Extramural Associates Development Research development *

描述(由申请人提供)： 庞塞医学院(PSM)自1995年成立以来，经历了从一个主要以教学为导向的机构到一个充满活力的研究中心的转变。在这些方面，OSRPP在这一进程中发挥了关键作用。该办公室在以下方面协助该机构：建立和发展拥有最先进设备和设施的强大研究基础设施；留住和招聘在开发有竞争力的生物医学、临床和行为研究计划方面具有巨大潜力的教师；加强教师资助金技能以开发竞争性的资助金申请；改善机构能力以确保从联邦和非联邦机构获得研究和培训的外部资金；以同行评审出版物的数量和质量衡量教师生产力的提高；以及不同研究计划的受训人员获得的博士前奖学金数量的增加。自启动以来 自1995年EARDA第一阶段以来，该机构充分和无条件地致力于实现OSRPP的目标和目的。在这方面，该机构能够为办事处的发展拨出大量的财政和人力资源。此外，为了推进OSRPP研究议程，主任Jos6 A.Torres-Ruiz博士晋升为研究和研究生研究副院长。在这一行政职位上，Torres-Ruiz博士将拥有必要的权力和支持，以实施和执行最近批准的新千年研究机构战略计划。事实上，考虑到OSRPP通过EARDA过渡奖的主要目标将是积极实现《研究战略计划》目标3和4下的目标，这一点非常重要。这些目标旨在提高临床和行为研究的水平，并增加 研究、培训和机构发展计划的水平。已经作出体制安排，为两年过渡期的费用分摊分配财政资源，并在2005年底之前承担OSRPP业务的全部财政责任。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Upon the inception of the Office of Sponsored Research Programs and Projects (OSRPP) in 1995, the Ponce School of Medicine (PSM) has experienced a transformation from an essentially teaching-oriented institution to a vigorous research center. Along these lines, the OSRPP has played a key role in this process. The Office has assisted the institution in; the establishment and development of a strong research infrastructure with state-of the-art equipment and facilities, the retention and recruitment of faculty with great potential in developing competitive biomedical, clinical and behavioral research programs, the enhancement of faculty grant manship skills in order to develop competitive grant applications, the improvement of the institutional ability to secure external funding for research and training from federal and non-federal agencies, the enhancement of faculty productivity as measured by the number and quality of peer-reviewed publications, and the increment in the number of predoctoral fellowships secured by trainees in the different research programs. Since the initiation of the EARDA Phase I in 1995, the institution has demonstrated full and unconditional commitment towards the goals and objectives of the OSRPP. In that regard, the institution has been able to allocate substantial financial and human resources for the Office development. Moreover, in order to advance the OSRPP research agenda, the Director, Dr. Jos6 A. Torres-Ruiz, was promoted to the level of Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. From this administrative position, Dr. Torres-Ruiz will have the necessary authority and support to implement and carry out the recently approved Institutional Strategic Plan for Research for the New Millennium. Indeed, this is highly relevant in view of the fact that the major aim of the OSRPP, through the EARDA Transition Award, will be to aggressively pursue the objectives under Goals 3 and 4 of the Strategic Plan for Research. These Goals are directed to enhance the level of clinical and behavioral research, and to increase the level of research training and institutional development programs. Institutional arrangements have already been made to allocate financial resources for cost-sharing the two-year transition, and to assume total fiscal responsibility of the OSRPP operation by the end of 2005.