MU-JHU Research Collaboration Office of Research Development Training Program

而Makerere大学医学院已经发展成为非洲研究的中心， 通过国际伙伴（包括国家卫生研究院）获得的资金支持，a 在这样一个资源有限的环境中，关键的差距仍然是缺乏训练有素的赠款管理人员和临床 研究人员谁可以巧妙地利用现有的资助机会，以维持这些研究 长期的活动。这项建议的总体设想是建立一个训练有素的关键质量 医学院内的专业人员谁将能够迅速响应日益增长的研究需求 通过利用医学院内部的潜在协同作用，进行拨款申请和管理。 建立在医学院内的协作，非常成功和分散的系统，我们 建议将马凯雷雷大学-约翰霍普金斯大学研究中心的办公室 协作（MU-JHU），医学院的主要附属机构之一，进入ORD秘书处 和模型。MU-JHU将在医学院的全力支持下带头申请， 其他分支机构。该秘书处将发展成为一个由知识渊博的赠款管理人员组成的核心小组， 培训师和支持人员，他们将管理MU-JHU赠款以及培训其他ORD并复制 医学院附属机构的模型，即;传染病研究所， Makerere大学-凯斯西储大学研究合作，联合临床研究 中心和医学院的命令。 提案中的主要活动以员工培训和能力建设为基础。使用短和 长期的培训方法，这项建议的目的是：a）加强医学院的能力 通过提高赠款管理技能，从而在申请方面实现自给自足， 管理NIH赠款，B）创建拨款资源中心中心，提供赠款材料、培训 为附属于医疗机构的其他几个赠款办公室提供工具和其他赠款支持服务。 c）在办公室设计一个适当的信息技术基础设施，作为协调中心， 获取并向其他ORD传播NIH赠款信息。d）设计适当的财务和 会计IT系统根据ORDs，可以方便NIH奖励的管理，收据的生成 或财务报表，并处理必要的财务和合规报告。

Whereas the Makerere University Medical School has grown as a hub of Research in Africa by utilising funding support obtained through International patners (including The National Institutesof Health - NIH), a critical gap in such a resource - limited setting remains the lack of well trained Grant managers and Clinical researchers who can ably tap into the available funding opportunities in order to sustain these research activities in the long term. The overall vision of this proposal is to create a critical mass of well- trained professionals within the Medical School who would be able to swiftly respond to the growing research needs by exploiting the potential synergies within the Medical School for grant applications and management. Building on a collaborative, highly successful and decentralized system within the medical School, we propose to turn the ORD office at The Makerere University - Johns Hopkins University Research Collaboration (MU-JHU), one of the main affiliate institutions of the Medical School, into an ORD Secretariat and model. MU-JHU will take the lead on this application with the full support of the Medical School and the other affiliates. This secretariat will be developed into a core team of highly knowledgeable grant managers, trainers and support staff who will manage MU-JHU grants as well as train the other ORDs and replicate the model in the affiliate institutions from within the Medical School namely; the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University - Case Western Reserve University Research Collaboration, the Joint Clinical Research Centre and the Medical School ORD. The major activities in the proposal are based on staff training and capacity building. Using the short and long term approaches of training, this proposal aims to; a) Strengthen capabilities within the Medical School through increased grants management skills thereby creating self sufficiency in application and administration of NIH grants, b) Create a Grant Resource Center hub providing grants materials, training tools, and other grant support services for several other grant offices of Institutions affiliated to the Medical School, c) Design an appropriate IT infrastructure at the core ORD office that can be used as a focal point for accessing and dissemination of NIH grants information to other ORDs. d) Design an appropiate finance and accounting IT system accross the ORDs that can facilitate managent of NIH awards, generation of receipts or financial statements in a consistent manner, and handling the requisite financial and compliance reports.