EARDA PHASE II (SRIP)

简介(申请人提供)：摩根州立大学成立于1867年，是一所综合性的授予博士学位的机构。根据立法法规，它被唯一地指定为马里兰州的“公立城市大学”，这反映了它位于该州最大的城市中心巴尔的摩，它为城市人口提供服务，并专注于城市问题。作为一所历史悠久的黑人大学(HBCU)，它在为少数族裔背景的学生提供服务方面建立了卓越的历史，今天在全国科学和工程专业少数族裔学士学位的生产者中名列前茅。 该大学最近开始了一项积极的努力，将自己从一个主要是教学机构转变为一个研究密集型大学，特别强调生物、行为和化学科学和工程。因此，它现在相当重视教师的研究发展。它认识到，转型必须得到有效的研究行政基础设施的支持，以确保其日益增长的受资助的研究计划得到适当的管理，并成功实施。校外伙伴发展奖(EARDA)为大学提供了一个极好和及时的机会，以获得研究开发的补充资源，并加强其研究行政基础设施。 在第一阶段的提案中设想，在完成为期5个月的EA培训后，摩根大学EARDA补助金的现任PI Edet Isuk博士将在赞助计划和研究办公室(OSPR)内承担更多职责，并在大学发展研究事业方面发挥更关键的作用。这一目标显然已经实现。第一阶段的具体成就如下：1)重组OSPR，以反映Isuk博士作为主任扩大的职责；2)将该办公室的人员编制从7人增加到11人；3)举办提案制定研讨会；4)通过小额赠款资助9项试点研究；5)扩大教员研究支持服务，包括COS、Spin和Science Tracker出版物警报；以及6)作为2001年和2002年EA学员的示范办公室。 摩根士丹利正在申请第二阶段SRIP/EARDA的持续资金，以便它能够在其刺激教师研究发展的系统努力已经取得的进展的基础上再接再厉，并显著提高其赞助的研究管理的质量指数。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Morgan State University is a comprehensive, doctoral granting institution founded in 1867. It has the unique designation by legislative statute as Maryland's "Public Urban University," reflecting its location in Baltimore, the State's largest urban center, its service to the urban population and focus on urban issues. As a Historically Black University (HBCU), it has built a distinguished history of serving students from minority backgrounds, and today ranks among the top producers of minority baccalaureates in the sciences and engineering nationwide. The University has recently embarked on an aggressive effort to transform itself from a primarily teaching institution to a research-intensive University, with particular emphasis on the biological, behavioral and chemical sciences and engineering. As such, it now places considerable emphasis on faculty research development. It recognizes that the transformation must necessarily be supported by an effective research administrative infrastructure to assure that its growing sponsored research programs are managed properly, and implemented successfully. The Extramural Associates Development Award (EARDA) has provided an excellent and timely opportunity for the University to acquire supplemental resources for research development, as well as enhance its research administrative infrastructure. It was envisaged in the PHASE I proposal that upon completion of the 5-month EA training, Dr. Edet Isuk, the incumbent PI for Morgan's EARDA grant, would assume expanded responsibilities within the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research (OSPR), and play a more critical role in developing the research enterprise at the university. This goal has clearly been achieved. Among the specific accomplishments of PHASE I are the following: 1) restructuring of OSPR to reflect Dr. Isuk's expanded responsibilities as Director; 2) increased staffing level of the office from seven to eleven; 3) conduct of proposal development workshops; 4) funding of nine pilot studies t through mini-grants; 5) expansion of faculty research support services to include COS, SPIN and Science Tracker publications alert; and 6) serving as a model office for EA trainees, 2001 and 2002. Morgan is requesting continuation funding in the Phase II SRIP/EARDA so that it can build on the progress already made in its systematic effort to stimulate faculty research development and to significantly raise the quality index of its sponsored research administration.