MBRS SCORE Program at CA State University, Long Beach

描述（由申请人提供）：加州州立大学，长滩（CSULB）建立了MBRS（少数民族生物医学研究支持）支持持续研究卓越（SCORE）计划在其校园在2001年秋季。随着竞争性更新（09/01/05），我们目前有九名教师作为主要研究人员。我们现在建议增加额外的12名教师作为研究调查员（6个常规项目和6个试点项目）在补充申请我们的父母补助金。通过这样做，我们将进一步实现我们的目标，以提高生物科学，化学和生物化学，心理学系内的教师的研究能力，并提供必要的基础设施，以支持高生产力和竞争力的研究。目标1是提高研究技能和能力以及参与教师的生产力，使他们在R 01或同等赠款方面更具竞争力。补充补助金上PI的具体可衡量目标将包括：（1）50%的持续SCORE PI将在第2年年底前至少有一份手稿被接受出版，75%将在补助金结束时（第3年）至少有两份出版物; 80%的新PI将在补助金结束时至少有一份出版物被接受;（2）100%的专业研究院会在下一次的SCORE竞争性更新申请中提交拨款申请，作为常规研究项目;（3）80%的专业研究院会每年在国家/国际科学会议上展示其研究成果。目标2是增加机构基础设施，以支持和维持教师在更高水平的研究需求。将进行非正式研究（焦点小组和调查），以确定如何成功地从以前的SCORE赠款自学的建议已经实施。目标3是通过每年至少举办四次PI讨论研究以及问题和解决方案的活动，加强研究人员之间的社区建设。 拟议的项目涵盖广泛的生物医学和行为研究，包括基础和应用领域。提供所需的时间，资源和机构支持进行研究，参与者将成为更有成效和竞争力的主流赠款。这将大大加强研究，促进其他教职员工参与更高层次的研究，并符合NIH的目标，为生物医学研究中代表性不足的少数民族提供更多的机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) established an MBRS (Minority Biomedical Research Support) Support of Continuous Research Excellence (SCORE) program on its campus in the fall of 2001. With a competitive renewal (09/01/05), we currently have nine faculty members as principal investigators. We now propose to add an additional 12 faculty members as research investigators (6 regular and 6 pilot projects) in a supplemental application to our parent grant. By doing so, we will further meet our goals to increase the research capabilities of faculty members within the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Psychology and to provide the infrastructure necessary to support highly productive and competitive research. Goal 1 is to increase research skills and capabilities as well as productivity of participating faculty members so they will be more competitive for R01 or equivalent grants. Specific measurable objectives for the PIs on the supplemental grant will include: (1) 50% of continuing SCORE PIs will have at least one manusript accepted for publication by the end of year 2 and 75% will have at least two publications total by the end of the grant (year 3); 80% of new PIs will have at least one publication accepted by the end of the grant; (2) 100% of PIs will submit grant applications on the next SCORE competitive renewal application as regular research projects; and (3) 80% of PIs will present their research at national/international scientific meetings each year. Goal 2 is to increase institutional infrastructure to support and maintain research needs of faculty at a higher level. Informal studies (focus groups and surveys) will be conducted to determine how successfully the recommendations from the prior SCORE grant self-study have been implemented. Goal 3 is to increase community building among reseachers by holding at least four events each year for PIs to discuss research as well as issues and solutions to them. The proposed projects cover a wide range of biomedical and behavioral research, both in basic and applied areas. Provided the needed time, resources, and institutional support to carry out research, participants will become more productive and competitive for mainstream grants. This will significantly strengthen research, promote involvement of other faculty members at a higher level of research, and in line with NIH goals, provide expanded opportunities for underrepresented minorities in biomedical research.