SPAD at Kennesaw State University

为了响应RFA-RM-19-004：赞助项目管理开发（SPAD），我们 建议在肯尼索州立大学（KSU）设立SPAD项目。KSU是一个快速 成长和第三大大学在格鲁吉亚（USG）的大学系统，主要是 为来自不同（>35% URM）和较低社会经济地位的本科生（约35，000人）提供服务 （约36%的学生有佩尔资格）背景。在其发展的初期阶段，KSU的 研究企业规模小（过去三个财政年度NIH RPG资金总额约为168万美元）; 然而，通过国家卫生研究院的桥梁博士学位计划和其他最近的计划，KSU 显示出惊人的承诺，在其影响研究的能力，主要是本科生。 根据对KSU面临的研究挑战的深入自我评估， KSU SPAD计划是及时、相关和战略性的。我们建议：（a）发展 代表性不足的少数民族（URM）教师和学生进行生物医学的能力 研究; B）开发我们的赞助计划和多样性基础设施，以支持 大学的研究重点日益增加;以及c）在各方面建立联系和合作 国家和地区，以提高我们在生物医学研究的竞争力。实现这些 目标，我们已经确定了28个活动，SPAD在KSU计划建议推出， 来自指导委员会、代表KSU的主要导师的战略和有意指导 有抱负的机构和专家顾问。这些活动包括： 赠款管理的最佳做法程序和政策，明确的指导和 研究开发活动的URM教师和学生，以加强关键 生物医学研究方面的区域和国家伙伴关系。SPAD在KSU的成功 该计划将在改变KSU的研究文化变革。我们希望积极地 影响研究发展的增长，并制定坚实和可持续的赠款 行政基础。教师和学生，特别是URM，将有权 进行相关的研究，该机构将建立一个强大的内部 基础设施以及国家和地区的联系和合作，以增加我们的 生物医学研究的竞争力。

In response to RFA-RM-19-004: Sponsored Programs Administration Development (SPAD), we propose to establish the SPAD at Kennesaw State University (KSU) program. KSU is a rapidly growing and the 3rd largest university in the University System of Georgia (USG), primarily serving undergraduates (~35,000) from diverse (>35% URM), and lower socioeconomic status (~36% of students are Pell-eligible) backgrounds. In its nascent stage of development, KSU’s research enterprise is small (~$1.68M in total NIH RPG funding over the past three fiscal years); yet through the NIH Bridges to the Doctorate program and other recent programming, KSU shows amazing promise in its ability to impact research with primarily undergraduate students. Based on an in-depth self-assessment of the research challenges faced by KSU, the goals of the SPAD at KSU program are timely, relevant, and strategic. We propose to: a) develop capacity for both under-represented minority (URM) faculty and students to conduct biomedical research; b) develop our sponsored programs and diversity infrastructures to support the growing research emphasis of the university; and c) develop linkages and collaborations across the state and region to increase our competitiveness in biomedical research. To achieve these goals, we have identified 28 activities that the SPAD at KSU program proposes to launch, with strategic and intentional guidance from a Steering Committee, key Mentors representing KSU aspirational institutions, and expert consultants. These activities range from development of best practice procedures and policies for grants management, to explicit mentoring and research development activities for URM faculty and students, to the strengthening of key regional and national partnerships in biomedical research. The success of the SPAD at KSU program will be transformative in changing the research culture at KSU. We expect to positively impact the growth of research development and to develop a solid and sustainable grants administration foundation. Faculty and students, particularly URM, will be empowered to conduct research with relevance, and the institution will have built a strong internal infrastructure as well as linkages and collaborations across the state and region to increase our competitiveness in biomedical research.