Developing a Bio-medical and Behavioral Research Center

加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（CSUS）位于加州首府萨克拉门托，是加州州立大学系统23个校区中的第六大大学。学校现有在校生28529人。CSUS坚定地致力于多元化，教师奖学金和学生参与研究的目标。大约67%的学生是女性，51%的本科生来自不同的背景。该机构致力于通过生物医学和行为研究为学生和教职员工提供必要的研究机会，以提高生活质量。本次申请的目标是通过建立研究人员计划来延续前几年EARDA资助取得的成功。在这些年中取得了以下成就：1)建立了一个由10名教师和65名学生参与试点研究项目的教师研究研究员计划；2)与一个研究密集型机构（加州大学戴维斯分校癌症中心）签署了合作协议和谅解备忘录；3)为学生和教师提供了18次资助研讨会和2次主要研究会议；4)与研究和赞助项目办公室建立了合作关系，以增加校外资金的数量，NIH提交的数量，教职员工的出版和会议演示效率，以及促进赠款管理过程。未来3年资金的有效性将通过比较基线和年度结果来评估：1)参与研究和参与研究人员计划的代表性不足/女性学生和教职员工的百分比，2)代表性不足和获得校外资金的女性教职员工的数量，3)提交/资助的NIH申请数量，4)校外支持的金额，5)发表研究报告和出版物的研究员人数；6)与研究密集型机构合作企业的数量和成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant: California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) is located in the capital of California and is the sixth largest university in the 23-campus CSU system. CSUS has an enrollment of 28,529 students. CSUS is strongly committed to the goals of pluralism, faculty scholarship, and the involvement of students in research. Approximately 67 % of students are female and 51 % of undergraduate students are from diverse backgrounds. The institution is committed to enhancing research opportunities for students and faculty members necessary to improve the quality of life through biomedical and behavioral research. The goal of this application is to continue the success achieved in previous years of EARDA funding with the establishment of the Research Fellows Program. During those years the following achievements occurred: 1) a Faculty Research Fellows program was established involving 10 faculty and 65 students in pilot research projects, 2) a collaborative agreement and memorandum of understanding was signed with a research intensive institution (University of California Davis Cancer Center), 3) 18 grantsmanship seminars and 2 major research conferences were offered to students and faculty members, 4) a collaborative relationship with the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects was developed to increase amounts of extramural funding, numbers of NIH submissions, publication and conference presentation productivity of faculty members, as well as facilitate the grants management process. The effectiveness of the next 3 years of funding will be evaluated by comparing baseline to yearly outcomes in terms of 1) percent of under-represented / female students and faculty members involved in research and participating in the Research Fellows Program, 2) number of under-represented and female faculty members with extramural funding, 3) number of NIH applications submitted / funded, 4) dollar amounts of extramural support, 5) number of Research Fellows with research presentations and publications, and 6) number and outcomes of cooperative ventures with research intensive institutions.