FIU MBRS SCORE SUPPLEMENT

描述(由申请人提供)：佛罗里达国际大学(FIU)是一所城市，多校区，研究型大学，位于佛罗里达州最大的人口中心迈阿密。这所州立大学的使命是通过优秀的本科生和研究生教学传授知识，通过研究创造新知识，并通过促进公共服务，为佛罗里达州东南部的人民、州、国家和国际社会服务。五个战略主题指导着大学的发展：国际、环境、城市、健康和信息。金融情报股注重这些主题，致力于质量管理和文化多样性。 FIU目前有35,000多名学生(2004年秋季入学，70.9%是少数族裔)，“健康”被指定为任务区，其明确的目标是成为全国排名前25的公立城市研究型大学之一，为培养更多未被充分代表的少数族裔科学家从事生物医学研究事业提供了一个重要机会。 FIU的MBRS计划通过允许选定的教师进行生物医学研究，为设备和用品提供充足的资金，并为夏季研究提供工资支持，从而促进了教师的研究。该计划还鼓励跨学科交流，促进资源共享，并提供教职员工费用，以便在全国会议上展示他们的成果。此外，它还提供研究经验和数据库的建设，以鼓励教师为他们的研究获得额外的非MBR支持。这项提议将继续这些努力。在金融情报股审查之后，3个次级项目包含在目前支持9个次级项目和6个待补充审查的项目的成绩补助金的本补编中。它们代表了佛罗里达国际大学在生物医学研究的广泛领域内正在进行的研究工作，特别是在生物医学工程、艾滋病毒/艾滋病和细胞生物学领域。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Florida International University (FIU) is an urban, multi-campus, research university located in Miami, Florida's largest population center. The mission of this state university is to serve the people of southeast Florida, the state, the nation and the international community by imparting knowledge through excellent undergraduate and graduate teaching, by creating new knowledge through research, and by promoting public service. Five strategic themes guide the University's development: International, Environmental, Urban, Health, and Information. FIU focuses on these themes with a commitment to quality management and cultural diversity. With its current standing of 35,000+ (students enrolled Fall 2004, 70.9% minority), "Health" as a designated mission area, and its stated goal to be one of the nation's top 25 public urban research universities, FIU provides a significant opportunity to develop more underrepresented minority scientists for biomedical research careers. The MBRS program at FIU has fostered faculty research by enabling selected faculty to conduct biomedical research with adequate funding for equipment and supplies as well as salary support for summer research. The program also encourages interdisciplinary interchange and facilitates resource sharing and provides faculty expenses to present their results at national meetings. Additionally, it provides the building of a research experience and database so as to encourage the faculty to obtain additional, non-MBRS support for their research. This proposal will continue these efforts. After FIU review, 3 subprojects are contained in this supplement to the SCORE grant that currently supports 9 subprojects and 6 projects pending supplement review. They represent ongoing research efforts within the broad spectrum of biomedical research at Florida International University, specifically in the fields of Biomedical Engineering, HIV/AIDS, and Cell Biology.