EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案要求NCRR提供400万美元的资金，以协助完成45，996 gsf的研究和研究支持空间。当与伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学的574.6万美元相匹配时，这个奖项将适合理查德C。Annette N.谢尔比跨学科生物医学研究大楼作为建设的第二阶段。 第一个目标是完成和装备22，998 gsf的空间，用于6级的粘液免疫学项目。这个空间将容纳一个跨学科的研究小组，从三个部门和两个未来的新聘人员中搬迁六名现任调查员。该小组的长期目标是促进对人类疾病粘膜免疫学的理解，特别强调炎症性肠病。第二个目标是为跨学科神经科学计划完成并装备22，998 gsf的空间。本单元的目标是促进学习和记忆，行为，认知和脑癌的理解。来自四个部门的六名调查员将占用第11层，并将为两名新聘人员提供空间。该项目还将为共用成像设施提供空间。这些调查人员搬迁所腾出的空间将为空间有限的部门提供当地救济，并有机会使旧空间现代化，以创造更多的高效研究工作场所。因此，该项目将提供最先进的设施，以支持联邦资助的研究领域出现的高度优先为大学和国家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests $4 million of NCRR funding to assist in the completion of 45,996 gsf of research and research support space. When matched with $5.746 million from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, this award will fit out two of twelve levels (Levels 6 and 11) in the Richard C. and Annette N. Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building as Phase 2 of construction. The first aim is to finish and equip 22,998 gsf of space for the Mucosal Immunology Program on Level 6. This space will house an interdisciplinary research group with the relocation of six current investigators from three departments and two future recruits. The long-term objective of this group is to advance the understanding of mucosal immunology in human diseases, with a particular emphasis on inflammatory bowel disease. The second aim is to finish and equip 22,998 gsf of space for the Interdisciplinary Neurosciences Program. The goal of this unit is to advance the understanding of learning and memory, behavior, cognition, and brain cancers. Six investigators from four departments will occupy Level 11, and space will be provided for two recruits. This project will also provide space for a shared imaging facility. Space liberated by the relocation of these investigators will provide local relief for space-limited departments and an opportunity to modernize older space to create additional, efficient worksites for research. This project will thus provide state-of-the-art facilities to support federally funded research in areas emerging as high priorities for the University and the nation.