Montana Network of Biomedical Research Excellence

蒙大拿州是美国第四大州，但人口不到100万，缺乏投资生物医学研究基础设施的资源。研究人员，因此他们的学生，在生物医学研究的机会有限。在NCRR-BRIN的支持下，蒙大拿大学、学院和部落学院的网络正在共同努力打破这种循环。通过BRIN的投资，蒙大拿州建立了一个研究人员网络，准备显着推进该州的教育，研究和就业基础设施。INBRE将在此基础上，将蒙大拿州定位为传染病流行病学和发病机制以及与环境相关的日益增加的健康问题研究的国家领导者，同时发展蒙大拿州的劳动力，以应对未来的生物医学研究和经济发展挑战。INBRE合作伙伴已承诺提供超过200万美元的机构资金，以支持实现这一目标，这表明INBRE目标对蒙大拿州生物医学研究和教育未来的重要性。MT INBRE的具体目标是：1）增加四年制学院和大学的传染病和环境卫生调查人员的数量，以达到维持生产力和竞争力研究网络所需的临界质量。这将通过支持蒙大拿州的研究人员在学士学位学院，雇用新的教师，并开发蒙大拿大学的研究基础设施来实现。2)提升蒙大拿州教师的研究计划，以尖端科学。一个广泛的指导计划将连接大学教师与既定的，NIH资助的研究人员，定位INBRE研究人员成为自己的NIH资金的竞争力。3)发展健康研究职业的管道，并通过扩大和加强学生的研究机会来增加国家劳动力的科学和技术知识。本科生和研究生将参与所有INBRE研究项目，最终提高教育机会以及蒙大拿州生物医学职业的前景。4)加强科学教育，并为蒙大拿州部落学院的学生提供健康职业管道。INBRE将在偏远的两年制部落学院增加生命科学教师和基础设施，并支持一项模式研究合作，以评估土著社区面临的环境健康问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Montana is the nation's fourth largest state, but with fewer than one million people it lacks resources to invest in biomedical research infrastructure. Researchers, and hence their students, have limited opportunities in biomedical research. With NCRR-BRIN support, a network of Montana universities, colleges, and tribal colleges is working together to break this cycle. Through BRIN investments, Montana established a network of researchers poised to significantly advance the education, research, and employment infrastructure of the state. INBRE will build on this foundation to position Montana as a national leader in research on both the epidemiology and pathogenesis of infectious diseases and on the increasing health issues related to the environment, while developing a Montana workforce to meet the biomedical research and economic development challenges of the future. INBRE partners have committed over $2 million in institutional dollars to support progress toward this goal, signaling the importance of the INBRE goals to the future of biomedical research and education in Montana. The specific aims of the MT INBRE are to: 1) Increase the number of infectious disease and environmental health investigators at four-year colleges and universities to achieve the critical mass necessary to sustain a productive and competitive research network. This will be accomplished by supporting Montana investigators at baccalaureate colleges, hiring new faculty, and developing the research infrastructure of Montana colleges. 2) Elevate the research programs of Montana faculty members to cutting-edge science. An extensive mentoring program will link college faculty with established, NIH-funded investigators, positioning INBRE investigators to become competitive for their own NIH funding. 3) Develop a pipeline to careers in health research and increase the scientific and technological knowledge of the state's workforce by expanding and enhancing research opportunities for students. Undergraduates and graduate students will be involved in all INBRE research projects, ultimately improving both educational opportunities as well as prospects for biomedical careers in Montana. 4) Enhance scientific education and provide a pipeline to health careers for students at Montana's Tribal Colleges. INBRE will add life science faculty and infrastructure at remote two-year tribal colleges and support a model research collaboration to assess environmental health issues facing native communities.