Research Infrastructure Development at Stephens College

说明（由申请人提供）：本申请的目的是通过支持以下活动，进一步提高斯蒂芬斯学院的研究能力：(1)增加教师在生物医学和行为领域进行研究的机会，为试点项目提供资金，用于竞争国家认可的科学研究和培训补助金，并在竞争的基础上每年为两名教师提供释放时间；(2)通过每年访问NIH和其他政府机构，增加对NIH和相关机构OSP主任的研究和培训机会的认识；(3)扩大OSP的能力，通过每年举办资助写作研讨会，以及在我们的资助作者手册中继续制定程序和政策，继续培训教职员工在研究和培训资助申请和准备方面的能力；(4)继续并扩大我们与密苏里大学和癌症研究中心开展研究合作活动的努力，与斯蒂芬斯学院和密苏里大学的教职员工共同撰写合作基金；(5)通过我们的研究实习项目为学生提供指导和教师的研究机会，邀请演讲嘉宾，并鼓励学生在主要研究机构的夏季学习REU经验，增加学生对研究的参与，进而提高他们追求科学和研究事业的愿望；(6)继续扩展我们的技术，从而获得机会寻求为生物医学和行为研究及培训项目提供财政支持的联邦和非联邦资源。已经有一些拨款机会是专门为在生物医学和行为科学领域未被充分代表的少数民族提供研究机会而设计的，例如RISE、SCORE、MARC和BRIDGES拨款。然而，斯蒂芬斯学院作为一所传统的女子学院，没有资格获得任何这些特殊的资助机会。这就要求斯蒂芬斯学院在资金方面与规模更大、知名度更高的学校竞争。这笔拨款的继续将有助于进一步实现斯蒂芬斯学院的目标，以提高我们在外部资金方面的竞争力，并改善学院为学生提供的卓越研究和培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this application for Phase II FRESP support is to further enhance the research capabilities at Stephens College by supporting the following activities: (1) increase the opportunities for faculty to conduct research in the biomedical and behavioral areas by providing funds for pilot projects to be used to compete for nationally recognized grants in science research and training, and to provide release time on a competitive basis for two faculty per year; (2) increase the awareness of the OSP Director of NIH and related agencies' research and training opportunities by traveling to NIH and other government agencies annually; (3) expand the abilities of the OSP to continue to train faculty and staff in research and training grant application and preparation by offering grant writing workshops annually as well as the continued development of procedures and policies within our grant writers handbook; (4) continue and expand our efforts to create research collaborative activities with the University of Missouri and the Cancer Research Center by writing collaborative grants with Stephens College and the University of Missouri faculty; (5) increase student participation in research, and subsequently their desire to pursue careers in science and research, by providing student mentoring and research opportunities with faculty through our research internship program, bringing in guest speakers, and by encouraging students to pursue REU experiences in the summer at major research institutions; (6) to continue to expand our technologies thereby gaining opportunities to seek Federal and non-Federal resources which provide financial support to biomedical and behavioral research and training programs. A number of grant opportunities already exist that are specifically designed to enhance the research opportunities for underrepresented minorities in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, such as the RISE, SCORE, MARC and BRIDGES grants. However, Stephens College, as a traditionally women's institution, does not qualify for any of these special grant opportunities. This requires Stephens College to be competitive with larger and well-established schools for funds. Continuation of this grant will serve to further the goal of Stephens College to increase our competitiveness for external funding and improve the excellence in research and training the college provides to its students.