The Howard University SCORE Program

描述（由申请人提供）：霍华德大学研究生院建议继续专注于该机构生物医学科学家新干部的发展。为此，MBRS SCORE计划要求支持18个以前没有参加过MBRS计划的教师的新项目。这些新项目中有17个来自初级教师（非终身教职），其中几个是本学年刚加入的。这些研究人员来自医学院的五个基础科学和两个临床部门，以及两个具有强大研究生培训计划的本科部门。该应用程序包含常规项目（18）和试点项目（4）。 拟议计划的口号是“R 01支持路线图”。“在我们目前的SCORE参与者取得的一些成功的基础上（只有3人返回本申请，因为有些人已经转向其他个人支持-一个R 01），该计划的期望正在提高，导致以下目标的机会： 目标1：提高SCORE教师的科学生产力。 可衡量的目标A：在整个拟议项目期间，参与学院的出版率总体上有所提高。 可衡量的目标B：所有继续项目的研究者在2002年资助结束时提交R 01申请。 可衡量目标C：在拟定期限结束前，50%的新参与研究者将提交R 01申请或提交给同等机构。 目标2：通过提供必要的研究支持，提高SCORE教师的专业发展。 可衡量目标D：在拟议的期间，非终身制的初级教师谁是定期项目的PI将取得重大进展，在每一个生产力的措施（出版物和赠款提交），这将提高他们赢得终身职位的可能性。 这些活动将对一个为少数群体服务的主要机构的研究竞争力和生产力产生重大影响。最终结果将是提高机构获得其他NIH主流资金（R 01，R 03等）的能力。并在总体上加强研究事业。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Howard University Graduate School proposes to continue its focus on the development of a new cadre of biomedical scientists at the institution. To this end, the MBRS SCORE program is requesting support for 18 new projects from faculty who have not previously participated in the MBRS Program. Seventeen of these new projects are from junior faculty (non-tenured), several of whom have just joined the faculty this academic year. These investigators are from five basic science and two clinical departments in the College of Medicine, as well as from two undergraduate departments with strong graduate training programs. This application contains both regular (18) and pilot (4) projects. The mantra for the proposed program is "Roadmap to R01 Support." Building on some of the success of our current SCORE participants (only 3 are returning in this application, as some have moved on to other individual support--one R01), the program's expectations are being raised leading to the following goals of opportunity: Goal 1: To improve the scientific productivity of SCORE faculty. Measurable objective A: that the publication rate of the participating faculty be increased overall and throughout the proposed project period. Measurable objective B: that all of the continuing program investigators submit an R01 application by the end of the 02 year of funding. Measurable objective C: that 50% of the new participating investigators will have submitted R01 applications, or submitted to an equivalent agency, by the end of the proposed period. Goal 2: To enhance the professional progression of SCORE faculty through the provision of essential research support. Measurable objective D: during the proposed period, non-tenured junior faculty who are PIs on regular projects will make significant progress on each of the measures of productivity (publications and grant submissions), which will enhance their probability of earning tenure. These activities will have a significant impact on the research competitiveness and productivity of a major minority-serving institution. The end result will be to improve the institution's ability to obtain other NIH mainstream funding (R01, R03, etc.) and enhance the research enterprise in general.