COBRE: UID: PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION & FACULTY MENTORING

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 行政核心通过每周组织午餐，为COBRE研究人员之间的互动和合作提供了机会，以便进行非正式讨论、交流信息、联合解决问题、协调研究活动，以及每两个月口头介绍研究项目取得的进展。为了拓宽科布雷资助的研究人员的知识和技能，每月举办研讨会，邀请全国著名的研究人员到校园会见科布雷的教职员工和学生，并就他们的研究结果发表演讲。此外，科博尔的教职员工和特邀嘉宾参加了2004年1月的一次2-D静修，会上讨论了科博尔资助的教职员工的期望和发展校外资助的研究项目的战略。审查了对教员的指导，特别是在准备研究补助金提案方面的指导。行政核心通过资助人员促进了新的生物医学研究举措，以便能够获得NIH提案所需的初步数据。在一个案例中，这项投资直接导致向NIH提交了一份提案(以及可能的资金)。该中心还资助了两名在统计学和理论数学方面具有专业知识的教职员工的休假，这样他们就可以获得与科布雷资助的研究相关的学科知识。这也是一种刻意的努力，通过为原本可能没有竞争力获得NIH拨款的个人创造新的机会，来建立计算生物学方面的专业知识。事实证明，这是一项很好的投资，因为两人都在准备手稿和赠款提案，将在未来几个月提交。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Administrative Core has facilitated interactions and collaborations among COBRE investigators by organizing weekly lunches during which provide an opportunity for informal discussions, the exchange of information, joint problem solving, the coordination of research activities, and bimonthly oral presentations of progress made in research projects. To broaden the knowledge and skills of COBRE-funded investigators monthly seminars were sponsored in which nationally prominent researchers were invited to campus to meet with COBRE faculty and students, and present lectures on the findings of their research. In addition, COBRE faculty, staff, and invited guests participated in a 2-d retreat in January 2004, in which the expectations of faculty funded by COBRE and strategies to develop extramurally funded research programs were discussed. The mentoring of faculty, particularly with regard to the preparation of research grant proposals was reviewed. The Administrative Core facilitated new biomedical research initiatives by funding personnel so that preliminary data needed for NIH proposals could be obtained. In one case this investment has directly led to the submission (and probable funding) of a proposal to NIH. The Core also funded sabbatical leaves for two faculty members with expertise in statistics and theoretical mathematics so they could gain knowledge in subjects pertinent to COBRE-funded research. This was also a deliberate effort to build expertise in computational biology by creating new opportunities for individuals who might otherwise not be competitive for NIH grants. This have proven to be good investments as both individuals are preparing manuscripts and grant proposals that will be submitted in the coming months.