Expansion of Research Infrastructure at Stephens College

描述(由申请人提供)：此第三阶段资金申请的目的是通过支持以下活动进一步增强斯蒂芬斯学院的研究能力：(1)通过为试点项目提供资金以增加教师在生物医学和行为领域进行研究的机会，这些试点项目将用于竞争国家认可的科学研究和培训拨款，并在竞争的基础上每年向两名教师提供释放时间；(2)通过每年前往NIH和其他政府机构旅行，提高OSP主任对新NIH和相关机构研究和培训机会的认识；(3)扩大OSP在研究和培训拨款申请和准备方面继续培训教职员工的能力，方法是每年举办赠款编写研讨会，并在我们的在线赠款作者手册中继续制定程序和政策，特别是修订我们的IRB指南和表格，并承担和完成机构能力评估；(4)继续扩大我们的努力，通过撰写合作赠款和进行合作研究，创建与密苏里大学、林肯大学和癌症研究中心的研究合作活动；(5)通过我们的研究实习计划为教师提供学生指导和研究机会，邀请特邀演讲者，并鼓励学生在暑期在主要研究机构追求REU经验，从而增加学生对研究的参与度，并随后增加他们在科学和研究领域从事职业生涯的愿望；(6)继续扩展我们的技术，从而获得机会寻求联邦和非联邦资源，这些资源为生物医学和行为研究和培训计划提供财政支持。 已经存在一些专门为在生物医学和行为科学领域为代表不足的少数族裔增加研究机会的拨款机会，如Rise、SCORE、MARC和BRIDES拨款。然而，作为一家传统的女子学院，斯蒂芬斯学院没有资格获得任何这些特殊的机会。这要求斯蒂芬斯学院在资金方面与规模更大、历史悠久的学校竞争。继续提供这笔赠款将有助于促进学院的目标，即提高我们在外部资金方面的竞争力，并改善我们在研究培训方面的卓越表现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this application for phase III funding is to further enhance the research capabilities at Stephens College by supporting the following activities: (1) increase the opportunities for faculty to conduct research in the biomedical and behavioral areas by providing funds for pilot projects to be used to compete for nationally recognized grants in science research and training, and to provide release time on a competitive basis to two faculty per year; (2) increase the awareness of the OSP Director of new NIH and related agencies' research and training opportunities by traveling to NIH and other government agencies annually; (3) expand the abilities of the OSP to continue to train faculty and staff in research and training grant application and preparation by offering grant writing workshops annually as well as the continued development of procedures and policies within our online grant writers handbook, with a special focus on revising our IRB guidelines and forms and to undertake and complete the institutional capability assessment; (4) continue to expand our efforts to create research collaborative activities with the University of Missouri, Lincoln University, and the Cancer Research Center by writing collaborative grants and conducting collaborative research; (5) increase student participation in research, and subsequently their desire to pursue careers in science and research, by providing student mentoring and research opportunities with faculty through our research internship program, bringing in guest speakers, and by encouraging students to pursue REU experiences in the summer at major research institutions; (6) to continue to expand our technologies thereby gaining opportunities to seek Federal and non-Federal resources which provide financial support to biomedical and behavioral research and training programs. A number of grant opportunities already exist specifically designed to enhance the research opportunities for underrepresented minorities in biomedical and behavioral sciences, like the RISE, SCORE, MARC and BRIDGES grants. However, Stephens College, as a tradition women's institution, does not qualify for any of these special opportunities. This requires Stephens College to be competitive with larger and well-established schools for funds. Continuation of this grant will serve to further the goal of the college to increase our competitiveness for external funding and improve our excellence in research training.