAC将对教师能力的发展和生物医学研究的进展提供“定性”评估。这些评估将由所有委员会审查，改进建议(如果需要)将传达给每个MBRS分数调查员。UTSA在新教师、学生入学人数和基础设施方面经历了非凡的增长。UTSA现在是美国七个不同学位项目中排名前五的拉美裔教育机构之一。事实上，UTSA在授予拉美裔学生生物科学本科学位方面领先于美国所有大学。南加州大学的少数民族学生占多数(58%；西语裔占45.6%)，南加州大学将成为全国优秀的拉美裔硕士和博士教育中心。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The overall goal and mission of the UTSA MBRS SCORE Program is to develop the biomedical research capability of the faculty and to significantly increase the number of underrepresented minorities actively engaged in biomedical research. To accomplish our goal and mission, the following objectives have been established: (1) Significantly increase the number of publications in peer-reviewed journals; (2) Significantly increase the number and size of extramural, individual, non-MBRS grants submitted and funded; (3) Significantly increase the percent of faculty with at least one minority student; (4) Increase the participation of SCORE faculty in peer-reviewed activities such as serving as a referee for journals and grants; (5) Maintain the activity of faculty collaborations with other laboratories that result in a referred publication or grant application; (6) Increase the number of invited presentations by SCORE faculty; and (7) Maintain the activity of at least one research presentation per year at national/professional society meetings. To accomplish and monitor our objectives, the MBRS SCORE Advisory Committee, The External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC), The MBRS SCORE Executive Committee and Program Evaluator will regularly conduct evaluations and work with MBRS SCORE faculty to meet these objectives by providing advice to each investigator in the form of "mentoring" by senior scientists. The ESAC will provide "qualitative" assessments on the development of faculty capabilities and progress in biomedical research. These assessments will be reviewed by all committees and recommendations for improvement (if needed) will be communicated to each MBRS SCORE investigator. UTSA has experienced extraordinary growth in terms of new faculty, student enrollments and infrastructure. UTSA is now among the nation's top five educators of Hispanics in the country for seven different degree programs. In fact, UTSA leads all U.S. Universities in the number of undergraduate degrees granted to Hispanic Students in the biological sciences. With a majority minority enrollment (58%; 45.6% Hispanic), UTSA is positioned to become a national center of excellence for the education of Hispanics at the master's and doctoral levels.