Planning: Mississippi EPSCoR RII Track-1 Planning Grant

规划：密西西比 EPSCoR RII Track-1 规划拨款

• 批准号: 2242475
• 负责人: Katherine Echols
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2242475&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Planning; Mississippi; EPSCoR; RII; Track

Over a one-year period, this planning grant will focus on addressing four goals to mature a selected project concept and research team, using a collaborative, inclusive approach. First, the planning grant seeks to critically review and document the existing research and development infrastructure in Mississippi necessary for establishing a regional biotechnology hub. Second, the project will identify future research, development, and capacity-building needs within the selected research topic that could be addressed through multi-disciplinary, jurisdiction-wide coordination. Third, the research team will develop a workforce development plan aligned with research and biotechnology industry needs. Fourth, the project will also establish a robust framework for an interdisciplinary, fully-integrated, collaborative research project that broadens participation and secures the sustainability of the capacity-building investments within the jurisdiction. Key project activities include workshops, project-wide meetings, and logic-model development. This planning project from Mississippi State University has the potential to develop the intrastate teamwork needed for a future EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 proposal on the topic of “Engineering Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications,” which is properly aligned with Mississippi’s Science and Technology Plan. The plan identifies emerging technologies in Advanced Materials and Biomedical/Healthcare as foci for future STEM excellence. The polymeric nanomaterials project aims to identify new delivery mechanisms with minimal immunogenic responses; establish novel, non-invasive technologies; and radically improve delivery efficiency over existing technologies. The focus on nanobiology and immunoengineering will catalyze the planning of an interdisciplinary, multi-institution materials research program across the state’s four research universities: Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在一年的时间内，该规划拨款将重点关注实现四个目标，以采用协作、包容的方法使选定的项目概念和研究团队成熟。首先，规划拨款旨在严格审查和记录现有的研发基础设施。其次，该项目将确定选定研究主题内未来的研究、开发和能力建设需求，这些需求可以通过多学科、全管辖范围的协调来解决。将制定符合研究和生物技术行业需求的劳动力发展计划。第四，该项目还将建立一个强有力的跨学科、全面综合的合作研究项目框架，扩大参与范围并确保管辖范围内能力建设投资的可持续性。密西西比州立大学的这个规划项目有潜力发展未来 EPSCoR 研究基础设施改进 Track-1 提案所需的州内团队合作，该提案的主题是“工程聚合物纳米材料用于生物医学应用”，该提案与密西西比州的科学和技术计划。该计划将先进材料和生物医学/医疗保健领域的新兴技术确定为未来 STEM 卓越的重点，旨在确定具有最小免疫原性反应的新传递机制；提高现有技术的交付效率 对纳米生物学和免疫工程的关注将促进该州四所研究型大学（杰克逊州立大学、密西西比州立大学、密西西比大学）跨学科、多机构材料研究计划的规划。密西西比州和南密西西比大学。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。