MBRS SCORE Supplement at Univ of Texas at Brownsville

描述（由申请人提供）：德克萨斯大学布朗斯维尔分校/德克萨斯西南学院（UTB/TSC）是一所致力于发展生物医学研究的少数民族服务机构（92%的西班牙裔基础）。由国立卫生研究院少数民族生物医学研究服务（MBRS）赞助的项目在补充UTB/TSC资源以开展这些活动方面发挥了关键作用。SCORE基金对于培养具有生物医学竞争性研究项目的强大核心科学家至关重要。正如最近资助的提案所述，UTB/TSC对生物医学研究的承诺包括雇用具有生物医学研究专长的新教师，以及为现有教师提供从事生物医学研究的机会。这个补充申请包括一个新的研究项目和一个新的试点项目，分别来自希瑟·克鲁格博士和格尔森·佩尔茨博士。这些拟议的研究项目，除了有助申请人的职业发展外，亦会加强和扩展大学的生物医学研究范畴，包括癌症研究。这些项目的资助将大大提高理大/理大生物医学研究中心的竞争力和研究能力，并继续增加获资助的理大生物医学研究科学家的人数。此外，该应用程序的成功将有助于内部合作的发展和必要的科学环境，以在不久的将来开发成功的R01应用程序。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College (UTB/TSC) is a minority serving institution (92% Hispanic base) committed to develop biomedical research. Programs sponsored by the Minority Biomedical Research Services (MBRS) of the National Institute of Health play a critical role in complementing UTB/TSC resources to develop these activities. SCORE funds in particular are essential to develop a strong core of scientists with competitive research programs in biomedicine. As detailed in the recently funded proposal, UTB/TSC's commitment to biomedical research includes hiring new faculty with expertise in biomedical research as well as providing opportunities for existing faculty members to pursue biomedical research. This supplemental application includes a new research project and a new pilot project from Dr. Heather Klug and Dr. Gerson Peltz respectively. These proposed research projects, while contributing to the career development of the applicants, will also enhance and expand the areas of biomedical research on campus to include cancer studies. The funding of these projects will substantially increase the competitiveness and research capabilities of UTB/TSC, and continue to increase the number of funded biomedical research scientists at the University. Furthermore, the success of this application will contribute to the development of internal collaborations and the necessary scientific environment to develop successful R01 applications in the near future.