Developing Comprehensive Research Support Services of College of Health Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：研究是学术界和健康科学（UZCHS）的津巴布韦大学学院奖学金不可或缺的一部分。因此，加强研究是学院完全致力于履行的机构义务。关键是由一个有效的研究支持基地支持的高技能和积极性的研究人员的发展。缺乏机构研究支助结构被认为是学院可持续研究能力发展的主要障碍。随着研究的国际化加剧了对有限的研究资金的竞争，这一点变得更加明显。为了有效地竞争资金并确保高质量的研究，UZCHS需要发展其研究管理，为研究人员和学生提供良好的赠款管理和支持，确保研究能力的再生。拟议的机构研究管理能力建设计划将优先发展研究管理能力作为更广泛的研究技能建设和支持研究企业的先决条件。这主要是通过加强一个研究支助中心来实现的，办法是培训校外协理和研究支助中心的其他人员以及部门的支助人员进行研究和赠款管理。该计划还包括对研究人员和学生的培训和支持，以提高对研究的认识和欣赏，激发学生和初级教师的研究兴趣，并培养申请赠款和开展研究的必要技能。RSC将协调各种活动，包括资助管理、临床试验支持、研究培训课程、数据管理和研究信息服务。UZCHS致力于确保拟议项目与学院其他研究和能力建设举措的协同作用。IRAC的主要目标是： 通过在NIH和其他资助和研究机构进行远程和住院培训，加强研究管理;通过对RSC和学院其他工作人员进行有针对性的培训，加强赠款管理;加强RSC的研究信息系统，以确保有效识别资助和培训机会，及时提供和方便获取相关研究信息;通过适当的短期研究培训课程（撰写资助申请， 研究方法、数据管理等），从而提高制定高质量建议和在实施项目时采用良好研究做法的能力;加强研究管理框架，以形成研究文化;提供数据管理和临床试验支持服务;与其他组织建立研究管理方面的卓越网络。这些目标将通过各种相互关联和协同增效的活动来实现，这些活动涉及培训、技术支助和提供必要的设备。IRAC为期五年，估计费用约为235 000.00美元。 公共卫生相关性：发展研究管理能力是UZCHS有效和可持续的整体研究能力建设的关键。能力建设将使学院能够创造一种研究文化，以有效和高效地利用其人力和物力资源为基础，促进和维持进行国家相关研究的土著科学领导地位。随着资助机构越来越多地从针对个人转向更多地依赖研究基金的机构问责制，这一点势在必行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research is an indispensible part of academia and scholarship for the University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZCHS). Strengthening research is therefore an institutional obligation to which the college is fully committed. Criticalis development of highly skilled and motivated researchers backstopped by an effective research support base. Lack of an institutional research support structure has been recognized as a major barrier towards sustainable research capacity development in the college. This has become more evident as internationalization of research has increased competition for the limited pool of research funding. To effectively compete for funding and ensure quality research, the UZCHS needs to develop its research administration that will provide the base good grant management and support to researchers and students, ensuring the regeneration of research capacity. The proposed Institutional Research Administration Capacity Building (IRAC) Plan places priority on developing research administration capacity as a pre-requisite for broader research skills building and support for the research enterprise. This will be achieved primarily through the strengthening of a Research Support Centre (RSC) through training of the Extramural Associate and other RSC and departmental support staff in research and grants administration. The plan also includes the training and support for researchers and students to enhance awareness and appreciation of research, generate research interest in students and junior faculty, and develop requisite skills for grant application and conduct of research. The RSC will coordinate the various activities that will range from grant administration through clinical trials support, research training courses, data management and research information services. The UZCHS has committed to ensuring synergies of the proposed project with other research and capacity building initiatives in the college. The main objectives of the IRAC are to: Strengthen research administration through distance and residency training at NIH and other funding and research institutions; Strengthen grants administration through targeted training of RSC and other staff in the college; Strengthening the research information system at RSC to ensure effective identification of funding and training opportunities, timely provision and easy access to relevant research information; Enhancing the research knowledge and skills, especially of junior scientists through appropriate short research training course (grant writing, research methods, data management etc) thereby enhancing ability to develop good quality proposals and employ good research practices in implementing their projects; Strengthening the research governance framework in order to engender a culture of research; Providing data management and clinical trial support services; Reaching out to other organizations for establishment of networks of excellence in research administration. These objectives will be achieved through a variety of interlinked and synergistic activities that involve training, technicl support and provision of the necessary equipment. The IRAC is for a period of five years and is estimated to cost about $235,000.00. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Developing research administration capacity is critical for effective and sustainable overall research capacity building in the UZCHS. The capacity building will enable the college to create a culture of research underpinned by effective and efficient utilization of its human and material resources that will facilitate and sustain indigenous scientiic leadership that conducts nationally relevant research. This is imperative with the ever increasing shift by funding agencies from targeting individuals to rely more on institutional accountability o research funds.