TAMU-Kingsville Biomedical Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：大学的长期研究目标是加强所有科学部门，成为美国最好的区域大学之一。咨询委员会支持并肯定RIMI计划的扩展，以包括其他科学部门和最近批准的药学院。RIMI计划的扩大将使该大学能够发展博士课程。德州农工大学金斯维尔分校和位于大学城的德州农工大学正处于联合博士项目的初步讨论阶段。NIH/RIMI项目将允许大学在较短的时间内实现其长期目标，通过雇用有资源编写竞争性赠款的教师。一旦药学院完全建立，大学就可以开始计划一个跨学科的生物科学博士项目。新RIMI项目的总体目标没有改变，但优先考虑的是扩展到其他科学领域。理大已确定心理/社会学系、动物及野生动物科学系、生物系、化学系、新科学研究中心系及药学院系为未来10年将会加强的范畴。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University's long-term research goals are to strengthen all science departments and become one of the best regional universities in the United States. The Advisory Committee supports and affirms the expansion of the RIMI program to include other science departments and the recently approved School of Pharmacy. The expansion of the RIMI program will allow the University to develop Ph.D. programs. Texas A&M University-Kingsville and Texas A&M University in College Station are in the initial stage of discussion of a joint Ph.D. program. The NIH/RIMI program will allow the University to achieve its long-term goals in a shorter period of time by hiring faculty that will have the resources to write competitive grants. Once the School of Pharmacy is fully establish the University can start planning for an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in biological sciences. The overall goals for the new RIMI program have not changed but a priority was set to expand into other areas of science. The University has identified the Departments of Psychology/Sociology, Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, NTRC, and the School of Pharmacy as those areas that will be strengthened over the next 10 years.