UCC Extramural Associate Program

描述（由申请人提供）：为了进一步加强中加勒比大学（UCC）的研究能力和生产力，研究和研究生研究助理院长办公室已经成立。该办公室的主要目标是积极促进和促进UCC学术界内的跨学科研究企业和课程开发。目前正在执行一项分两个阶段的组织计划。第一阶段致力于通过挑选和培训工作人员来组织办事处。第二阶段将致力于建立和实施授标前和授标后程序，协助研究人员编写申请和出版物，为创造外部收入和研究赠款资金建立强有力的形象，促进研究合作，以及协助落实科学人力资源开发股。该单位将负责初级和高级研究人员的专业发展和继续教育。该单位将提供培训计划，将解决初级研究教师需要成功地发展他们的研究能力，包括研究项目的开发和管理，赠款的获取和管理以及所获得的结果的沟通能力。 参加EA计划将为新的助理院长提供必要的知识，以实现上述目标。通过研究的教师发展是UCC的目标，它是UCC的努力，成为通过外部研究资金自给自足的基石。该项目的具体目标是：（1）提高该机构获得非少数族裔外部资金的能力;（2）增加在同行评审期刊上发表的文章数量;（3）增加跨学科机构间研究合作的数量;（4）促进教职员工参与研究活动;增加地方和州政府、私人捐助者和公司提供的资金数额。这些目标将通过设立一个研究发展办公室来实现，该办公室将作为这笔赠款的直接结果而设立。在EA计划中获得的知识对于实现机构的战略发展计划（SDP）中所述的机构研究目标至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): To further the Universidad Central Caribe's (UCC) research capabilities and productivity, the Office of the Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Studies has being created. The main goal of this Office is to actively facilitate and promote interdisciplinary research enterprises and curriculum development within UCC's academic community. A two-phase organizational plan is being implemented. Phase I is dedicated to organizing the office by selecting and training the staff. Phase II will be devoted to establishing and implementing pre- and post-award procedures, assist researchers in the preparation of applications and publications, establishing a strong profile for generation of external revenue and research grant funding, fostering research collaboration, as well as assisting in the implementation of the Scientific Human Resources Development Unit. This unit will be responsible for the professional development and continued education of junior and senior research faculty. The unit will provide training programs that will address the competencies junior research faculty require to successfully develop their research capabilities, including the development and management of research projects, the acquisition and management of grants and the communication of the results obtained. Participation in the EA Program will provide the new Assistant Dean with the necessary knowledge to achieve the goals expressed above. Faculty development through research is a goal of UCC and it is the cornerstone of UCC's efforts to become self-sufficient via external research funding. The specific aims of this project are to: 1) increase the institution's capability to obtain non-minority external funding; 2) increase the number of publications in peer reviewed journals; 3) increase the amount of interdisciplinary interinstitutional research collaborations; 4) promote faculty involvement in research activities; and 5) increase the amount of funding provided by the local and state government, private donors and corporations. These aims will be achieved by the creation of a Research Development Office, which will be created as a direct result of this grant. The knowledge acquire in the EA Program is essential to fulfill the institutional research goals as stated in the Strategic Development Plan (SDP) of the Institution.