Expanding Research Capacity by Establishing an Office of Sponsored Research and P

简介(由申请者提供)：自2002年以来，史蒂文森大学(SU)一直积极寻求校外资金，作为扩大和加强教职员工和本科生研究和奖学金的有意努力的一部分。仅在一年内，赠款资金就增加了1000%，从2005年的344,000美元增加到2006年的3,025,088美元，这促进了非凡的学术倡议(主要是在生物医学和卫生科学方面)，同时也使该机构的研究管理职能紧张到令人震惊的程度。PD的EARDA项目于2006年获得资助，成立了研究发展办公室(ORD)，加强和支持教职员工/学生的研究活动，但随着研究企业的发展，业务的复杂性也随之增加，现在远远超过ORD最初的范围。最近的经验表明，提高史蒂文森研究能力的最大障碍是目前的组织结构。很明显，为了支持和奖励教师奖学金，简化工作，减少重复、沟通错误和其他失败，大学必须建立新的基础设施，并实施改善研究管理的员工培训。Brad的资助将使SU能够将ORD从主要具有颁奖前职能的部门转变为一个赞助研究和项目办公室(OSRP)，负责更全面的研究管理。OSRP将维持Ord目前的所有职能，并纳入额外的人员和职责，包括促进和促进新的拨款提案；管理所有提案的制定和提交；监测支出、账单、工作报告；网站开发；提供培训和专业发展；以及与增强和加强大学研究能力有关的许多其他授予前和授予后的职能。除了改善基础设施和功能外，BRAD项目还将通过消除障碍、支持和奖励教师/学生奖学金来加强研究丰富的文化。苏州大学的学习环境令人信服，因为有这么多学生来自教育条件较差的背景。2012年秋季，38%的学生来自科学界代表性不足的种族群体，67%是女性，30%是第一代学生，37%获得了联邦佩尔助学金。此外，34%的被录取学生正在攻读生物医学、健康和行为科学专业。因此，苏州大学处于有利地位，可以确保相当数量的弱势和/或代表性不足的学生能够获得影响国家健康和福祉的学科的研究机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Since 2002, Stevenson University (SU) has been actively engaged in seeking extramural funding as part of an intentional effort to expand and strengthen faculty and undergraduate research and scholarship. In a single year, grant funding increased by a thousand percent from $344,000 (2005) to $3,025,088 (2006), which catalyzed remarkable academic initiatives (largely in the biomedical and health sciences) while at the same time straining the institution's research administration functionality to an alarming degree. The PD's EARDA project, funded in 2006, established an Office of Research Development (ORD) that has strengthened and supported faculty/student research activities, but as the research enterprise has grown, so too has the complexity of operations, which now far exceeds the original scope of the ORD. Recent experience has revealed that the single largest barrier to enhancing research capacity at Stevenson is the current organizational structure. It has become clear that in order to support and reward faculty scholarship, streamline efforts, and reduce duplication, miscommunication, and other failures, the University must establish a new infrastructure and implement staff training that improves research administration. BRAD funding will enable SU to transition the ORD, with largely pre-award functions, into an Office of Sponsored Research and Programs (OSRP), with much more comprehensive responsibility for research administration. The OSRP will sustain all current functions of the ORD and incorporate additional personnel and responsibilities, including fostering and facilitating new grant proposals; managing the development and submission of all proposals; monitoring spending, billing, effort reporting; website development; providing training and professional development; and numerous other pre-award and post-award functions related to enhancing and strengthening the University's research capacity. In addition to improving infrastructure and functionality, the BRAD project will strengthen the research-rich culture by removing barriers and supporting and rewarding faculty/student scholarship. The learning environment at SU is compelling because so many students come from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. In the fall of 2012, 38% of all students were from ethnic populations underrepresented in the sciences, 67% were female, 30% were first generation, and 37% received federal Pell grants. Further, 34% of enrolled students were pursuing majors in the biomedical, health, and behavioral sciences. SU is therefore well positioned to ensure that significant numbers of disadvantaged and/or underrepresented students will have access to research opportunities in disciplines that impact this nation's health and well-being.